Pakistan — Cereals and Bakery Products — Rice
Pakistan received 136 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Rice, part of Cereals and Bakery Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 21 in 2024-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are clothianidin, flutriafol, and thiamethoxam. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 52.1 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Pakistan over the last 3 years. 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 10 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import rice from Pakistan
Lower risk. Pakistan ranks 3rd of 3 origins shipping rice to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 52.1 — the lowest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 10% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins and ochratoxin a and pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 15,611 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the lowest rejection rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 25 t (median of 48 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 23.6 t (India) to 25 t (Pakistan), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 54%; re-dispatched or destroyed 23%; re-dispatched 13%; destroyed 4%; treated, sorted or diverted 3%; not stated 3%. 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
- France (37), Italy (28), Netherlands (19), of 149 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, May, July, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- acetamiprid (34), chlorpyrifos (34), aflatoxins (26), imidacloprid (26), thiamethoxam (25).
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 | 19 |
| 2024-Q2 | 21 |
| 2024-Q3 | 15 |
| 2024-Q4 | 20 |
| 2025-Q1 | 12 |
| 2025-Q2 | 5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 9 |
| 2025-Q4 | 7 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 11 |
| 2026-Q3 | 10 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8831 Thiametoxam and Clothianidine in rice from Pakistan Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.050±0.025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinthiamethoxam
- 2026.8830 Stwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP ochratoksyny A w ryżu brązowym kraj pochodzenia Pakistan/// Finding of Ochratoxin A levels exceeding the maximum permitted level in brown rice originating from Pakistan. Notified by Poland. Result 6,8±1,5 (limit 3,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.8548 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,022+/-0,011 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.7865 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,024+/-0.012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.7447 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Result 0.052±0.026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.7319 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.030 ± 0.015 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.6957 Clothianidin in Basmati Rice from Pakistan Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Clothiandin 0,027+/-0,014 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.6539 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Result 0,15 +/- 0,08 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.6533 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Finland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.6528 Clothianidin and Flutriafol in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Result 0.10±0.05 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinflutriafol
- 2026.6526 Clothianidin e Flutriafol in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Result 0.056±0.028 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinflutriafol
- 2026.6155 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Result 0,045 +/- 0,023. clothianidin
- 2026.5452 Rice Pakistan Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.078 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.5313 clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Result 0.024+/-0.012 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.5241 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,023 ± 0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.5183 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by Germany. Result 0,025 +/- 0,013 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.4894 CLOTHIANIDIN in basmati rice from PAKISTAN Notified by Italy. Result 0,074+/-0,037 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.4532 clothianidin, acetamiprid and chloorpyrifos in basmati rice from Pakistan Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.032 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorpyrifosclothianidin
- 2026.4166 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.02±0.01 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.3935 Clothianidin in rice from Pakistan Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 63 notifications since 2020 concerned rice from Pakistan found after entering the EU — 14 alerts, 49 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 54%, company's own check 38%, at the EU border 5%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%. 17 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1 | 18 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 17 |
| 2026 to date | 7 | 2 | 5 |
- 2026.8049 info: follow-upMineral oil residues (MOSH/MOAH) in rice from Pakistan, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 16 ± 2,4. mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH)
- 2026.6868 info: attentionMineral oil components (MOSH/MOAH) in rice from Pakistan Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 51. mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH)
- 2026.5042 alertEthylene Oxide in Organic Brown Rice via Ireland Notified by Malta. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.068 +/- 0.021 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2026.4983 alertEthylene oxide in organic brown basmati rice origin Pakistan via Ireland Notified by Malta. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0.11+/- 0.03 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2026.1170 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in basmati rice from Pakistan Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.09 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1007 info: attentionMOAH in rice from Pakistan Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,05. mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)
- 2026.0981 info: attentionAflatoxin in Basmati Brown Rice from Pakistan Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 6.9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8720 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in rice from Pakistan Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 5.7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8718 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 on Basmati rice from Pakistan Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 7,8 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.7887 info: attentionMOSH/MOAH in basmati rice from Pakistan Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 17+/- 2,5. mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH)
Data and downloads
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