Nigeria — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Nigeria received 112 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 16 in 2023-Q4, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issue is Salmonella. 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 19 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Nigeria
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for salmonella (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Treated, sorted or diverted 80%; held, final fate not recorded 8%; re-dispatched or destroyed 5%; re-dispatched 4%; destroyed 2%; not stated 1% (209 tonnes in all). 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
- Greece (89), Spain (7), Poland (5), of 110 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- September, August, November, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- salmonella (77), aflatoxins (2), salmonellen (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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 16 |
| 2024-Q1 | 6 |
| 2024-Q2 | 13 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 13 |
| 2025-Q1 | 7 |
| 2025-Q2 | 5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 10 |
| 2025-Q4 | 8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 13 |
| 2026-Q3 | 16 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame | 109 | 650 t | 669.3 | Salmonella |
| Groundnut / Peanut | 1 | — | — | aflatoxin total |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 109 | 650 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
- 2026.7619 Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN 3 X OF THE 10 UNITS (limit ABSENSE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.7500 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds form Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN ONE OF TEN UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6934 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6931 Salmonela en semillas de sésamo de Nigeria // Salmonella in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Spain. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presencia (limit ausencia /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6645 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN ONE OUT TEN UNITS (limit ABSENCE/25GR /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6550 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6548 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6547 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6432 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN ONE OUT OF TEN UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6385 Salmonella en semilla de sésamo de Nigeria // Salmonella in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Spain. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presencia (limit ausencia /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.6217 Salmonella spp in hulled sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result Present in 25 grams. Salmonella
- 2026.6174 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5856 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5796 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN 3 OUT OF TEN UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5795 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN 1 OUT OF 10 UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5793 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN 1 OUT OF 10 UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5765 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5619 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Result presence (limit Absence of Salmonella spp. /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5384 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5380 salmonella en semilla de sésamo de Nigeria // salmonella in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Spain. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presencia en una submuestra (limit ausencia /25g). Salmonella
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 23 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Nigeria found after entering the EU — 12 alerts, 11 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 52%, company's own check 39%, at the EU border 9%. 9 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 | 0 |
- 2026.6190 alertAflatoxins above permissible limits in peanuts from Nigeria ///// Aflatoxinas por encima de los límites permitidos en cacahuetes procedentes de Nigeria Notified by Spain. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 39. (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin
- 2025.3415 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in melon seeds from Nigeria Notified by Switzerland. Company's own check. Result 3.9 +/- 0.77 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.3388 alertaflatoxins in melon seeds from Nigeria, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 17,0 ± 7,49 (limit 4,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.0445 alertSalmonella spp. in melon seeds from Nigeria, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result nachgewiesen /// detected. Salmonella spp.
- 2024.2428 info: attentionElevated levels of aflatoxins in Egusi Seeds Notified by Ireland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 85.5 ± 13.6 (limit 2 mg/kg - ppm). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.2281 info: attentionPesticide residues above MRL in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Norway. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,022 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chloratechlorpyrifos
- 2024.1352 info: attentionUnauthorised substance chlorate in sesame from Nigeria Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,54 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). chlorate
- 2024.1330 info: follow-upChlorate in hulled sesame from Nigeria Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,39 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). chlorate
- 2024.0761 info: follow-upChlorates in sesame seeds from Nigeria, via Germany Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,35 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). chlorate
- 2023.7760 alertObecność Salmonella spp. w 1 z 5 próbek sezamu łuskanego/Presence of Salmonella spp. in 1 out of 5 shelled sesame samples Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Wykryto w 1 z 5 próbek (limit nieobecne /25g). Salmonella
Data and downloads
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