India — Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods
India received 48 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 12 in 2024-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are ethylene oxide, missing identification code on individual packaging, and 2-chloroethanol. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 6 carry the laboratory result and 16 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 43%; re-dispatched or destroyed 22%; destroyed 15%; held, final fate not recorded 11%; not stated 7%; 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
- Latvia (19), Poland (6), Slovenia (6), of 46 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, April, June, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- ethylene oxide (12), mercury (1), missing identification code ON individual packaging (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 | 7 |
| 2024-Q1 | 12 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7018 Presence of an unauthorised additive titanium dioxide (E171) in food supplements from India Notified by Slovenia.
- 2026.6712 Banaba leaf extract (Lagerstroemia speciosa) - absence of original certificate, unauthorized novel food Notified by Croatia. Destroyed.
- 2026.5799 Absence of Official certificate and Sampling and analytical protocol for food supplements from India Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.5355 Ethylene oxide in Boswellia serrata extracts from India Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.40±0.2 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2026.5124 Unsatisfactory submission of the Official certificate and Sampling and analysis protocol for food supplements from India Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.4830 Import of food suplements from India without accompanying documentation Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.4687 Unauthorized novel food monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) standarized extract and high content of crosslinked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (E 468) in food supplement from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.3360 FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FROM INDIA - HIMALAYAN SHILAJIT RESIN Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.9947 Pesticides residues in food supplement from India Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0.22 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2025.9602 Niezadawalająca kontrola identyfikacyjna (brak kodu identyfikacyjnego na przesyłce) /// no identification code on food supplement shipment from India Notified by Poland. Destroyed. missing identification code on individual packaging
- 2025.8734 Unauthorized Yohimbe (Pausinystalia yohimbe) in food supplements from China Notified by Latvia. Destroyed.
- 2025.7542 Lack of necessary product identification Borage oil powder from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.5890 Ethylene oxide in food supplement from India Notified by Germany. Result Summe aus Ethylenoxid uns 2-Chlorethanol, ausgedrückt als Ethylenoxid 54+/-27 (limit 0,03… ethylene oxide
- 2025.4929 Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide (sum of 2-chloroethanol and ethylene oxide, expressed as ethylene oxide) in food supplements from India Notified by Germany. Result 0,34 +/- 0,17 (sum of 2-chloroethanol and ethylene oxide, expressed as ethylene oxide). ethylene oxide
- 2025.2233 Absence of an official certificate for a consignments of food supplements from India Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.2223 Improper official certificate for ashwagandha extract from India Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.0837 Ethylene oxide in food supplements from India Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,212 +/- 0,106 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). 2-chloroethanolethylene oxide
- 2025.0758 Ethylene oxide in food supplements from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.43±0.22 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2024.9640 Unauthorised novel food Azadirachta indica (Neem powder) as organic food from India Notified by Slovenia. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2024.9583 Improper health certificate accompanying a consignment of food supplements from India Notified by Slovenia.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 92 notifications since 2020 concerned dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods from India found after entering the EU — 44 alerts, 48 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 45%, official control on the market 27%, other 14%, consumer complaint or illness 7%, monitoring or surveillance sample 7%, at the EU border 1%. 28 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 35 | 27 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 to date | 12 | 1 | 11 |
- 2026.7970 info: follow-upNiedozwolone substancje w suplementach diety oferowanych do sprzedaży przez Internet // prohibited substance pancreatin and novel food kava kava (Piper methysticum) & velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) in food supplements offered online Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.7505 info: attentionProhibited substances in food supplements traded online Notified by Poland. Other. Mucuna pruriens unauthorised novel food ingredientevodiamineyohimbine
- 2026.7446 info: attentionPresence of aloe-emodin in “Senna-Lax” food supplement from India Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 6273 ± 853 µg/kg (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm null). aloe-emodin
- 2026.7254 info: follow-upNiedozwolone substancje w suplementach diety oferowanych do sprzedaży przez Internet przez firmę z Niderlandów/// Prohibited substances (Mucuna pruriens, Pancreatin, Celandine) in food supplements offered for sale online by a company from the Netherlands Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.6498 info: attentionstwierdzenie niedozwolonych składników (chlorowodorek johimbiny oraz grupa johimbiny, Mucuna pruriens) w suplementach diety oferowanych za pośrednictwem e-bay.com/// prohibited ingredients (yohimbine hydrochloride and yohimbine group. Mucuna pruriens) in food supplements offered via e-bay.com Notified by Poland. Other. Mucuna pruriens unauthorised novel food ingredientnot in catalogue
- 2026.6136 info: attentionNiedozwolona substancja w suplemencie diety oferowanym do sprzedaży przez Internet przez firmę ze Słowenii // Prohibited substance Mucuna pruriens in food supplement offered for sale online by Slovenian company Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.5940 info: attentionStwierdzenie niedozwolonych substancji tj.chlorowodorek johimbiny, świerzbiec właściwy w Suplementach diety // Identification of prohibited substances, i.e. yohimbine hydrochloride, Mucuna pruriens in food supplements from USA Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market. Mucuna pruriens unauthorised novel food ingredientyohimbine
- 2026.5105 info: follow-upIllegal form of iron in food supplements from India via Latvia Notified by Poland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2026.5566 info: attentionNiedozwolona substancja w suplemencie diety pochodzącym z Indii, oferowanym do sprzedaży przez Internet przez firmę ze Słowacji // Prohibited substance Mucuna pruriens in food supplement from India offered for sale online by a company from Slovakia Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market. Mucuna pruriens unauthorised novel food ingredient
- 2026.4509 info: follow-upUnauthorised additives in food supplement in syrup form Notified by Slovenia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted.
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