Nigeria — Other Food Product / Mixed
Nigeria received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, arsenic, and lead. The list below gives each of these 5 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.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 67%; Held, final fate not recorded: 33%. About 24 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9100 Presence of unauthorized component (milk) in custard preparations from Nigeria Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
- 2026.5197 Illegal import and lack of traceability of various products from Nigeria Notified by Cyprus. Destroyed.
- 2025.2995 Salmonella en Semillas de Sésamo de Nigeria / Salmonella in Sesame Seeds from Nigeria Notified by Spain. Result PRESENCIA 6 MUESTRAS DE N=10 (limit AUSENCIA /25g). Salmonella
- 2022.6142 Border Rejection of Calabash Salts from Nigeria Notified by Ireland. Result 1.9 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). arseniclead
- 2022.3275 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Notified by Spain. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result Detected (limit Absence /25g). Salmonella
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Nigeria found after entering the EU — 1 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: consumer complaint or illness 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2020.1732 alertPetrol like smell and taste in Brown Beans from Nigeria via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, re-dispatched.
Data and downloads
Download all 6 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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