| 28 Aug 2026 | EU | Presence of dead insects and mould in dried whole nutmeg from Sir Lanka | Foreign bodies | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 28 Aug 2026 | EU | Suspected mould contamination in whole dried nutmeg from Sir Lanka /Misstänkt mögelföroren | Mould | Information · potential risk |
| 18 Aug 2026 | EU | BaP and PAK's in clove from Sri Lanka | Process and environmental contaminants
120 (limit 50) µg/kg - ppb | Alert · serious |
| 22 May 2026 | EU | aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in organic ground nutmeg from Sri Lanka | Aflatoxins | Alert · serious |
| 7 May 2026 | AU | Chilli powder
Rainbo Trading (Pvt) Ltd | Salmonella
Detected/ 125g | Border rejection |
| 9 Mar 2026 | EU | Ochratoxin A in chilipowder from Sri Lanka | Ochratoxin A | Border rejection · serious |
| 19 Jun 2025 | EU | Aflatoxins in sweet peppers from Sri Lanka | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · serious |
| 19 May 2025 | EU | Probably unauthorised novel food ingredient senna leaves in tea from Sri Lanka | Unauthorised novel food or GMO | Information · potential risk |
| 7 Jan 2025 | EU | Anthraquinone in organic black pepper from Sri Lanka | Pesticide residues | Alert · potentially serious |
| 7 Aug 2024 | EU | Pesticide residues (chlorpyrifos ) in Curry Powder and (tolfenpyrad) Meat Curry Powder Mix | Chlorpyrifos | Border rejection · serious |
| 2 Jul 2024 | EU | Too high pesticide level in Curry Powder (chlorpyrifos) | Chlorpyrifos | Alert · serious |
| 25 Mar 2024 | EU | Unlabelled sulphites in cinnamon sticks from Sri Lanka destined for France | Sulphites | Alert · serious |
| 15 Sep 2023 | AU | Cassava chips with salt and pepper
Enrich Tea and Food Exports (Pvt) Ltd | Plant and marine toxins
260 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 7 Aug 2023 | EU | peperoncino dallo Sri Lanka | Other | Border rejection · serious |
| 17 Jul 2023 | AU | Black pepper ground
Sanmik Food (Pvt) Ltd | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 29 Jun 2023 | AU | Chilli powder
Ceylon First Exports (Pvt) Ltd | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 6 Apr 2023 | EU | Fipronil in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · no risk |
| 9 Dec 2022 | EU | Packaging with wrong information capable of misleading the consumer | Other | Border rejection · no risk |
| 11 Oct 2022 | EU | residues of pesticides in organic Ceylon Fried Curry Powder | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · undecided |
| 30 Sep 2022 | EU | Inappropriate documentation for chilli powder from Sri Lanka | Documents and labelling | Border rejection · undecided |
| 25 Apr 2022 | EU | unaproved pesticide residue novaluron in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · undecided |
| 19 Jan 2022 | EU | Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in organic mace powder from Sri Lanka | Aflatoxins | Information · serious |
| 14 Jan 2022 | EU | Alti valori di Aflatossina su peperoncino sminuzzato dallo Sri Lanka//High Aflatoxin value | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · serious |
| 12 Nov 2021 | EU | Ethylene Oxide in organic cinnamon from Sri Lanka | Ethylene oxide | Information · serious |
| 4 Oct 2021 | EU | Aflatoxins in ground nutmeg | Aflatoxins | Alert · serious |
| 6 Aug 2021 | EU | Undeclared sulphite in cinnamon from Sri Lanka | Undeclared allergen | Alert · serious |
| 8 Jun 2021 | AU | White pepper powder
New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt Ltd | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 8 Jun 2021 | AU | Black pepper powder
New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt Ltd | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 8 Jun 2021 | AU | Black pepper whole
New Lanka Cinnamon Pvt Ltd | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 4 May 2021 | EU | aflatoxins (B1 = 22.1 µg/kg - ppb) in roasted chilli powder from Sri Lanka | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · serious |
| 17 Mar 2021 | EU | peperoncino in fiocchi da Sri Lanka | Other | Border rejection · serious |
| 4 Feb 2021 | EU | PAH in organic ground black pepper from Sri Lanka | Process and environmental contaminants | Alert · serious |
| 25 Nov 2020 | EU | Nicht zugelassenes Pestizid Profenofos in Gotukola aus Sri Lanka /// Unauthorized substan | Pesticide residues | Information · serious |
| 5 Nov 2020 | EU | Aflatoxins in peppers form Sri Lanka | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · serious |
| 13 Oct 2020 | EU | Dried Whole Chillies rejected due to excess Aflatoxin B1. | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · undecided |
| 7 Oct 2020 | EU | Red Chilli Powder Hot from Sri Lanka rejected due to excess Aflatoxins | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · serious |
| 12 Jun 2020 | EU | High Levels of E-coli detected | Other | Information · not serious |
| 28 May 2020 | EU | Salmonella and High Levels of E-coli detected | Salmonella | Information · serious |
| 1 May 2020 | AU | Crushed chilli
Cmb Lanka (Private) Limited | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 5 Mar 2020 | EU | Aflatoxin in Capsicum | Aflatoxins | Border rejection · serious |