Pakistan — Cereals and Bakery Products
Pakistan received 138 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Cereals and Bakery Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 22 in 2024-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are clothianidin, flutriafol, and thiamethoxam. 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 cereals and bakery products from Pakistan
- 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).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 54%; re-dispatched or destroyed 23%; re-dispatched 14%; 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 151 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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 19 |
| 2024-Q2 | 22 |
| 2024-Q3 | 16 |
| 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 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 149 | 15,611 t | 52.1 | acetamiprid |
| Other | 2 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 149 | 15,611 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
- 2026.8831 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, 65 notifications since 2020 concerned cereals and bakery products from Pakistan found after entering the EU — 14 alerts, 51 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 40%, at the EU border 5%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%. 18 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 | 20 | 1 | 19 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1 | 18 |
| 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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