Uganda — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Uganda received 25 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 5 in 2023-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, Salmonella, and aflatoxin total. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 14 carry the laboratory result and 15 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Uganda
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for salmonella (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Treated, sorted or diverted 41%; held, final fate not recorded 32%; re-dispatched or destroyed 23%; destroyed 5% (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), Belgium (5), of 22 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- June, May, December, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- salmonella (12), aflatoxins (6).
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 | 3 |
| 2023-Q4 | 5 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame | 16 | 1,365 t | 233.3 | Salmonella |
| Groundnut / Peanut | 6 | — | — | Aflatoxin B1 |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 16 | 1,365 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
- 2026.5787 Aflatoxins in crushed peanuts from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 151 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5310 Aflatoxin B1 in red peanut powder from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2.7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.4963 Aflatoxins in peanuts from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 183 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4608 Aflatoxins in peanuts from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 286 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4349 Aflatoxins in red peanuts from Uganda with destination Belgium Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 181 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 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
- 2024.5436 Aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in grounded red groundnuts from Uganda Notified by Finland. Reached the market, destroyed. Result 115,8 (limit 2,0 µg/l). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 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.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 9 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Uganda found after entering the EU — 7 alerts, 2 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 56%, at the EU border 33%, official control on the market 11%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- 2026.4090 info: attentionAflatoxins in peanut powder from Uganda Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 277 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3969 alertAflatoxins in peanut powder from Uganda to the Netherlands. Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 100 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 2026.3633 info: attentionAflatoxins in peanuts from Uganda Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 158 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.7069 alertforeign object: injection needle in unhulled sesame seed, from Uganda Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2025.4718 alertSalmonella spp. in black organic chia seeds from Uganda, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result nachgewiesen in 125 g /// detected in 125 g. Salmonella spp.
- 2025.2180 alertSalmonella in organic black chia seeds from Uganda, via Netherlands and Germany Notified by Norway. Company's own check, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Salmonella Telaviv
- 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.
- 2021.3260 alertaflatoxins in chia seeds from Uganda, via Germany Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 7,9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 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 45 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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