Russia — Confectionery
Russia received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Confectionery between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is trans fatty acids. The list below gives each of these 8 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import confectionery from Russia
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 67%; re-dispatched 33%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Latvia (6), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- trans fatty acids (2).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
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 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.2128 Unauthorized food additive E171 Titan dioxide in candies from Russia Notified by Latvia. Destroyed.
- 2025.2277 Exceed maximum level of trans fatty acids 11,5 ± 1,4 g/100 g in waffle cake from Russia Notified by Latvia. Destroyed. Result 11,5 ± 1,4 g (limit 2 per /100g). trans fatty acids
- 2025.2274 Exceed maximum level of trans fatty acids 11 ± 1,0 g/100 g in waffle cake from Russia Notified by Latvia. Destroyed. Result 11 ± 1,0 g (limit 2 g per /100g). trans fatty acids
- 2025.1175 Unauthorized food additives (colorants) Titanium dioxide E171 in different types of candy from Russia Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.0599 Unauthorized food additives (colorants) E171 titanium dioxide in "Yota” dragee ” peanuts in milk chocolate coating and colored sugar shell” Notified by Latvia. Destroyed.
- 2024.3280 Unauthorized food additives E171 titanium dioxide in Glaze from Russia. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.1122 Titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from Russia Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.5193 improper health certificate(s) for sweets made from figs with lingonberries and other wild fruits (Vaccinium spp) from Russia Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 15 notifications since 2020 concerned confectionery from Russia found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 13 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 53%, official control on the market 33%, consumer complaint or illness 7%, company's own check 7%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.5215 info: follow-upExceed trans fatty acids 6,9 ± 1,4 g/100g in sweets from Russia Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 6,9 ± 1,4 g (limit 2g /100g). trans fatty acids
- 2026.0591 info: attentionUnauthorized food additives (colorants) Titanium dioxide E171 in different types of candy from Russia Notified by Estonia. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.5250 info: attentionExceed trans fatty acids 4,5 ± 0,9 g/100g in Waffle Cake from Russia Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 4,5+-0,9 (limit 2 g/100g fat). trans fatty acids
- 2025.4412 info: follow-upExceed trans fatty acids 12,9 ± 1,2 g/100 g in candies from waffle with chocolate glaze from Russia Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 12,9 ± 1,2 g/100 g (limit 2 g/100g fat). trans fatty acids
- 2025.4410 info: follow-upExceed trans fatty acids 10,1 ± 0,9 g/100 g in waffle candies with chocolate glaze Baltijskij from Russia Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 10,1 ± 0,9 g (limit 2 g/100g fat). trans fatty acids
- 2025.0935 info: attentionUnauthorised additive titanium dioxide in chocolates from Russia Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2021.7032 info: attentionAflatoxin in crispy peanut candies from Russia Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 3,16 ± 0,63 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2021.5506 info: attentionToo high content of trans fatty acid in candies from Russia Notified by Lithuania. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 38,34±0,89 (limit 2 g/100g). trans fatty acids
- 2021.1900 info: attentionTrans fats 20,4 ± 2,0 g/100 g in waffle cake from Russia Notified by Latvia. At the EU border. Result 20,4 ± 2,0 g (limit 2 /100g). trans fatty acids
- 2020.5522 info: attentiontoo high content of trans fatty acids in candies from Russia Notified by Lithuania. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2,82+/-0,10 (limit 2 g/100g). trans fatty acids
Data and downloads
Download all 23 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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