United States — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Groundnut / Peanut
United States received 121 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Groundnut / Peanut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 22 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin total. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 192.4 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from United States over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 15 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import groundnut / peanut from United States
Above the median. United States ranks 3rd of 6 origins shipping groundnut / peanut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 192.4 — above 60% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 2,357 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).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 19.6 t (median of 37 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 14.3 t (Egypt) to 19.6 t (United States), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 59%; treated, sorted or diverted 26%; re-dispatched or destroyed 10%; destroyed 3%; re-dispatched 1%. 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 (84), France (11), Germany (6), of 116 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, May, November, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (116).
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-Q4 | 19 |
| 2024-Q1 | 10 |
| 2024-Q2 | 22 |
| 2024-Q3 | 13 |
| 2024-Q4 | 9 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 12 |
| 2025-Q3 | 9 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 10 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8069 aflatoxin B1 in creamy peanut butter from the United States Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3.0±0.9 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.8010 Aflatoxin B1 18 ppb in groundnuts from USA Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 18 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7648 Aflatoxin in peanuts from United States Notified by Bulgaria. Result 90±27 µg/kg (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6771 Aflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 34 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6337 Aflatoxin in groundnuts from USA Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 8.9 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6335 Aflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 13 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6320 Too much aflatoxins (aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxins in total) in groundnuts from United states. Notified by Finland. Result 51,1 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6210 Peanutbutter USA Aflatoxin B1 Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 5.2 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5855 Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 72,3+7-28,9 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5847 Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 106,6 +/- 42,6 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5409 Aflatoxin on peanuts from the United States Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 9.6 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4010 Aflatoxins in peanut kernels from the United States Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 145,6+/-58,2 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.3635 Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 10.8±3.3 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3246 Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States Notified by Germany. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 14,3 ± 5,7 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2063 Peanuts USA Aflatoxin Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 7.4 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1664 Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 4.9±1.5 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1592 Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 66±19 (limit 4,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1111 Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from the United States Notified by Germany. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 13,1 ± 5,2 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.0311 Aflatoxins in peanut butter from the United States, dispatched from Sint Maarten Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3.1±1.0 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1
- 2026.0227 Aflatoxine in USA groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 9.8 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 62 notifications since 2020 concerned groundnut / peanut from United States found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 58 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 97%, official control on the market 2%, consumer complaint or illness 2%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 24 | 3 | 21 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 2026 to date | 13 | 0 | 13 |
- 2026.9028 info: attentionAflatoxins in raw peanuts from the United States Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 19.6 (limit 4.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8573 info: attentionAflatoxin in groundnuts from the United States Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 26 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8014 info: attentionExceedance of aflatoxins in groundnuts, from the USA Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 13,7 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7937 info: attentionAflatoxin in peanuts from United States Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 10,1 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7935 info: attentionExceedance of aflatoxins in groundnuts, from the USA Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 4,9 (limit 2,0 null). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7791 info: attentionAflatoxine in peanuts, from the USA Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 42 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7644 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in USA groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 18,6 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7641 info: attentionExceedance of aflatoxins in groundnuts, from the USA Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 13,9 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7470 info: attentionExceedance of aflatoxin in groundnuts from USA Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 5,3 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7009 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 12,5 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
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