India · 12 Nov 2026

Prepared and snack foods from India: food safety notices

Notices, all years92since 6 Jun 2019

Last 12 months10

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Producers named

Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd 6 Nilamel Exports 4M/S. Pazhangadi Oil Industries 1A1 Chips and Exports India Pvt. Ltd. 1A1 Chips and Exports India Private Limit 1Fresh Jasmines Export And Import Pvt Ltd 1Frumar Agri Foods Pvt Ltd 1Cyan International 1Wynad Exports 1Fennel Agro Exports 1Tatez Foods 1ABN Trades 1Speciality Indian Food Parks & Exports P 1Aswins Home Special 1Malabar Natural Foods 1Natural Foods Pvt Ltd 1Kottackal Agro Foods 1 Aerath Business Corporation 1 Economic Food Solutions Pvt Ltd 1 Sky Way Trading Corp 1 M H Foods 1MH Foodproducts 1Innovative Cuisine 1MP Impex 1

Australia and Japan name the producer or shipper of each rejected consignment.

Notices

Date	Source	Product	Hazard	Type
3 Nov 2026	EU	3-Monochloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) and glycidyl fatty acid esters in tapioca chips from	Process and environmental contaminants 10'520 + 1'580 µg/kg - ppb	Information · potentially serious
7 Aug 2026	AU	Tapioca chips M/S. Pazhangadi Oil Industries	Plant and marine toxins 110 mg/kg	Border rejection
17 Jul 2026	AU	Tapioca chips A1 Chips And Exports India Pvt. Ltd.	Plant and marine toxins 460 mg/kg,	Border rejection
7 May 2026	AU	Tapioca chips A1 Chips and Exports India Private Limited	Plant and marine toxins 210 mg/kg, 170 mg/kg	Border rejection
9 Feb 2026	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 110 mg/kg	Border rejection
2 Feb 2026	EU	Undeclared allergen milk in Kaju Roll from India	Undeclared allergen	Information · serious
27 Jan 2026	AU	Cassava chips Fresh Jasmines Export and Import Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 130 mg/kg	Border rejection
23 Dec 2025	AU	Tapioca finger chips Frumar Agri Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 120 mg/kg	Border rejection
28 Nov 2025	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 82 mg/kg	Border rejection
13 Nov 2025	EU	Unauthorized novel food: Stone flower (Parmotrema perlatum) and Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi	Unauthorised novel food or GMO	Border rejection · not serious
11 Nov 2025	AU	Tapioca chips - various Nilamel Exports	Plant and marine toxins 120 mg/kg, 130 mg/kg	Border rejection
6 Oct 2025	EU	Unauthorised use of the colouring agent cochineal red (E 124) in corn snacks from India	Colours	Information · potential risk
1 Aug 2025	EU	Unauthorised use of colour (E124) in corn based snacks from India	Colours	Information · not serious
16 Jun 2025	AU	Tapioca chips Cyan International	Plant and marine toxins 240 mg/kg	Border rejection
2 May 2025	AU	Tapioca chips and tapioca sticks Wynad Exports	Plant and marine toxins 173 mg/kg, 99 mg/kg	Border rejection
28 Mar 2025	AU	Tapioca chips Fennel Agro Exports	Plant and marine toxins 319 mg/kg	Border rejection
7 Mar 2025	AU	Tapioca chips Tatez Foods	Plant and marine toxins 214 mg/kg, 230 mg/kg	Border rejection
31 Jan 2025	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 90 mg/kg	Border rejection
24 Jan 2025	AU	Tapioca chips - spicy ABN Trades	Plant and marine toxins 155 mg/kg	Border rejection
17 Jan 2025	AU	Tapioca chips – various shapes and flavours Speciality Indian Food Parks & Exports Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 203 mg/kg, 117 mg/kg, 118 mg/kg	Border rejection
