Ukraine — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds

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Ukraine received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Azoxystrobin, fosetyl and phosphonates, and propamocarb. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

By commodity, last 156 weeks

"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

• 2026.3029 2026-04-09 azoxystrobin, propiconazole, propamocarb, phosphonic acid in pumpkin seeds from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,038±0,019 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinfosetyl and phosphonatespropamocarbpropiconazole
• 2026.1516 2026-02-24 pests in milk thistle seeds from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Treated, sorted or diverted. infested with insects
• 2025.1288 2025-02-24 Aflatoxins in nuts from Ukraine Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched. Result 87+/- 44 (limit 4 µg/dm²). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
• 2023.0387 2023-01-17 Cadmium (0.08±0.008 mg/kg) in peas from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
• 2022.4669 2022-08-10 unauthorised substance heptachlor in rapeseed from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result <0,05 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). heptachlor

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 7 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Ukraine found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 3 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 71%, company's own check 29%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

• 2026.2209 2026-03-16 info: attentionStwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP dla pozostałości pestycydu tetrametryny na poziomie 0,074 ± 0,037 mg/kg w orzechach włoskich, surowiec pochodzi z Ukrainy // tetramethrin at a level of 0.074 ± 0.037 mg/kg in walnuts, raw material from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,074 ± 0,037 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tetramethrin
• 2026.0603 2026-01-26 alertElevated levels of Hydrocyanic acid in Golden Flaxseed from Ukraine, dispatched from UK, via Estonia, via Lithuania, via Poland and via the Netherlands Notified by Malta. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 249 ± 55 (limit 150 mg/kg - ppm). cyanide
• 2026.0457 2026-01-20 alertForeign bodies (glass fragments) in shelled organic sunflower seeds from Ukraine Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched.
• 2024.4306 2024-06-04 info: follow-upabsence of health certificate for shelled walnuts from Ukraine Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market.
• 2023.8450 2023-12-07 info: attentionOxidative rancidity in grind nuts from Ukraine Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. oxidation
• 2023.2515 2023-04-14 alertAflatoxins in walnut kernel pieces from Ukraine, via Romania Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 59,8 +/-24 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
• 2021.3542 2021-07-06 alertSalmonella Agona in sunflower seed halva from Ukraine, via Germany Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Salmonella AgonaSalmonella spp.