India — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Sesame
India received 43 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Sesame, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 6 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, Salmonella spp, and haloxyfop. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 211.5 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; 14 carry the laboratory result and 10 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import sesame from India
Lower risk. India ranks 6th of 6 origins shipping sesame to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 211.5 — the lowest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for salmonella (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 1,642 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 4th highest rejection rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 24.4 t (median of 12 lot weights recorded at the border).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 63%; re-dispatched 23%; destroyed 5%; re-dispatched or destroyed 5%; treated, sorted or diverted 5%. 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
- Greece (14), Poland (5), Italy (4), of 43 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- September, July, August, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- salmonella (31), haloxyfop (3), chlorpyrifos (2), ethylene oxide (2), carbendazim (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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9213 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from India Notified by Greece. Result Presence of Salmonella spp. (limit Absence of Salmonella spp. /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.8888 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from India Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result presence (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella spp
- 2026.8297 Wykrycie obecności Salmonella spp w ziarnie sezamu czarnego z Indii // almonella spp. in black sesame seeds from India Notified by Poland. Salmonella
- 2026.7570 Exceedance of the maximum residue level (MRL) for the sum of ethylene oxide and 2-chloroethanol (expressed as ethylene oxide) in sesame seeds from India.Superamento del limite massimo di residuo (LMR) per la somma di ossido di etilene e 2-cloroetanolo (espresso come ossido di etilene) in SEMI DI SESAMO origine INDIA Notified by Italy. Result 0,16 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2026.6991 Border rejection of sesame seeds from India due to missing official health certificate Notified by Ireland. Destroyed.
- 2026.6936 RESIDUES OF UNAUTHORISED PESTICIDE (HALOXYFOP) IN HULLED SESAME SEEDS FROM INDIA Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.059 +/- 0.030 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU mg/kg - ppm). haloxyfop
- 2026.5981 Carbendazim and Chlorpyrifos ehtyl in sesame seeds from India Notified by Italy. Result 2,1 +/- 1,1 mg/Kg (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimchlorpyrifos
- 2026.5721 Sesame seed India Salmonella Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched. Result Present in 25 grams (limit No presents of salmonella in 25 gr allowed null). Salmonella
- 2026.4553 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from India Notified by Greece. Result Salmonella spp. (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.4161 Stwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP pozostałości pestycydu w ziarnie sezamu łuszczonego z Indii/// Detection of exceedance of the MRL for pesticide residues in peeled sesame seeds from India. Notified by Poland. Result 0,024+/-0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). haloxyfop
- 2026.3466 Salmonella spp. in hulled sesame seeds from India Notified by Slovenia. Result Presence (limit presence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2865 Border rejection of sesame seeds from India due to inadequate documentation Notified by Ireland.
- 2026.2108 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from India Notified by Poland. Treated, sorted or diverted. Salmonella
- 2026.0613 Chlorpyrifos in sesame seeds from India Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 0.022 ± 0.011 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9104 Presenza di larve e insetti vivi in semi di sesamo dall'India/Presence of larvae and live insects in sesame seeds from India Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.8432 Salmonella detectada en sesamo India. Salmonella detected in sesamun from Pakistan Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result detectado en una submuestra (limit Ausencia /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.7665 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from India Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result presence (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.7271 shipment of sesame seed from India with destination Belgium, via UK, not declared and not presented in BCP Notified by Belgium.
- 2025.5889 Salmonella spp. 2 from 5 sample units in sesamum seeds from India Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched. Result detected (limit 0 /25g). Salmonella spp
- 2025.5488 Salmonella in sesame seeds from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Detected (limit Non detected /25g). Salmonella
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 354 notifications since 2020 concerned sesame from India found after entering the EU — 287 alerts, 67 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 91%, official control on the market 9%, at the EU border 0%. 31 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 277 | 233 | 44 |
| 2021 | 67 | 50 | 17 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.4661 alertdetection of chlorpyrifos in sesame seeds Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,066 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.0811 info: attentionKlorpyrifos in hulled sesame seeds Notified by Norway. Company's own check. Result 0,042 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9841 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in hulled sesame seeds from India Notified by Norway. Company's own check. Result 0,1+/- 0,05 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.8074 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in hulled sesame seeds from India Notified by Norway. Company's own check. Result 0,056 ± 0,028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.8059 info: attentionUnauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in sesame seeds from India Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,028. chlorpyrifos
- 2025.2063 alertObecność Salmonella spp. w 1 z 5 próbek sezamu łuskanego z Indii/// Salmonella spp. detected in 1 of 5 samples of peeled sesame from India Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result wykryto w 1 z 5 próbek (limit nieobecne /25g). Salmonella
- 2024.7499 info: attentionSalmonella Cannstat in sesame seeds from India Notified by Norway. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result Present (limit Not present /25g). Salmonella
- 2023.5736 info: attentionSalmonella senftenberg in hulled sesame seeds from India Notified by Norway. Company's own check. Result proven (limit 0 /25g). Salmonella Senftenberg
- 2023.2601 alert2-Chloroethanol, Chlorate and Chlorpyrifos in white sesame from India, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,37. 2-chloroethanolchloratechlorpyrifosethylene oxide+1 more
- 2022.6382 alertExceedance of the maximum residue level (MRL 0.05 mg / kg) of the pesticide ethylene oxide in natural sesame Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. ethylene oxide
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