Turkey — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Hazelnut
Turkey received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Hazelnut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and Salmonella. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 1.8 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 13 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 10 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import hazelnut from Turkey
Lower risk. Turkey ranks 3rd of 3 origins shipping hazelnut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 1.8 — the lowest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 70,562 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).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 60%; re-dispatched 40% (26 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
- Spain (2), Finland (1), Greece (1), of 5 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, May, June, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (2), alternariol (1), alternariol monomethyl ether (ame) (1), salmonella (1), tenuazonic acid (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-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.0719 Aflatoxinas en avellanas procedente de Turquía // Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Turkey Notified by Spain. Result 43,6 ± 14,0 y 45,7 ± 14,7 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.0648 Too much aflatoxins (aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxins in total) in hazelnut from Turkiye. Notified by Finland. Re-dispatched. Result 24,2 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.9433 Salmonella spp in raw hazelnuts from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN ONE OUT OF FIVE UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.4550 Stwierdzenie rozszczelnienia jednej z beczek zawierających pastę z orzechów laskowych, pochodzącej z Turcji // It was found that one of the barrels containing hazelnut paste from Turkey was leaking. Notified by Poland.
- 2025.4137 * Tenuazonic acid (TEA) and Alternariol (AOH) in hazelnuts from Türkiye Notified by Spain. Result 84+/-34 // 97+/-39 (limit 100 µg/kg - ppb). alternariolalternariol monomethyl ether (AME)tenuazonic acid
- 2021.6575 aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Turkey Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched. Result 8,9 ± 3,6 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2021.2576 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Turkey Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 26.0 +/- 5.4 (limit 10.0 mg/kg - ppm). aflatoxin total
- 2021.1722 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 14,6 ± 4,4 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2020.5753 Non-compliant identity check of roasted hazelnuts from Turkey Notified by Czechia.
- 2020.2222 Rawberry Hazelnut Bars from Turkey Notified by United Kingdom. Destroyed.
- 2020.0433 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Turkey Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 17.0 ± 6.8 μg/kg, Total - 20.3 μg/kg (limit 8.0 ug/kg and 15.0 ug/kg, respectively µg/kg … Aflatoxin B1
- 2020.0329 aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Turkey Notified by France. Re-dispatched. Result Aflatoxine B1 = 46+/-14 - 2,8+/-0,9 - Aflatoxines totales=51+/-15 - 2,8+/-0,9 (limit Afla… Aflatoxins B1
- 2020.0079 Aflatoxins in chopped hazelnut kernels from Turkey Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched. Result 17,2 +/- 6,9 (limit B1 5 µg/kg; Summe 10 µg/kg null). Aflatoxins B1
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 22 notifications since 2020 concerned hazelnut from Turkey found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 16 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 73%, official control on the market 23%, at the EU border 5%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- 2026.8397 alertSalmonella in hazelnut paste from Turkey Notified by Belgium. Company's own check. Salmonella
- 2026.7583 alertSalmonella spp. in hazelnut paste from Turkey via Bulgaria Notified by Germany. Company's own check. Result positiv in 375 g. SalmonellaSalmonella spp
- 2026.3686 info: follow-upTenuazonic acid in Hazelnut spread from Türkiye via Bulgaria Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 1860. tenuazonic acid
- 2025.10380 info: attentionAflatoxins (B1) in shelled hazelnuts Notified by Italy. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched. Result 12 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1
- 2025.7978 info: attentionToo high levels of aflatoxin in hazelnuts from Turkey Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 16 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.7049 alertUndeclared allergens (almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios) in peanut butter from Turkey Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2025.4416 alertHazelnut creme - labeling deficiencies Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result detected. almondpeanutpistachio
- 2025.4135 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 and total in Hazelnuts, raw Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 7.6 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.3890 info: attentionTenuazonic acid (TEA) in hazelnuts from Türkiye Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 239 (limit 100 µg/kg - ppb). tenuazonic acid
- 2025.3886 info: attentionTenuazonic Acid in hazelnuts from Turkey Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 402. tenuazonic acid
Data and downloads
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