China — Non-Alcoholic Beverages
China received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Non-Alcoholic Beverages between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are lactoprotein, milk ingredient, and lactose. The list below gives each of these 9 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 75%; Not stated: 25%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6384 Nuevo alimento en bebida de China // Novel food in drink product from China Notified by Spain. Reached the market.
- 2025.6719 bevande con latte dalla Cina/instant tea powder drinks containing milk protein originating from China Notified by Italy.
- 2025.6715 drinks with milk not authorized by China Notified by Italy.
- 2023.7266 Bevande contenenti proteine del latte non dichiarate in etichetta / Beverages containing undeclared milk proteins on the label Notified by Italy. Result Presenza di caseina / Presence of casein. lactoproteinmilk ingredient
- 2023.6569 bevanda succo di cocco/undeclared allergens (casein, lactoglobulin and lactose) of coconut non-alcoholic beverages from China Notified by Italy. Result rilevato. lactoproteinlactosemilk ingredient
- 2023.5849 bevande contenenti latte non dichiarato/undeclared allergen (milk ) on the label of coconut non-alcoholic beverages from China Notified by Italy. Result presenza di caseina. lactoproteinmilk ingredient
- 2021.3407 Unauthorised novel food in herbal tea drink from China Notified by Finland.
- 2021.3005 Too much unauthorised pesticide residue (Anthraquinone) in tea from China Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,084 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). anthraquinone
- 2021.1348 novel food (Chrysanthemum morifolium) in bevande analcoliche da Cina Notified by Italy.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 4 notifications since 2020 concerned non-alcoholic beverages from China found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 3 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.7117 info: follow-upUnauthorised novel foods—Platostoma palustre and Lonicera japonica—in a herbal beverage from China, via Italy Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. novel food ingredient
- 2025.8475 alertE407 additive not authorized in gelatin drinks from China Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2023.2472 info: follow-upUnauthorised novel food Chrysanthemum morifolium in herbal tea drink from China via Netherland Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2022.7564 info: follow-upUnauthorised novel foods (isatis indigotica and clerodendrum) in isatis root drink from China Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched.
Data and downloads
Download all 13 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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