India — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Other
India received 17 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 6 in 2025-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 18 carry the laboratory result and 16 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 1.6 t (median of 12 lot weights recorded at the border).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched or destroyed 36%; destroyed 32%; held, final fate not recorded 18%; re-dispatched 14%. 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
- France (13), Greece (2), Poland (2), of 22 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- June, November, March, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (10), clothianidin (7), thiamethoxam (6), imidacloprid (5), acetamiprid (3).
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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8710 Exceeded MRL pesticides residue in sessam seeds from India Notified by Romania. Result 0.76 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinchlorpyrifosmethoxyfenozide
- 2026.8210 Ethylene oxide in cumin seeds from India // Óxido de etileno en semillas de comino de India Notified by Spain. Result 0.26 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2026.7102 Clothianidin and Thiametoxam in cumin seeds from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.11±0.055 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinthiamethoxam
- 2026.4632 Absence of health certificate(s) in cumin seeds from India viaTürkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.4618 Chlorpyrifos in black cumin from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,044+/- 0,022 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.2488 Thiametoxam in cumin seeds from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.94±0.47 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
- 2026.2334 Absence of health certificate(s) in cumin seed from India dispatched from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.5486 Clorpirifos en semillas de comina de la India / Chlorpyrifos in Indian cumin seed Notified by Spain. Result 0.04 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.4274 Ethylene oxide in cumin seeds from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.64±0.32 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2025.4165 Chlorpyrifos in cumin seeds from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.050±0.025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.4142 Pesticide residues in whole Cumin seeds from India Notified by Norway. Destroyed. Result 0,12 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.3102 Clothianidin in cumin seed from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.13 ± 0.065 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2025.3100 Clothianidin in cumin seed from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.13 ± 0.065 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2025.2687 Clothianidin in cumin seed from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.11 ± 0.055 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2024.4253 Multiple pesticide residues in cumin seeds from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 6.2±3.1 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridcarbendazimchlorpyrifos+7 more
- 2024.2636 Unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos (0.064 mg/kg - ppm) in black cumin seeds from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,064 ± 0,032 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.2340 Aflatoxins in nut crackers from India Notified by Germany. Result 34,9+/-13,9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2023.7984 Multiple pesticide residues in cumin seeds from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.19 ± 0.10 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorpyrifosclothianidinimidacloprid+1 more
- 2023.7593 Multiple pesticide residues in cardamom from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.29 ± 0.15 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). imidaclopridmetalaxylquinalphostebuconazole+1 more
- 2023.7591 Anthraquinone in cardamom from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.44 ± 0.22 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). anthraquinone
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 40 notifications since 2020 concerned other from India found after entering the EU — 17 alerts, 23 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 57%, official control on the market 32%, at the EU border 5%, monitoring or surveillance sample 2%, consumer complaint or illness 2%. 11 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 to date | 4 | 2 | 2 |
- 2026.3516 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos in chickpea flour from India Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,1 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.3378 alertfoodborne outbreak suspected (Salmonella Bovismorbificans) to be caused by alfalfa seeds, clover seeds, broccoli seeds and radish seeds from Italy Notified by European Commission. Company's own check, reached the market. Salmonella bovismorbificans
- 2026.2798 alertUnauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in coriander seeds, import via NL Notified by Denmark. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1021 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in basmati rice from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 2,1 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.5795 info: attentionMOAH in Crude soy NGM lecithin from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 5.2 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.5790 info: attentionMOAH in Crude soy NGM lecithin from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 4.8 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.5789 info: attentionMOAH in Crude soy NGM lecithin from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 3.4 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.5787 info: attentionMOAH in Crude soy NGM lecithin from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 4.1 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.5736 alertMOAH in Cumin Powder from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 1.4 (limit 1.0 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.5392 alertLead in psyllium husks from India Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 4,4. lead
Data and downloads
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