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Pesticide residues (MRLs)
The single largest cause of EU spice rejections — and why cumin is on the 30% check list.
What is Pesticide residues (MRLs)?
The single largest cause of EU spice rejections — and why cumin is on the 30% check list.
The read
Pesticide residues are the top cause of EU spice border rejections. MRLs are analyte-and-crop specific; the practical requirement is a recent, accredited multi-residue panel from an ISO/IEC 17025 lab, less than six months old. For Indian cumin this is effectively mandatory given the 30% check rate.
Applies to
What this page does not tell you
- Per-analyte MRL tables
- MRLs run to hundreds of analyte×crop values and change frequently; we flag that they govern and point to the EU pesticides database rather than freezing a table.
Sources
- CBI — Entering the European market for spices and herbs· Tier 2, retrieved 2026-07-16
- Reg. (EU) 2019/1793 — temporary increase of official controls· Tier 1, retrieved 2026-07-16