Colombia — Other Food Product / Mixed
Colombia received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q1, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issue is colour E 171 - titanium dioxide. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 3 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 67%; Held, final fate not recorded: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1829 E-171 CARAMELOS COLOMBIA // E-171 CANDY COLOMBIA Notified by Spain. colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2026.0257 E 171 caramelos Colombia/ E171 sweets Colombia Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result PRESENCIA. colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2026.0256 E 171 caramelos Colombia/ E171 sweets Colombia Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 2,01 ± 0,32. colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2022.2686 Unauthorized novel food (Rubus Glaucus) in juice from Colombia. Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3064 chocolate cream from Colombia, with raw material (milk) from an unauthorised operator from Argentina Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Colombia found after entering the EU — 2 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: consumer complaint or illness 50%, at the EU border 50%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.3249 info: follow-upPresencia de aditivo no autorizado (dióxido de titanio E-171) y defectos de etiquetado en preparado para bebida refrescante procedente de Colombia//Presence of an unauthorised additive (titanium dioxide E-171) and labelling defects in a soft drink preparation from Colombia Notified by Spain. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, destroyed.
- 2020.5600 info: follow-upGeleia de Borojo with sorbic acid =1207 ± 117 mg/kg Notified by Portugal. At the EU border, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 7 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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