India — Food Additives and Flavourings

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India received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Food Additives and Flavourings between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are ethylene oxide and colour. The list below gives each of these 7 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 3 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2026.8182 2026-09-16 Unauthorised novel food ingredient; Calcium di saccharate from India Notified by Slovenia. Destroyed.
• 2023.6576 2023-09-28 Ethylene oxide in masala from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 11 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
• 2022.6488 2022-11-07 Missing Official Certificates for xanthan gum from China and guar gum from India Notified by Malta.
• 2022.4328 2022-07-25 Unauthorized colours (E 128 - Red 2G, Rocceline, Orange II) in cinnamon extract from India Notified by Luxembourg. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 330 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). colour
• 2022.0787 2022-02-09 Presence of ethylene oxide in fenugreek powder from India Notified by Italy. Result 0.53 ± 0.27 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
• 2021.4727 2021-10-27 AUSENCIA CSO- GOMAR GUAR- INDIA/ABSENCE CSO- GOMAR GUAR- INDIA Notified by Spain.
• 2020.1813 2020-04-29 food additives - guar gum powder Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 34 notifications since 2020 concerned food additives and flavourings from India found after entering the EU — 27 alerts, 7 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 85%, at the EU border 9%, official control on the market 6%. 6 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

• 2024.4303 2024-06-04 info: attentionIndian chillies crushed Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, re-dispatched or destroyed.
• 2024.4300 2024-06-04 info: attentionunauthorised placing on the market of sweet peppers from India Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed.
• 2022.6464 2022-11-04 alertPresence of ethylene oxide in food additive (E-468, interlaced sodium carboxymethyl cellulose) from India Notified by Spain. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 88±33 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
• 2022.4407 2022-07-28 alertUnauthorised colours (Acid Yellow 36, Auramine O, Orange II) in food colouring powder. Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 610 (limit none null). Acid Yellow 36Auramine OOrange II
• 2022.4400 2022-07-28 alertUnauthorised colours in food colouring powder Notified by Finland. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 30 (limit none null). Sudan 1
• 2022.4154 2022-07-15 alertPeanut in soya lecithin from India Notified by Spain. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 34/30/29/29/30. peanut
• 2022.4099 2022-07-13 alertUndeclared peanuts in liquid soya lecithin, from India, via The Netherlands Notified by Spain. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 3. peanut
• 2022.2788 2022-05-11 alertPresence of peanut protein in liquid soy lecithin from India Notified by Spain. Company's own check, reached the market.
• 2022.2286 2022-04-19 info: follow-upPeanut protein in food additive lecithin from India Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 220 (limit - null). peanut
• 2022.1877 2022-03-30 info: attentionEthylene oxide in additive E 466 from India Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 2.4 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide