Vietnam — Prepared Dishes and Snacks
Vietnam received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Prepared Dishes and Snacks between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are ethylene oxide and egg.
Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. About 18 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 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 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6122 Undeclared allergen (egg) in shrimp ravioli from Vietnam Notified by Italy. Result PRESENCE. egg
- 2022.4155 Ethylene oxide in instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,021 ± 0,011. ethylene oxide
- 2022.4149 Ethylene oxide in instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,024 ± 0,012. ethylene oxide
- 2022.4146 Ethylenoxide in instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,036 +/- 0,018. ethylene oxide
- 2022.3081 niedozwolony dodatek do żywności E554 / non-authorised additive E 554 in instant noodle soup Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2022.2768 niedozwolona substancja dodatkowa E554 / non-authorised additive E 554 in instant soup Notified by Poland. Destroyed.
- 2022.1940 Exceedance of the maximum level of ethylene oxide in vegetable mix in instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,543 +/- 0,272 mg/kg (limit 0,01 mg/kg null). ethylene oxide
- 2022.1938 Exceedance of the maximum level of ethylene oxide in vegetable mix in instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,628 +/- 0,314 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2022.1936 Exceedance of the maximum level of ethylene oxide in vegetable mix in instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 1,978 +/- 0,989 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 11 notifications since 2020 concerned prepared dishes and snacks from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 5 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 73%, company's own check 18%, at the EU border 9%. 6 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.0625 info: follow-upNovel food (banana blossoms) and increased glutamic acid content in vegan anchovies from the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 15280 ± 1124 (limit 10 g/kg). E 620 - glutamic acidnovel food ingredient
- 2024.8096 info: attentionIllegal use of additive E223 in shrimp chips from Vietnam Notified by Norway. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 14 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.2297 alertUnlabeled/incorrectly labeled allergen (egg) in frozen dumplings from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 10. egg
- 2023.1686 info: attentionHigh content of gluten in gluten free instant flavoured soup from Vietnam Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 41,7 (limit 20 mg/kg - ppm). gluten
- 2022.5245 info: attentionUndeclared celery in flavoured instant noodles from Vietnam Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result presence. celery
- 2022.2178 info: attention2-Chloroethanol in soup powder in Asian noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 11,9. 2-chloroethanol
- 2022.1948 alertExceedance of maximum levels of 2- chloroethanol in soup powder in instand noodles from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 8,6. ethylene oxide
- 2022.1820 alertlead in dried, organic laos chips Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 2.8 (limit 0.10 mg/kg - ppm). lead
- 2022.0912 alert2-Chloroethanol in vegetarian instant rice noodles from Vietnam, via Hong Kong Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,47. 2-chloroethanol
- 2022.0428 alert2-Chlorethanol in instant noodle ready meal from Vietnam, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,6. 2-chloroethanol
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