United States — Cereals and Bakery Products
United States received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Cereals and Bakery Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are colour E 102 - tartrazine, colour E 129 - Allura Red AC, and colour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCF.
Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maize / Corn | 1 | — | — | pirimiphos-methyl |
| Bakery & Biscuits | 0 | — | — | — |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- 2026.5688 Pirimiphos-methyl in maize (popcorn) from USA Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 1,44 (limit ≤ 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). pirimiphos-methyl
- 2023.5564 Border rejection of a consignment of sweet goods and pastries due to titanium dioxide Notified by Ireland. Destroyed.
- 2023.2060 Non permitted food additives in breakfast cereals from the USA Notified by Ireland. Destroyed. Result 13. colour E 102 - tartrazinelabelling
- 2020.5933 'Matey's' Breakfast cereal rejected due to excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 78 ± 5. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.5478 'Lucky Charms' Breakfast cereal rejected due to excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 238 ± 15 (limit Combined 300 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4542 Non permitted addiitives to breakfast cereals (Froot Loops) Notified by United Kingdom. Result 34.7. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4314 Lucky Charms Cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 218 ± 13 (limit total colours 822 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4171 Lucky Charms - excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Result 234 ± 15. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4170 Lucky Charms cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Result 200 ± 12. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4169 Lucky Charms Cereal - Colours in excess of maximum levels Notified by United Kingdom. Result 755 (limit 300 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 129 - Allura Red AC
- 2020.4149 Non-permitted colours Hershey's Kisses Notified by United Kingdom. Result 122 (limit Not permitted in breakfast cereals mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4148 Froot LoopsBreakfast Cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Result 25 +/-2 mg/kg (limit 0 /mg). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.3912 'Lucky Charms Honey Clovers' Breakfast cereal rejected due to excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Result 162. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.3661 Excess Colours In General mills 'Lucky Charms' Cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Result 160. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2019.4365 deossinivalenolo Notified by Italy. deoxynivalenol (DON)
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 16 notifications since 2020 concerned cereals and bakery products from United States found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 12 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 50%, company's own check 38%, monitoring or surveillance sample 6%, at the EU border 6%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.4944 alertHigh level of delta-9-THC in brownie and cookies from the Netherlands, via Czechia Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3470 ± 350. cannabidiol (CBD)tetrahydrocanabinol (THC)
- 2026.0064 info: attentionUnauthorized additive titanium dioxide in Cinnamon Rolls from the United States Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 1015. colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2024.8210 info: follow-upforeign object: pests (larvae) in medium grain rice, from the USA Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed.
- 2024.2713 info: follow-upUnauthorised additive E110 in cornbased snacks Notified by Norway. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2024.2706 info: follow-upUnathorised additive E110 in cornbased hot snacks Notified by Norway. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2024.2704 info: follow-upUnathorised additive E110 in cornbased snacks Notified by Norway. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2023.8878 alertPesticide residues in bagels Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.58 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2023.8798 info: attentionUnauthorised additive titanium dioxide E171 in breakfast cereal from United States Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, not on the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.8443 info: follow-upbleached flour in Strawberry Cheesecake and Lemon Drizzle Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check.
- 2023.8168 info: follow-upConsignment Baking mixes and jelly's not presented for veterinary controls at BCP Rotterdam Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
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