India — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Groundnut / Peanut
India received 30 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Groundnut / Peanut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin total. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 286.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 17 carry the laboratory result and 11 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import groundnut / peanut from India
Higher risk. India ranks 2nd of 6 origins shipping groundnut / peanut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 286.6 — above 80% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 1,171 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the highest rejection rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 59%; treated, sorted or diverted 24%; re-dispatched or destroyed 14%; destroyed 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
- Netherlands (19), Italy (3), Germany (2), of 29 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, April, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (25).
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 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 4 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7678 Exceedance of aflatoxin B1 in HPS groundnuts from India Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 180 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.7270 Groundnuts India Aflatoxin Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 11.0 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7187 Aflatoxins B1 in groundnuts from India Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 5.9 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.7294 Improper official certificates for peanuts from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.5767 aflatoxin B1 in Indian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 5.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.5331 Groundnuts India Aflatoxin B1 Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 23 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.4621 Absence of health certificate and of certified analytical report for roasted groundnut kernels from India, dispatched from Kosovo Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.4358 Aflatoxine in Indian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 10 and 6.0 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.4356 Aflatoxine in Indian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 20 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.4134 aflatoxins in groundnuts from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 50 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.2372 Aflatoxin B1 in Groundnuts from India Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 7.6 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.2347 Absence of official certificate for peanuts from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.2138 Presence of aflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from India for feeding ornamental birds Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result >0,05 mg/Kg (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.1849 Groundnuts India Aflatoxin B1 Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 6.8 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2024.8857 Aflatoxins in Indian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 8.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8832 Aflatoxin in Indian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 8.4 (limit 4,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.6570 Border rejection notification on peanuts due to presence of aflatoxins Notified by Denmark. Destroyed. Result 3,7 ±0,8. Aflatoxin B1
- 2024.6419 Aflatoxins in Indian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 8.2 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.6410 Aflatoxins in Indian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 13 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.5850 Aflatoxin B1 in Indian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 5.2 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned groundnut / peanut from India found after entering the EU — 3 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 67%, at the EU border 33%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.7162 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in groundnutkernels Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 5,6 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.6689 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 3.4 ppb in Ground nuts from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 4.1 (limit 4.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.2953 info: attentionaflatoxin in Indian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 7.7 and 27 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Data and downloads
Download all 122 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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