India — Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments
India received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q2, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are ethylene oxide and 2-chloroethanol. The list below gives each of these 11 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 8 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import soups, broths, sauces and condiments 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
- Held, final fate not recorded 50%; destroyed 33%; re-dispatched or destroyed 17%. 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
- Germany (2), Malta (2), Estonia (1), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- ethylene oxide (5).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9424 Presence of Ethylene Oxide in Cut Mango Pickle imported from India Notified by Malta. Destroyed. Result 0.078 ± 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). 2-chloroethanol
- 2026.5038 Presence of Ethylene Oxide in Worchestershire sauce from India Notified by Malta. Reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.18 +/- 0.05 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2024.4571 Ethylene oxide in tikka paste from India Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.37 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2024.3819 Ethylene oxide in BBQ Sauce from India Notified by Germany. Result 2,6+/-1,3 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2024.3817 Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide (sum of 2-chloroethanol and ethylene oxide, expressed as ethylene oxide) in spice sauce from India Notified by Germany. Result 2,2 +/- 1,1 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2024.1805 Identitiy checks - mismatch identification code in test report and in packaging Notified by Estonia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.5268 Establecimiento y país no autorizado en producto compuesto (leche) de India. Unauthorized establisment and country in composite product (with dairy product) from India Notified by Spain.
- 2022.4526 Ethyleen oxide in Indian Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.69 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2022.3903 Ethylene oxide in condiment sauce from India Notified by Germany. Result 0,11 ± 0,055 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2022.2805 Missing Official Certificate for sauces from India Via UK Notified by Malta. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.5973 Óxido de etileno especias India // Ethylene Oxide Spice India Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 33.86 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 9 notifications since 2020 concerned soups, broths, sauces and condiments from India found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 6 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 33%, other 33%, company's own check 22%, at the EU border 11%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.2869 info: follow-upUnauthorized novel food – Asafoetida from India Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Unauthorized novel food – Asafoetida. novel food
- 2024.7299 info: follow-upIncorrectly declared allergens (fish and crustaceans) on pickle products Notified by Ireland. Other, reached the market.
- 2024.6181 info: attentionIncorrectly declared allergens in Mayil Prawn Pickle and Mayil Fish Chutney Notified by Ireland. Other, not on the market.
- 2024.5861 info: attentionIncorrectly declared crustaceans in prawn chutney powder from India Notified by Ireland. Other.
- 2024.0963 info: attentionSalmonella en condimentos elaborados con cebolla en polvo de la india, procedentes de España//Salmonella in seasonings from Spain with Indian onion powder Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, not on the market.
- 2024.0879 alertPresencia de Salmonella en cebolla en polvo procedente de India // Presence of Salmonella in onion powder from India Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Se detecta. Salmonella
- 2023.6915 info: follow-upConsignment various indian products (such as Paneer, dahl makani, navratan kurma and pav bhaji) skipped veterinary controls at BCP Rotterdam Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2021.0432 alertwithdrawal of satay powder from France, containing sesame seeds possibly contaminated with unauthorised substance ethylene oxide Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. ethylene oxide
- 2020.5107 alertUNAUTHORISED SUBSTANCE , ETHYLENE OXIDE, IN GOMASIO WITH NORI SEAWEED MADE FROM ORGANIC SESAME SEEDS FROM INDIA VIA THE NETHERLANDS Notified by Spain. Company's own check, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 20 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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