13 Jan 2025	AU	Tapioca finger chips Aswins Home Special	Plant and marine toxins 114 mg/kg	Border rejection
28 Nov 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods	Plant and marine toxins 74 mg/kg	Border rejection
19 Nov 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 88 mg/kg	Border rejection
19 Nov 2024	AU	Cassava chips - various Kottackal Agro Foods	Plant and marine toxins 107 mg/kg	Border rejection
24 Oct 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Nilamel Exports	Plant and marine toxins 53 mg/kg	Border rejection
10 Oct 2024	AU	Tapioca chips - various flavours Aerath Business Corporation	Plant and marine toxins 87 mg/kg	Border rejection
4 Oct 2024	AU	Cassava chips Economic Food Solutions Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 280 mg/kg	Border rejection
4 Oct 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Sky Way Trading Corp	Plant and marine toxins 124 mg/kg	Border rejection
1 Oct 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Nilamel Exports	Plant and marine toxins 162 mg/kg	Border rejection
27 Sep 2024	AU	Tapioca chips flavoured MALABAR NATURAL FOODS PVT LTD	Plant and marine toxins 86 mg/kg	Border rejection
27 Sep 2024	AU	Tapioca chips MALABAR NATURAL FOODS PVT LTD	Plant and marine toxins 83 mg/kg	Border rejection
23 Sep 2024	AU	Tapioca chips MALABAR NATURAL FOODS PVT LTD	Plant and marine toxins 79mg/kg	Border rejection
26 Jul 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Nilamel Exports	Plant and marine toxins 200 mg/kg	Border rejection
8 May 2024	AU	Tapioca chips- frozen tapioca snacks M H Foods	Plant and marine toxins 86 mg/kg	Border rejection
22 Mar 2024	AU	Tapioca chips MH Foodproducts	Plant and marine toxins 100 mg/kg	Border rejection
6 Mar 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Innovative Cuisine	Plant and marine toxins 310 mg/kg	Border rejection
1 Mar 2024	AU	Tapioca chips - various flavours MP Impex	Plant and marine toxins 180 mg/kg	Border rejection
21 Feb 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Avs Traders	Plant and marine toxins 220 mg/kg	Border rejection
25 Jan 2024	EU	Nuevos alimentos no autorizados (Echinochloa colona y Vigna acontifolia) en aperitivos de	Additives (unauthorised or over limit)	Border rejection · not serious
25 Jan 2024	EU	Possible presence of glass in Double Horse Red Rice Flakes	Foreign bodies	Information · potentially serious
18 Jan 2024	AU	Tapioca chips Kairali Ayurvedic Products Private Limited	Plant and marine toxins 76mg/kg	Border rejection
17 Jan 2024	AU	Cassava chips – various flavours Jay Keshav Exp Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 170 mg/kg 180 mg/kg	Border rejection
11 Jan 2024	EU	Too high content of capsaicin and labeling deficiencies in chips from India, via Germany	Documents and labelling	Alert · serious
29 Nov 2023	AU	Finger chips tapioca Visnukumar Traders Private Limited	Plant and marine toxins 270 mg/kg	Border rejection
18 Oct 2023	AU	Tapioca chips Nilamel Exports	Plant and marine toxins 230 mg/kg	Border rejection
13 Oct 2023	EU	Presencia de nuevo alimento (parmotrema perlatum) no autorizado en preparaciones alimentic	Unauthorised novel food or GMO	Border rejection · potential risk
20 Sep 2023	AU	Tapioca chips hot J&T Exports	Plant and marine toxins 170 mg/kg	Border rejection
13 Sep 2023	AU	Tapioca chips masala Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 56 mg/kg	Border rejection
25 Aug 2023	AU	Tapioca chips (masala and salted) M H Foods	Plant and marine toxins 23 mg/kg 13mg/kg	Border rejection
