Georgia — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Georgia received 37 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 13 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 19 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Georgia
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 68%; re-dispatched or destroyed 16%; held, final fate not recorded 8%; destroyed 5%; not stated 3%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Bulgaria (21), Germany (4), Italy (4), of 37 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- September, December, October, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (36), acetamiprid (1), chlorpyrifos (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 13 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelnut | 36 | 992 t | 207.4 | aflatoxin total |
| Other Nuts & Seeds | 1 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 37 | 1,089 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.7037 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 14.3 +/- 4.3 µg/kg - ppb (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6662 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 31.5 +/- 7.1 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.5805 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 16,0 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5018 Aflatoxin in hazelnut kernels from Georgia Notified by Spain. Result 8.2 (limit 5 null). aflatoxins
- 2026.3421 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 24.3 +/- 4.8 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.3314 Aflatoxins in hazelnut flour from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 10,6 +/- 4,2 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 2026.3293 Aflatoxins in hazelnut flour from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Aflatoxin B1 11,8+/-4,7 µg/kg, Aflatoxin Summe 22,5+/-9,0 mg(/kg (limit Aflatoxin B1: 5; … Aflatoxin
- 2026.3291 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 13,2+/-5,3 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3271 Aflatoxins in hazelnut flour from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Aflatoxin B1 13,8+/-5,5 µg/kg; Aflatoxin Summe 21,3+/-8,5 µg/kg (limit Aflatoxin B1 5; Af… Aflatoxin
- 2026.1541 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by France. Re-dispatched. Result 19±6 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1531 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 25.9 +/- 7.8 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.0927 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 10.0 +/- 3.0 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10406 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Georgia Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 7,4+/-1.7 µg/kg - ppb (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10349 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 43.9 +/- 12.2 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10301 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 15.3 +/-4.6 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10286 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 27±8 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10191 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 7.6 +/- 2.3 µg/kg - ppb (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10150 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 8.2 +/- 2.5 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.10146 aflatoxins in hazelnut from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 7.6 +/- 2.3 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.10144 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 8.3 +/- 2.5 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 5 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Georgia found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 4 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 60%, company's own check 40%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.3470 info: follow-upStwierdzenie obecności zapleśnienia w orzechach laskowych, kraj pochodzenia Gruzja // Presence of mold in hazelnuts, country of origin Georgia, via Czech Republic Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. moulds
- 2025.2809 alertEthylene oxide in ground caraway Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.26 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosethylene oxide
- 2023.2140 info: attentionAflatoxins in hazelnut kernels form Georgia Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 46,4 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2020.0447 info: attentionSalmonellen in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Germany. Company's own check. Result positiv / nachweisbar. Salmonella spp.
- 2020.0383 info: attentionSalmonella spp in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Germany. Company's own check, not on the market. Salmonella spp.
Data and downloads
Download all 96 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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