Uganda — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Sesame
Uganda received 20 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Sesame, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q1 and 2025-Q4. Volume peaked at 5 in 2023-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, Salmonella spp, and Salmonella Aberdeen. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 233.3 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Uganda over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 11 carry the laboratory result and 12 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import sesame from Uganda
Below the median. Uganda ranks 4th of 6 origins shipping sesame to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 233.3 — above 40% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for salmonella (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 1,365 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest rejection rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Treated, sorted or diverted 56%; held, final fate not recorded 44% (124 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
- Netherlands (7), Greece (6), Germany (3), of 16 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- December, June, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- salmonella (12).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 1 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3 |
| 2023-Q4 | 5 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.8763 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Germany. Result Detection of S. Bonn in one of 10 samples weighing 25g each (limit - null). Salmonella
- 2025.7328 Salmonella in sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN ONE OUT OF FIVE UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.7117 Salmonella spp in Sesame seed from Oeganda Notified by Netherlands. Result Detected /25g (limit No presence /25g null). Salmonella
- 2025.6548 Salmonella spp in Sesame seed from Uganda Notified by Netherlands. Result Detected /25g (limit No presence /25g null). Salmonella
- 2025.4193 Salmonella Aberdeen in organic sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Germany. Salmonella Aberdeen
- 2025.4128 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.3829 Seasame seed Uganda salmonella Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result Detected in 25 gr. (limit No detection in 25 gr null). Salmonella spp
- 2024.9370 salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Netherlands. Result detected (limit no presence /25g). Salmonella spp
- 2024.4310 Salmonella Mishmarhaemek in organic sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Germany. Treated, sorted or diverted. Salmonella spp
- 2024.3763 Seasame seeds Uganda Salmonella Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result Present / 25g (limit absent / 25g null). Salmonella
- 2024.0393 Absence of health certificate for sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.8875 Absence of health certificate for sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.8874 Absence of health certificate for sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.8736 Absence of health certificate for sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.7987 salmonella in sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Netherlands. Result detected (limit no presence /25g). Salmonella
- 2023.7738 Salmonella in Ugandian Sesamseed Notified by Netherlands. Result Present /25g (limit absent /25g null). Salmonella spp
- 2023.5486 Absence of health certificate for sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.4924 Absence of health certificate (missing original) for sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.4923 SESAME SEEDS FROM UGANDA WITH ABSENCE OF ORIGINAL CERTIFCATES Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.3102 Salmonella spp. in organic sesame seeds from Uganda Notified by Germany. Result S. 1,42: z38: - Subsp. I detected in. Salmonella spp.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned sesame from Uganda found after entering the EU — 3 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 67%, official control on the market 33%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.7069 alertforeign object: injection needle in unhulled sesame seed, from Uganda Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2022.6696 alertSalmonella Oslo und Salmonella Korovi in organic tahini (sesame paste) from Germany, made with raw material from Uganda Notified by Germany. Company's own check. Result detected. Salmonella KoroviSalmonella OsloSalmonella spp.
- 2021.1899 alertEthylene oxide in organic sesame seeds from Uganda, via France Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,16 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
Data and downloads
Download all 33 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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