United Kingdom — Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) — Beef
United Kingdom received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Beef, part of Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) between 2023-Q3. The most-cited issue is Escherichia coli O26. The list below gives each of these 1 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Quarterly rejections, last 1 quarter
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2023.5438 E.coli STEC stx2 eae O26 in beef Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result E.coli O26 stx2 + eae present. Escherichia coli O26
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 8 notifications since 2020 concerned beef from United Kingdom found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 5 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 38%, at the EU border 25%, official control on the market 25%, other 12%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.4268 info: attentionSTEC in beef sirloin steak, from Scotland Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result present (limit not present /25g). Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing suspicion
- 2025.5925 info: attentionresidue of veterinary drugs in beef meat Notified by France. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 124 (limit 100 µg/kg - ppb). sulfadiazine
- 2024.9059 alert Exceedances of cadmium and lead in beef kidneys Notified by France. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.79 (limit 0.20 mg/kg - ppm). cadmiumlead
- 2024.3868 info: attentionSalmonella in beef from the UK used for minced meat Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2021.2907 info: attentionListeria Monocytogenes in beef from United Kingdom Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result presence of Listeria Monocytogenes (limit presence not allowed null). Listeria monocytogenes
- 2020.5812 alertSalmonella enterica ser. enteritidis in frozen beef from UK via Belgium Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result positive one out of five. Salmonella Enteritidislabelling
- 2020.2636 info: follow-upConfirmation of approval and product type of MSM Beef Notified by United Kingdom. Other, reached the market.
- 2020.0209 alertRecall due to undeclared gluten in Waitrose Aberdeen Angus Beef Burgers with red wine and herbs Notified by United Kingdom. Company's own check, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 9 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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