24 Aug 2023	AU	Tapioca spicy chips Abn Trades	Plant and marine toxins 12 mg/kg	Border rejection
25 Apr 2023	EU	Unathorised substances/ingredients of novel food	Unauthorised novel food or GMO	Border rejection · potential risk
20 Apr 2023	AU	Spicy tapioca chips Zamco Foods	Plant and marine toxins 19 mg/kg	Border rejection
29 Mar 2023	EU	País no autorizado para producto compuesto (lácteo) de India // Country not authorised for	Additives (unauthorised or over limit)	Border rejection · undecided
28 Jul 2022	AU	Cassava chips Kottackal Agro Foods	Plant and marine toxins 14 mg/kg	Border rejection
8 Jun 2022	AU	Cassava stick chips Kottackal Agro Foods	Plant and marine toxins 12 mg/kg	Border rejection
1 Mar 2022	AU	Tapioca chips - classic salt & salsa masala A1 Chips and Exports India Pvt. Ltd.	Plant and marine toxins 25, 19, 22, 12 mg/kg	Border rejection
4 Feb 2022	AU	Tapioca chips Fineday Foods	Plant and marine toxins 21, 12, 22 mg/kg	Border rejection
2 Feb 2022	AU	Tapioca & Cassava chips - salsa masala/ classic salt/chilly A1 Chips and Exports India Pvt. Ltd.	Plant and marine toxins 82, 78, 55 mg/kg	Border rejection
25 Jan 2022	AU	Tapioca chips - salsa masala flavour & classic salt flavour Kvr Traders	Plant and marine toxins 11, 18 mg/kg	Border rejection
26 Nov 2021	EU	Salmonella in sesame snack from India, via the Netherlands	Salmonella	Alert · serious
23 Nov 2021	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 11.2 mg/kg	Border rejection
8 Nov 2021	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 12 mg/kg	Border rejection
15 Oct 2021	AU	Cassava round chips Kottackal Agro Foods	Plant and marine toxins 13 mg/kg	Border rejection
11 Oct 2021	AU	Tapioca chips Greenmount Spices	Plant and marine toxins 17 mg/kg	Border rejection
6 Oct 2021	AU	Tapioca chips spicy Wynad Exports	Plant and marine toxins 23 mg/kg	Border rejection
18 Aug 2021	EU	Unauthorized substance ethylene oxide in spices, used in ready meals from India	Ethylene oxide	Alert · undecided
6 May 2021	AU	Tapioca chips Fineday Foods	Plant and marine toxins 17 mg/kg	Border rejection
6 May 2021	AU	Tapioca chips hot Fineday Foods	Plant and marine toxins 20 mg/kg	Border rejection
23 Apr 2021	AU	Tapioca chips spicy Wynad Exports	Plant and marine toxins 21 mg/kg	Border rejection
11 Mar 2021	AU	Tapioca chips Greenmount Spices	Plant and marine toxins 15 mg/kg	Border rejection
18 Dec 2020	EU	Unauthorized novel food Euryale Ferox seeds	Unauthorised novel food or GMO	Information · undecided
8 Dec 2020	EU	Nicht zugelassene Substanz Ethylenoxid in Sesamsamen, verwendet in Käse-Gebäck aus den Nie	Ethylene oxide	Information · undecided
12 Nov 2020	EU	Ethylene oxide in sesame seeds in food products	Ethylene oxide	Alert · serious
21 Oct 2020	AU	Tapioca stick masala chips Anupam Foods and Enterprises	Plant and marine toxins 14 mg/kg	Border rejection
3 Sep 2020	AU	Tapioca chips sticks Topper Export	Plant and marine toxins 43 mg/kg	Border rejection
3 Sep 2020	AU	Tapioca chips spicy Topper Export	Plant and marine toxins 42 mg/kg	Border rejection
3 Sep 2020	AU	Tapioca chips Topper Export	Plant and marine toxins 17 mg/kg	Border rejection
21 Aug 2020	AU	Tapioca chips Malabar Natural Foods Pvt Ltd	Plant and marine toxins 69 mg/kg	Border rejection
30 Jul 2020	AU	Tapioca chips Bakemill Foods Intl	Plant and marine toxins 21 mg/kg	Border rejection
24 Apr 2020	EU	novel food (semi di ninfea)	Unauthorised novel food or GMO	Border rejection · undecided