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France received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it; 1 says what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

By year

By category, last 156 weeks

Recent rejections

• 2026.5221 2026-06-12 Rotura de cadena de frío en atún a granel procedente de un buque pesquero francés//Poor temperature control in bulk tuna from a french fishing vessel.Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
• 2025.9434 2025-11-27 consigment of priapus (sildenafil) from France detained at border for destructionDietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods. Notified by Netherlands. Reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed.
• 2025.2248 2025-03-26 Poor control temperature in frozen tuna from Dzaoudzi, France// Ruptura de la cadena de frío en atún congelado procedente de Dzaouzi, FranciaFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
• 2021.7239 2021-12-30 poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - (between -4.5°C and -3.1°C) of frozen tuna from France, dispatched from the SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
• 2021.6979 2021-12-20 Poor temperature control in tuna from France, dispatched from the SeychellesFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 1,729 notifications since 2020 concerned products from France found after entering the EU — 1,070 alerts, 658 information notifications, 1 non-compliance. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.

How they were found: company's own check 62%, official control on the market 21%, consumer complaint or illness 13%, monitoring or surveillance sample 2%, other 1%, at the EU border 0%. 764 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications non-compliance

• 2026.8884 2026-10-07 alertDetection of salmonella in poultry-based meat product Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Detected (limit Not detected null). Salmonella
• 2026.8842 2026-10-06 alertSalmonella in poultry sausages Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Detected (limit Not detected null). Salmonella
• 2026.8833 2026-10-06 info: attentionDetection of Salmonella in chicken drumsticks from France Notified by France. Company's own check, not on the market. Salmonella Kottbus
• 2026.8760 2026-10-02 alertPresence of aluminium particles in powdered sugar. Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market.
• 2026.8750 2026-10-02 info: attentionpresenza di istamina oltre il valore soglia in trancio decongelato di tonno pinne gialle///// histamine in thawed yellowfin tuna steak Notified by Italy. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result 598 +/- 39 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
• 2026.8743 2026-10-02 info: attentionPresence of Morelle in frozen vegetables Notified by France. Company's own check, not on the market. Result presence (limit absence /g). Solanum nigrum
• 2026.8718 2026-10-01 alertListeria monocytogenes in raw milk farmhouse Camembert from France Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 220000 (limit 100000 CFU/g). Escherichia coliListeria monocytogenes
• 2026.8697 2026-10-01 info: attentionexcessive ochratoxin A in french dried ham Notified by France. Official control on the market, not on the market. Result 116 +/-35 (limit 3 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
• 2026.8677 2026-09-30 alertDetection of E. coli STEC in cheese Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Detected (limit Not detected /25g). Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing
• 2026.8666 2026-09-30 info: attentionDetection of Aflatoxin in Pasteurized Skimmed Milk Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 0,073 (limit 0,050 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxins

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