India — Cereals and Bakery Products
India received 109 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Cereals and Bakery Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 22 in 2023-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are tricyclazole, thiamethoxam, and chlorpyrifos. 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 11 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import cereals and bakery products from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 10% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 51%; re-dispatched 19%; re-dispatched or destroyed 19%; not stated 5%; destroyed 4%; treated, sorted or diverted 2%. 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 (34), Netherlands (19), Spain (9), of 101 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- October, May, November, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- tricyclazole (54), thiamethoxam (40), chlorpyrifos (23), ochratoxin A (8), imidacloprid (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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 22 |
| 2024-Q1 | 10 |
| 2024-Q2 | 11 |
| 2024-Q3 | 10 |
| 2024-Q4 | 12 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 8 |
| 2025-Q3 | 12 |
| 2025-Q4 | 9 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 99 | 12,935 t | 56.9 | tricyclazole |
| Other | 2 | — | — | Salmonella |
| Wheat & Flour | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 99 | 13,156 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
- 2026.8547 Thiametoxam and Tricyclazole in rice from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.15±0.075 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxamtricyclazole
- 2026.7490 Thiametoxam and Tricyclazole in rice from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.036±0.018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxamtricyclazole
- 2026.7191 Organoleptic deterioration in rice from India Notified by Poland. Destroyed. abnormal smell
- 2026.6687 High levels of aflatoxin B1 and Sum of B1, B2, G1 in Rice from India Notified by Italy. Result Somma Aflatossine (B1, B2,G1,G2) : 6,1 μg/Kg (Incertezza estesa: ± 1,8 μg/kg) (limit 4… Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6353 Rice India Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.061 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimtricyclazole
- 2026.5951 Tricyclazole in basmati rice from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.031 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). tricyclazole
- 2026.5711 Tricyclazole in rice from India Notified by Ireland. Result 0.028 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). tricyclazole
- 2026.3345 Import of basmati rice from India to the Czech Republic without CHEDD Notified by Croatia. Destroyed.
- 2026.2901 tricyclazole and thiamethoxam in rice from India, dispatched from Azerbaijan Notified by Estonia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,13 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxamtricyclazole
- 2026.0445 przekroczenie zawarości pozostałości pestycydów Chlorpiryfosu i Fenobukarbu w ryzu basmati /// exceeding the MRL for pesticide residues of Chlorpyrifos and Fenobucarb in basmati rice from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,097+/- 0,049 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosfenobcarb
- 2025.10483 Absence of CHED-D in the TRACES-NT system for rice from India via Ukraine // Brak złożonego dokumentu CHED-D w systemie TRACES-NT dla ryżu z Indii wysyłanego z Ukrainy Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10448 Thiametoxam in rice from India Notified by France. Result 0.011±0.006 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
- 2025.10402 Pesticides residues - Tricyclazol in Rice from India Notified by Malta. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.027 +/- 0.014 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). tricyclazole
- 2025.9910 chlorpyrifos in basmati rice from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.084 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9806 Chlorpyrifos and DDT in rice from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,040+/-0,020 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9129 Clorpirifos y triziclazol en arroz de la India / Chlorpyrifos and triazole in Indian rice Notified by Spain. Result 0.05 +- 0.025. chlorpyrifostricyclazole
- 2025.8276 Thiamethoxam in rice from India Notified by Germany. Result 0,030+/-0,015 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
- 2025.7837 przekroczony poziom zawartości ochratoksyny A oraz NDP pestycydu Tricyklazolu w ryżu brażowym basmati z Indii // exceeded levels of ochratoxin A and NDP of the pesticide tricyclazole in basmati rice from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 4,7±1,0 (limit 3,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin Atricyclazole
- 2025.7496 foreign bodies: metal fragments, plastic and paper in rice from India Notified by Italy.
- 2025.7433 unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in brown basmati rice from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 131 notifications since 2020 concerned cereals and bakery products from India found after entering the EU — 50 alerts, 81 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 47%, company's own check 33%, at the EU border 11%, monitoring or surveillance sample 5%, consumer complaint or illness 4%. 40 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 2021 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4 | 16 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| 2026 to date | 13 | 2 | 11 |
- 2026.9434 info: attentionOchratoxin A in rice from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 14.0. ochratoxin A
- 2026.8018 info: follow-upMineral oil components (MOSH/MOAH) in rice from India, via Poland Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result MOSH (C10 - C50) + analogues: food 18 (+/- 2,7). mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH)
- 2026.6617 info: attentionPRESENZA DI AFLATOSSINE IN RISO ROTTO DALL'INDIA/High levels of aflatoxin B1 in broken rice from India Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 4,3+/-2,2 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5745 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos, thiametoxam and tricyclazole detected in rice from India, via Italy. Notified by Norway. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,083 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosthiamethoxamtricyclazole
- 2026.5631 info: attention chloropiryfos w komosie ryżowej z Indii/// Chlorpyrifos in quinoa from India Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,031 ± 0,017 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5386 alertForeign bodies (various) in frozen flatbreads from India, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. foreign body
- 2026.5293 info: follow-upDetection of chlorpyrifos in yellow quinoa Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,027 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.4956 info: attentionexcess ochratoxin A in rice origin India Notified by France. Company's own check. Result 6,5 (limit 3 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.3282 info: follow-upIndications of spoilage (sensory deviations) of rice from India Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. spoilage
- 2026.2768 info: follow-upElevated levels of MOSH and MOAH in rice Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 56 ± 16,8. mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH)
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