India — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
India received 93 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 17 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, chlorpyrifos, and Aflatoxin B1. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 16 carry the laboratory result and 9 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins and pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 50%; re-dispatched or destroyed 16%; re-dispatched 13%; destroyed 11%; treated, sorted or diverted 9%. 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 (21), France (18), Greece (16), of 98 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, July, April, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- salmonella (31), aflatoxins (28), chlorpyrifos (12), clothianidin (7), thiamethoxam (6).
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 | 8 |
| 2024-Q2 | 7 |
| 2024-Q3 | 10 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 9 |
| 2025-Q2 | 17 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 |
| 2026-Q3 | 10 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groundnut / Peanut | 29 | 1,171 t | 286.6 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Sesame | 43 | 1,642 t | 211.5 | Salmonella |
| Other | 22 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Other Nuts & Seeds | 2 | — | — | aflatoxin total |
| Pistachio | 1 | — | — | — |
| Walnut | 1 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 74 | 1,762 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
- 2026.9213 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
- 2026.8710 Exceeded MRL pesticides residue in sessam seeds from India Notified by Romania. Result 0.76 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinchlorpyrifosmethoxyfenozide
- 2026.8297 Wykrycie obecności Salmonella spp w ziarnie sezamu czarnego z Indii // almonella spp. in black sesame seeds from India Notified by Poland. Salmonella
- 2026.8210 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
- 2026.7678 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
- 2026.7570 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
- 2026.7270 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
- 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
- 2026.6991 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
- 2026.4632 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
- 2026.4553 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.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 402 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from India found after entering the EU — 304 alerts, 98 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 87%, official control on the market 12%, at the EU border 1%, monitoring or surveillance sample 0%, consumer complaint or illness 0%. 44 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 282 | 237 | 45 |
| 2021 | 78 | 53 | 25 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| 2026 to date | 6 | 3 | 3 |
- 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
- 2026.3516 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
- 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
- 2025.8238 info: attentionHigh chlorpyrifos content in fennel seeds Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.022 (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
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