United States — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
United States received 173 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 31 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling 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; 20 carry the laboratory result and 13 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from United States
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 47%; re-dispatched or destroyed 18%; treated, sorted or diverted 17%; re-dispatched 13%; destroyed 3%; not stated 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 (88), Italy (39), Spain (18), of 187 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, May, September, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (176), ochratoxin A (5), cadmium (2).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 18 |
| 2024-Q2 | 31 |
| 2024-Q3 | 17 |
| 2024-Q4 | 11 |
| 2025-Q1 | 9 |
| 2025-Q2 | 18 |
| 2025-Q3 | 20 |
| 2025-Q4 | 13 |
| 2026-Q1 | 13 |
| 2026-Q2 | 9 |
| 2026-Q3 | 13 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groundnut / Peanut | 116 | 2,357 t | 192.4 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Pistachio | 52 | 5,632 t | 17.9 | aflatoxin total |
| Almond | 12 | 62,729 t | 4.0 | aflatoxin total |
| Other | 3 | — | — | aflatoxin total |
| Walnut | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sunflower Seeds | 2 | — | — | cadmium |
| Hazelnut | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 184 | 8,907 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
- 2026.8726 Exceedance of MRL for total aflatoxins in raw shelled pistachios from USA via Turkey Notified by Romania. Result 22.07+/-11.04 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.8490 aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from the USA Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 6.3 // 6.9. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 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
- 2026.7627 Aflatoxins in shelled pistachios Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 30.9 ± 15.4 μg/kg (limit 8 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
- 2026.5937 Aflatoxin B1 in USA pistachio kernels Notified by Netherlands. Result 18 (limit 8 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
- 2026.5138 superamento limiti massimi di aflatossine / aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 63,6 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4437 Aflatoxins in almonds from the United States Notified by Spain. Result > 24 ppb (limit 10 ppb en suma y 8 ppb en B1 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxins
- 2026.4024 Aflatoxin in pistachios from the USA, via the United Arab Emirates Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 16,7 (limit 8 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
- 2026.4009 Aflatoxins above the permitted limits in pistachios from the USA shipped to Turkey/ Aflatossine oltre i limiti consenti origine in pistacchi origine Usa spedizione Turchia Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 31,7 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 169 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from United States found after entering the EU — 41 alerts, 128 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 74%, at the EU border 13%, official control on the market 10%, consumer complaint or illness 2%, monitoring or surveillance sample 1%. 12 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 30 | 9 | 21 |
| 2024 | 49 | 8 | 41 |
| 2025 | 37 | 6 | 31 |
| 2026 to date | 35 | 13 | 22 |
- 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
- 2026.8849 alertSalmonella spp. in almonds from the United States Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result precent (limit not precent /125g). Salmonella spp
- 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
- 2026.8336 alertAflatoxins in pistachio crumble from Italy, with raw material from the United States, dispatched from the United Arab Emirates Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Aflatoxin B1: 36 / 62 / 16 ppb //// Summe Aflatoxine: 45 / 68 / 18 ppb (limit 8 bzw. 10 µ… Aflatoxin
- 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
Data and downloads
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