China — Cereals and Bakery Products — Bakery & Biscuits
China received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Bakery & Biscuits, part of Cereals and Bakery Products between 2020-Q4 and 2023-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are colour E 171 - titanium dioxide and genetically modified. The list below gives each of these 2 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020-Q4 | 0 |
| 2021-Q1 | 0 |
| 2021-Q2 | 0 |
| 2021-Q3 | 0 |
| 2021-Q4 | 0 |
| 2022-Q1 | 0 |
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2023.6371 Unauthorised additive (titanium dioxide E171) in moon cake pastries from China. Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result present (limit none null). colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2019.4666 GMO in prawn crackers from China Notified by Portugal. genetically modified
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned bakery & biscuits from China found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 2 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 33%, other 33%, at the EU border 33%.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.5585 info: attentionPresencia de ingredientes alergénicos no declarados en el etiquetado (huevo y leche) de pasteles procedentes de China//Presence of undeclared allergenic ingredients (egg and milk) in cakes from China Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.4868 alertIngredientes alergénicos no declarados (leche, soja y sulfitos), en galletas procedentes de China // Undeclared allergenic ingredients (milk, soya and sulphites), in biscuits from China Notified by Spain. Other, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2020.0302 info: attentiondeoxynivalenol (DON) in breadcrumbs from China Notified by Portugal. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 771 (limit 500 µg/kg - ppb). deoxynivalenol (DON)
Data and downloads
Download all 5 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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