Sudan — All Categories
Sudan received 112 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 24 in 2025-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it; 20 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Treated, sorted or diverted: 98%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 2%. About 2,618 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 7 |
| 2024-Q2 | 19 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 13 |
| 2025-Q1 | 11 |
| 2025-Q2 | 13 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 24 |
| 2026-Q1 | 7 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 |
| 2025 | 56 |
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2023 | 44 |
| 2022 | 24 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2019 | 2 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 126 | — | Salmonella spp |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8887 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.8810 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.6551 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.4451 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.4449 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.4255 Absence of official certificates in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.1321 Absence of health certificates in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.0999 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.0997 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.0395 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.0191 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.0190 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.0081 Absence of official certificates in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10452 Absence of health certificate(s) for sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10451 Absence of health certificate(s) for sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10450 Absence of health certificate(s) for sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10369 Absence of official certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10367 Absence of official certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10114 Absence of official certificates in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.10113 Absence of official certificates in sesame seeds from SudanNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Sudan found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 1 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: consumer complaint or illness 50%, at the EU border 50%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2023.0761 alertPresence of salmonella Menston in sesame cream Tahine Notified by France. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result Detection. Salmonella menston gr. C
- 2020.1377 info: attentionSEMI DI SESAMO Notified by Italy. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched. Result PRESENTE (limit ASSENTE /25g). Salmonella spp.
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W43 | 0 |
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 2 |
| 2026-W40 | 0 |
| 2026-W39 | 0 |
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 0 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W43
Data and downloads
Download all 200 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
The file holds entries up to 2026-10-08. To get new ones for Sudan by email, watch Sudan.
Sudan country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →