United Kingdom — Feed Materials
United Kingdom received 36 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Feed Materials between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 20 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is Salmonella. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 20 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import feed materials 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 or destroyed 94%; re-dispatched 6%. 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
- Belgium (36), of 36 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, January, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- salmonella (36).
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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 20 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8836 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.8488 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched. Result 5x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.7757 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched. Result 4x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5114 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5112 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.4727 Salmonella in processed petfood (from sheep) from the UK Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.4726 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.4165 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.3742 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2687 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2686 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 5x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2685 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2684 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 5x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2087 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 4x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2048 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2045 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 4x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2044 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.2040 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 5x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.1793 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.1780 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 22 notifications since 2020 concerned feed materials from United Kingdom found after entering the EU — 22 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 36%, official control on the market 32%, company's own check 18%, monitoring or surveillance sample 9%, consumer complaint or illness 5%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 3 |
- 2026.3598 info: attentionSalmonella spp. in feed Notified by Denmark. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 1 positive sample (limit Absent in /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.1419 info: attentionHigh amount of chlorates in xanthan gum (food/feed) Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 17 +- 5. chlorate
- 2026.1338 info: follow-upSalmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result detected (limit absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.9441 info: follow-upSalmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2x Salmonella detected (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.8998 info: attentionInsufficient checks on dehydrated alfalfa from the United Kingdom Notified by France. Monitoring or surveillance sample.
- 2025.7645 info: follow-upfeed additive ethoxyquin in animal feed, from Scotland Notified by Netherlands. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0.14; 0.16; 0.22; 0.23; 0.28; 0.89; 4.00; 5.20; 8.20;. ethoxyquin
- 2025.6807 info: attentionSalmonella in poultry meal for petfood production Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Presence (limit Absence /25g). Salmonella Livingstone
- 2025.4216 info: follow-upconsignment of fish oil not subjected to an official control at the border control post Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2025.1514 info: follow-upSalmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result analysis:3x present ; counter analysis: 4x present (limit Absent /25g). Salmonella
- 2024.4674 info: attentionSalmonella in poultry meal for petfood production from United Kingdom Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 69 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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