Serbia — Cereals and Bakery Products
Serbia received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Cereals and Bakery Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are tricyclazole and Aflatoxin B1. The list below gives each of these 3 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
- Re-dispatched: 67%; Destroyed: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 11 quarters
Show the numbers
| 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 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 | — | — | tricyclazole |
| Maize / Corn | 1 | — | — | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Bakery & Biscuits | 1 | — | — | — |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.3299 Tricyclazole in rice cake from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,057. tricyclazole
- 2026.1051 Aflatoxin B1 in cornstarch from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 3,9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.7499 Titanuim oxide (E171) in biscuits from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 13 notifications since 2020 concerned cereals and bakery products from Serbia found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 11 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 46%, consumer complaint or illness 23%, company's own check 15%, monitoring or surveillance sample 15%. 5 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.4561 info: follow-upHigh level of coumarin in bakery product (strudel) from Serbia Notified by Greece. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 21 (limit 15 mg/kg - ppm). coumarin
- 2025.9992 info: attentionUnapproved additive calcium sorbate is labeled in the contents of tortillas originating from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.9050 info: attentionmoldy toast from Serbia Notified by Slovenia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.5860 alertAflatoxin in soybean flour Notified by Luxembourg. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 2.9+- (limit 2 resp 4 (Sum) µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.3973 info: attentionMOAH in gluten-free mix from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 4.3 +/- 1.6 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.2482 info: follow-upPresenza di muffa in prodotto dolciario origine Serbia, via Italia/Presence of mold in confectionery product originating from Serbia, via Italy Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.0513 alertMycotoxins in soybean flour from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 5,8; 4,2; 3,3. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8716 info: follow-upWysoki poziom siarczynów (199±28 mg/kg) w herbatnikach pochodzących z Serbii // High level of sulphites (199±28 mg/kg) in biscuits from Serbia Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 199±28 (limit 50 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2024.8254 info: attentionAflatoxin in yellow corn flour Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 11.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2024.5051 info: attentionFumonisins in white and yellow corn flour Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1388 (white) and 1585 (yellow) (limit 1000 µg/kg - ppb). fumonisins
Data and downloads
Download all 16 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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