India — Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea
India received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are dinotefuran, tolfenpyrad, and chlorpyrifos. The list below gives each of these 12 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 10 carry the laboratory result and 6 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 67%; destroyed 33%. 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
- Croatia (2), Italy (2), Finland (1), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, January, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (2), tricyclazole (2), dimethoate (1), dinotefuran (1), tolfenpyrad (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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6386 Dinotefuran in green tea extract from India Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,32. dinotefuran
- 2026.1837 Unauthorised substance tolfenpyrad in black tea from India Notified by Greece. Result 0.081 ± 0.040 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). tolfenpyrad
- 2026.0005 Chlorpirifos and tricycalzole in fenugreek leavs / presenza di chlorpirifos in foglie di fieno greco Notified by Italy. Result 0.5+/-0.25 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifostricyclazole
- 2026.0003 Chlorpirifos and Tricyclazole in fenugreek leavs Notified by Italy. Result 1.2 +/- 0.6 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifostricyclazole
- 2025.5336 Pesticide recidue dimethoate in tea from India Notified by Finland. Result 0,14 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2025.4312 Import of teas from India without accompanying documentation Notified by Croatia. Destroyed.
- 2023.4651 Pesticide residue - tolfenpyrad (0,063 ± 0,032 mg/kg) in black tea from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,063 ± 0,032 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tolfenpyrad
- 2022.6953 incomplete certification for admission to the importation of milk cocoa Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
- 2022.4456 2-chloroethanol in organic tea from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.26 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2021.2756 Dinotefuran (0,071 ± 0,036 mg/kg) in black tea from India, packaged in Ukraine Notified by Poland. Destroyed. Result 0,071 ± 0,036 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dinotefuran
- 2021.2684 Unauthorized substance ethylene oxide in organic green coffee from India Notified by France. Result Oxyde d’éthylène (somme d’oxyde d’éthylène et de 2-chloroéthanol exprimée en oxyde d’éthy… ethylene oxide
- 2020.3201 Aflatoxins in candies with peanuts from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result B1: 3.57 (limit 1,06 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 13 notifications since 2020 concerned cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea from India found after entering the EU — 5 alerts, 8 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 54%, official control on the market 31%, at the EU border 15%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.9304 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in green coffee beans Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0,034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.0948 info: attentionPyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) in tea from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, destroyed. Result 7980 (limit 200 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2025.9913 alertPyrrolizidine alkaloids in black tea from India, via the Netherlands Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 442 (limit 150 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2025.7413 info: attentionOchratoxin A in instant coffee from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 5.4 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2024.5015 alertMOSH, MOAH, Pyrrolizidine alkaloids and Atropin/Scopolamin in tea from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 13 (limit ≤ 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). atropinemineral oilpyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2024.4775 alertChlorpyrifos in tea Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.062 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.3950 alertChlorpyrifos and Chlorpyrifos-methyl in Rooibos pineapple tea from India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,058 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifoschlorpyrifos-methyl
- 2024.3037 info: follow-upHigh level of acrylamide in instant coffee from India Notified by Estonia. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2024.3033 info: attentionpyrrolizidine alkaloids in black tea from India via Canada Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 347 (limit 150 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2024.0122 info: attentionFenobucarb in black leaf tea Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,064 ± 0,0321 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenobucarb
Data and downloads
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