Turkey — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Turkey received 94 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 18 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 18 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Turkey
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins and cyanide (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 41%; held, final fate not recorded 24%; re-dispatched or destroyed 14%; destroyed 12%; treated, sorted or diverted 10%. 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
- Italy (26), Bulgaria (22), Greece (19), of 93 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, December, September, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (68), salmonella (17), ochratoxin A (3), alternariol (1), alternariol monomethyl ether (ame) (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-Q3 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 15 |
| 2024-Q2 | 6 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 15 |
| 2025-Q1 | 18 |
| 2025-Q2 | 16 |
| 2025-Q3 | 10 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistachio | 66 | 188 t | 244.0 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Sesame | 18 | 1,786 t | 226.6 | Salmonella |
| Hazelnut | 5 | 70,562 t | 1.8 | aflatoxin total |
| Other | 3 | — | — | ochratoxin A |
| Other Nuts & Seeds | 1 | — | — | — |
| Groundnut / Peanut | 0 | — | — | — |
| Sunflower Seeds | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 90 | 9,258 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
- 2026.3521 Aflatoxins in roasted and salted pistachios from Turkey Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 19,2 +/- 7,7 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2875 Absence of health certificate(s) in apricot kernels from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.2448 Aflatossine oltre i limiti consentiti in Pistacchio sgusciato Origine/Provenienza Turchia/ Aflatoxins exceeding permitted limits in shelled pistachios from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 15,8 ± 0,7 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 2026.2333 Salmonella spp. in hulled sesame seeds from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result Salmonella spp. (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.1091 Aflatossine oltre i limiti consentiti in Pistacchio con guscio Origine/Provenienza Turchia/ Aflatoxins above permitted limits in pistachios in shell Origin/Provenance Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 89,5 ± 9,8 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 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
- 2025.7488 Aflatoxin in pistachio kernel from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 239.0+/-47.2 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7468 Aflatoxins in roasted in shell salted pistachio from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 35.8+/-10.2 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxinaflatoxin total
- 2025.7237 Aflatoxins in roasted pistachio from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 69.8+/-18.8 (limit 10.00 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7028 Aflatoxins in roasted pistachio from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 13.2+/-4.0 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.6620 Aflatoxin in inshell pistachio roasted from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 19.0 +/- 5.1 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.6229 Aflatoxins in pistachios in shell from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Result Aflatoxin B1 57,9+/-23,2; Aflatoxin Summe 62,3 +/-25,0 (limit Aflatoxin B1 8; Aflatoxin S… Aflatoxin
- 2025.6051 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernel from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 13.5+/-4.1 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.5985 presenza di aflatossina B1 e SOMMA DI AFLATOSSINE IN PISTACCHI SGUSCIATI DALLA TURCHIA/ presence of aflatoxin bB and sum of aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 32,2 ± 2,9;16,7 ± 1,8 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.5705 Aflatoxins in pistachios from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 19.8+/-5.9 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.5177 Aflatoxins above legal limits in shelled pistachios from Turkey Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 495.7+/-34.4; 515.7+/-32.6. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 2025.5173 Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 12.4+/-3.7µg/kg (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.4650 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE OF SALMONELLA IN FIVE (5) OUT OF TEN (10) UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella spp
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 91 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Turkey found after entering the EU — 42 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 55%, company's own check 40%, at the EU border 2%, monitoring or surveillance sample 2%, other 1%. 40 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | 30 | 10 | 20 |
| 2026 to date | 10 | 4 | 6 |
- 2026.8538 info: attentionAflatoxins (aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins) in peanuts from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 13,3 ± 2,8 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 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
- 2026.6030 info: follow-upStones found in chickpeas Notified by Denmark. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2026.5487 info: follow-upSalmonella spp. in organic blue poppy seeds from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.5281 info: attentionOchratoxin A in sunflower seeds from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 12,0 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.3686 info: follow-upTenuazonic acid in Hazelnut spread from Türkiye via Bulgaria Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 1860. tenuazonic acid
- 2026.3442 alertSalmonella spp. in pistachio cream from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result nachgewiesen /// detected. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.3214 alertSalmonella spp. in nut nougat spread from Germany Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result detected. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.0858 info: attentionAflatoxins in sunflower seeds from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 31,5+-12,6 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Data and downloads
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