United Kingdom — Other Food Product / Mixed
United Kingdom received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The list below gives each of these 13 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it; 6 say what happened to the consignment.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9906 FOOD SUPPLEMENT FROM UK Notified by Cyprus.
- 2024.7613 FOOD SUPPLEMENTS Notified by Cyprus. Destroyed.
- 2024.6734 poor temperature control of and poor traceability records for and absence of labelling on variety of foods including products of animal origin from United Kingdom Notified by European Commission.
- 2024.6046 Fallo en la temperatura en preparado de carne de ave y porcino de Reino Unido. Temperature failure in meat preparations with pork and chicken from United Kingdom. Notified by Spain.
- 2023.5534 Ruptura de la cadena del frio en preparados cárnicos congelados de Reino Unido. Poor temperture control in frozen meat preparations from the UK. Notified by Spain.
- 2022.2863 Establecimiento no autorizado para leche en producto compuesto de Reino Unido. Unauthorized establishment for milk in composite product from United Kingdom. Notified by Spain.
- 2022.2833 Unauthorized establishment for dairy products in biscuits from United Kingdom Notified by Spain.
- 2021.6500 missing import declaration for infusions and teas from the United Kingdom Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
- 2021.3399 Producto: sambar mix rechazado por presentar E-320 no permitido para categoría del producto 4.2.4.1. en Reglamento 1333/2008) de Reino Unido// Product: sambar mix rejected for presenting E-320 not allowed for product category 4.2.4.1. in Regulation 1333/2008) of the United Kingdom Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.4472 Ruptura de la cadena de frío, Preparado de carne con pan, de Reino Unido / Breakdown of the cold chain, Meat and Bread Mix from UK Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3725 AdditivesE-110 (not approved), E-102,E-133 and E-122 above permitted values in Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks- United Kingdom Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.3105 too high content of colour E 102 - tartrazine and of colour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF (sum: 1000 mg/kg - ppm) in mint sauce and unauthorised novel food egusi melon seeds (Cucumeropsis mannii) from the United Kingdom Notified by Spain. Reached the market.
- 2021.2781 Preparaciones alimenticias diversas, solicitan el rechazo por no poder aportar un listado de ingredientes. Reino Unido. // Various food preparations, request rejection for not being able to provide a list of ingredients. UK Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 27 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from United Kingdom found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 21 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 37%, consumer complaint or illness 26%, official control on the market 22%, company's own check 11%, monitoring or surveillance sample 4%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 4 | 1 | 3 |
- 2026.9282 info: attentionUnusual smell and taste in food supplement Notified by Netherlands. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2026.6961 alertHigh content of lead in vegan burguer Notified by Portugal. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,141 ± 0,068 (limit 0,20 mg/kg - ppm). lead
- 2026.1199 info: follow-upNon-authorised colorants in noodles/snacks from the Netherlands and Afghanistan Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2026.1671 info: follow-upmandatory border checks not carried out on various food products from the United Kingdom, via Northern Ireland Notified by European Commission. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2025.10163 info: follow-upConsignment Animal food skipped veterinary controls in Border Control Post Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2025.8723 info: follow-upConsignment sports nutrition skipped veterinary controls in Border Control Post. Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2025.3803 info: follow-upDough mixes from the UK that have not undergone border control Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.2783 alertForeign particle in frozen burgers from UK Notified by Netherlands. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.0993 info: follow-upProducts for Human Consumption That Bypassed Border Controls Notified by France. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2024.8252 info: attentionUnauthorised novel food Betel nuts, supplied via the UK Notified by Ireland. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market.
Data and downloads
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