Iran — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Iran received 88 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 16 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 7 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Iran
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 47%; re-dispatched 32%; re-dispatched or destroyed 16%; not stated 3%; destroyed 1%; treated, sorted or diverted 1%. 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
- Italy (35), Germany (31), Greece (6), of 88 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- September, May, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (85).
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 | 7 |
| 2024-Q1 | 16 |
| 2024-Q2 | 7 |
| 2024-Q3 | 7 |
| 2024-Q4 | 8 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 8 |
| 2025-Q3 | 13 |
| 2025-Q4 | 6 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistachio | 87 | 276 t | 246.1 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Other | 1 | — | — | aflatoxin total |
| Sesame | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 87 | 276 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
- 2026.8381 Aflatoxins in pistachios from Iran // Aflatoxinas en pistachos de Irán Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched. Result >24.0 μg/kg SUBMUESTRA 2 = 21.5 μg/kg (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8347 Aflatoxins in pistachios from Iran // Aflatoxinas en pistachos de Irán Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched. Result SUBMUESTRA A: Suma 15.7 Aflatoxina B1 14.2 μg/kg SUBMUESTRA B: Aflatoxina B1 10.4 μg/… aflatoxins
- 2026.7560 AFLATOXINS IN SHELLED PISTACHIOS FROM IRAN Notified by Italy. Result 18 +/- 7,9 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4438 Aflatoxinas pistachos de Irán /Aflatoxines pistachio from Iran Notified by Spain. Result >24.0 µg (limit 10 μg /kg). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4278 Aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from Iran Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 42,2+/-18,6 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3287 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Iran Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result B1: 33,4 +/-13,4 µg/kg ; Aflatoxine, Summe: 39,0 +/-15,6 µg/kg (limit Aflatoxin B1: 8; Af… aflatoxins
- 2026.3133 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Result 100+/-30 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2823 Aflatoxin B1 and total above limits in pistachios from Iran Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 23.4+/-10,3 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1692 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Iran via Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 52,8+/-12,1 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1028 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Iran, dispatched from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Result 186+/-52 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1total
- 2026.0937 Aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from Iran Notified by Italy. Result 19,3 +/- 1,7. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.0717 Aflatoxinas por encima del nivel máximo permitido en pistachos de Irán. Aflatoxins above the allowed maximum level in pistachios kernelfrom Iran Notified by Spain. Result SUBMUESTRA A: Suma B1, B2, G1, G2 1 19.8 μg/kg ; Aflatoxina B1 1 18.8 μg/kg // SUBMUESTRA… aflatoxins
- 2025.10494 Aflatossine B1 e totali in pistacchi senza guscio dall'Iran///Aflatoxin B1 and total in unshelled pistachios from Iran Notified by Italy. Result 33.0 +/-3.8 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10300 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernel from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 21.5+/-6.5 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8776 Aflatoxins in pistachios from the Islamic Republic of Iran Notified by Germany. Result 180+/-72,0 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8766 Aflatoxins in pistachios from the Islamic Republic of Iran Notified by Germany. Result 74,4+/-29,8 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8690 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Iran via Türkiye Notified by Greece. Result 120+/-27,6 - 15,7+/-3,6 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8439 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from the Islamic Republic of Iran Notified by Germany. Result 83,4 +/- 33,4 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7341 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from the Islamic Republic of Iran Notified by Germany. Result 35,8 +/- 14,3 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7248 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Iran Notified by Germany. Result Aflatoxin B1: 24,2+/-9,7; Aflatoxin Summe: 27,4+/-11,1 (limit Aflatoxin B1: 8; Aflatoxin … Aflatoxin
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 20 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Iran found after entering the EU — 15 alerts, 5 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 60%, company's own check 30%, other 5%, at the EU border 5%. 5 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.8313 alertAflatoxin in shelled pistachios from Iran, via the Netherlands Notified by Hungary. Official control on the market, reached the market. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2026.5435 info: follow-upElevated hydrocyanic acid and labelling deficiencies in flaxseed Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 287 ± 86. labellingnot in catalogue
- 2025.9520 alertAflatoxin in pistache kernels from Iran via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 65 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.6024 info: attentionSalmonella in pistachios from the Islamic Republic of Iran Notified by Germany. Company's own check, not on the market. Result nachgewiesen in 125 g /// detected in 125 g. Salmonella spp
- 2025.1660 alertSalmonella Tennessee in pistachio paste from Spain Notified by Germany. Company's own check. Result detected in 375 g. Salmonella spp.
- 2024.3661 alertExceedance of aflatoxin in pistachios, from Iran Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 430 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.1607 alertAflatoxin B1 (92 ppb), Aflatoxin Sum (97 ppb) and Ochratoxin A (16 ppb) in pistachios from Iran via Spain Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 97 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2024.0511 alertAflatoxin B1 and total in Pistachios peeled Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 300 ± 120 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2023.5093 alertAflatoxins and ochratoxin A in pistachios from Iran Notified by Spain. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 12;: 13 (limit 8; 10 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2023.2810 alertAflatoxins in pistachios from Iran, via Germany Notified by Austria. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 30 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
Data and downloads
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