United Kingdom — Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods
United Kingdom received 16 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2024-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it; 14 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods from United Kingdom
- 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
- Re-dispatched 64%; not stated 29%; destroyed 7%. 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
- Slovenia (12), Croatia (1), Ireland (1), of 14 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- April, March, December, by rejections since 2020.
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-Q4 | 4 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 6 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7182 Unauthorised novel food ingredients Mucuna pruriens, 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM), Kaempferia parviflora, Centella asiatica extract, unauthorised use of additives E211 & E202, and excessive level of vitamin B6 in food supplements from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.2116 Unauthorized health claims and non compliant ingredients on food supplements from UK Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.9889 Unauthorised Titanium Dioxide in Food Supplements from the United Kingdom (Great Britain) Notified by Ireland. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.4310 High content of vitamin B6 in a food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia.
- 2024.6148 Too high amount of vitamin B6 in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia.
- 2024.4671 unauthorised food additive natural rice extract in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.4042 Unauthorised novel food ingredient Cordyceps militaris in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Destroyed.
- 2024.3449 Unauthorised novel food ingredient Banaba leaf extract (Lagerstroemia speciosa) in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia.
- 2024.3277 Too high amount of additive Steviol glycosides (E 960) in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.3273 Too high amount of additives Steviol glycosides (E 960) and Cross-linked sodium carboxy methyl cellulose (E 468) in food supplements from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.3020 High content of alpha lipoic acid in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.0113 High level of niacin (nicotinic acid) in a food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.8687 Unauthorised novel food ingredient serrapeptase in a food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia.
- 2023.8496 Unauthorised novel food ingredient 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and unauthorised substance rice bran extract in food supplements form the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.7304 Unauthorised novel food ingredient Cannabidiol (CBD) in food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia.
- 2023.7251 Unauthorised food additive Natural Rice extract (NuMag) in food supplements from United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.4861 Composite products (Gelatine capsules containing fish oil, propolis or beeswax, and products of plant origin) Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.4694 Composite products (Food Supplements) from UK with raw material from China Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.3215 Unauthorised food additive Nu-flow rice concentrate in food supplement form the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.3000 Unauthorised novel food ingredient 3,3' Diindolylmethane (DIN) in a food supplement from the United Kingdom Notified by Slovenia.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 208 notifications since 2020 concerned dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods from United Kingdom found after entering the EU — 45 alerts, 163 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 45%, other 27%, consumer complaint or illness 10%, monitoring or surveillance sample 9%, company's own check 8%, at the EU border 1%. 22 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | 20 | 14 |
| 2021 | 27 | 7 | 20 |
| 2022 | 20 | 3 | 17 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| 2024 | 38 | 4 | 34 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3 | 39 |
| 2026 to date | 25 | 3 | 22 |
- 2026.9450 info: attentionPresence of prohibited organs in food supplements, from the UK Notified by Netherlands.
- 2026.8544 info: attentionStwierdzenie niedozwolonej substancji Kava kava czyli Pieprz metystynowy (Piper methysticum) w suplemencie diety z UK // Identification of the prohibited substance Kava kava (*Piper methysticum*) in the list of ingredients of a food supplement from the UK. // Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market. not in catalogue
- 2026.8091 info: attentionToo high content of zinc and unauthorized claims for food supplements from United Kingdom Notified by Hungary. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2026.7807 info: follow-up Complemento Alimenticio con elevado contenido de N-Acetilcisteina (NAC) fabricado en Reino Unido // A food supplement with a high content of N-acetylcysteine (NAC), manufactured in the United Kingdom Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2026.7505 info: attentionProhibited substances in food supplements traded online Notified by Poland. Other. Mucuna pruriens unauthorised novel food ingredientevodiamineyohimbine
- 2026.7347 alertSildenafil in food supplement from United Kingdom, via Poland Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 99,9 (limit absence null). sildenafil
- 2026.6996 info: attentionElevated Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Psyllium Husk food supplement Notified by Ireland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 974 +/- 80 (limit 400 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2026.6864 info: attentionElevated levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Psyllium Husk Notified by Ireland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 627 ± 47 µg/kg (limit 400 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2026.6356 info: follow-upNovel food ingredient creatine malate in food supplement from Poland and UK Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2026.5489 info: follow-upCese de comercialización de complemento alimenticio por alto contenido de N-acetilcisteína procedente de Irlanda///Market withdrawal of a food supplement with high levels of N-acetylcysteine from Ireland Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 243 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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United Kingdom country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →