25 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from India since 1 January 2020. That is 1% of all EU notifications on products from India and 4% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; India ranks 6 of 73 origins for this category. 7 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 133%.
Most reported: chlorpyrifos (6), pyrrolizidine alkaloids (4) and dinotefuran (2). 48% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 44% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were tea (7), black tea (5) and coffee (4).
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from India
The newest 25 of 25, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos in coffee from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9304, validated 20 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: dinotefuran in green tea from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6386, validated 17 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad in black tea from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1837, validated 5 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0948, validated 4 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorpyrifos in cocoa, coffee or tea from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0005, validated 2 January 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorpyrifos and tricyclazole in cocoa, coffee or tea from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0003, validated 2 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in black tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9913, validated 11 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A in coffee from India, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7413, validated 26 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Finland: dimethoate or omethoate in tea from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.5336, validated 14 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for cocoa, coffee or tea from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4312, validated 9 June 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: pyrrolizidine alkaloids, tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) and mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5015, validated 1 July 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos in tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4775, validated 21 June 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos in herbal infusions from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3950, validated 21 May 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Estonia: acrylamide in coffee from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3037, validated 8 May 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in black tea from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.3033, validated 15 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: fenobucarb in tea from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.0122, validated 5 January 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: tolfenpyrad in black tea from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.4651, validated 11 July 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for cocoa from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.6953, validated 30 November 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: chlorpyrifos in green tea from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5531, validated 23 September 2022.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4456, validated 1 August 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: anthraquinone in cocoa, coffee or tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0239, validated 13 January 2022.
- Information for attention notified by the European Commission: acetamiprid and monocrotophos in tea from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0104, validated 6 January 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: dinotefuran in black tea from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.2756, validated 28 May 2021.
- Border rejection notified by France: ethylene oxide in coffee from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2684, validated 26 May 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: aflatoxins in cocoa, coffee or tea from India, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3201, validated 7 August 2020.
More: all notifications on products from India and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 12 | 48% |
| Alert | 5 | 20% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 8% |
| Information for attention | 6 | 24% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 11 | 44% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 24% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 16% |
| Undecided | 4 | 16% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorpyrifos | 6 | 24% |
| Pyrrolizidine alkaloids | 4 | 16% |
| Dinotefuran | 2 | 8% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 2 | 8% |
| Ethylene oxide | 2 | 8% |
| Tolfenpyrad | 2 | 8% |
| Acetamiprid | 1 | 4% |
| Acrylamide | 1 | 4% |
| Aflatoxins | 1 | 4% |
| Anthraquinone | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tea | 7 |
| Black tea | 5 |
| Coffee | 4 |
| Green tea | 2 |
| Cocoa | 1 |
| Herbal infusions | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 8 | 32% |
| Poland | 4 | 16% |
| Italy | 3 | 12% |
| Belgium | 2 | 8% |
| Finland | 2 | 8% |
| Croatia | 2 | 8% |
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