EU Food Import Hazards
What keeps food out of the EU: RASFF notifications grouped by hazard. Each page tracks one hazard across all origins and product categories — yearly trend, the origins cited most often, and the origin–product combinations the EU now checks at increased frequency because of it.
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Tracked hazards
| Hazard | Notifications | Most-cited origin |
|---|---|---|
| Aflatoxins | 2,937 | Turkey |
| Salmonella | 4,776 | Poland |
| Pesticide residues | 6,412 | Turkey |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 943 | France |
| Ethylene oxide | 963 | India |
All hazard categories in RASFF notifications
Every hazard category RASFF tags, ranked by the number of notifications citing it. The tracked hazards above are the agent-level groups readers ask about most; the categories below show the full landscape.
| # | Hazard category | Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pathogenic Micro-Organisms | 6,716 |
| 2 | Pesticide Residues | 6,412 |
| 3 | Mycotoxins | 3,742 |
| 4 | Heavy Metals | 1,174 |
| 5 | Composition | 967 |
| 6 | Migration | 703 |
| 7 | Food Additives and Flavourings | 611 |
| 8 | Allergens | 547 |
| 9 | Natural Toxins (Other) | 482 |
| 10 | Environmental Pollutants | 479 |
| 11 | Biological Contaminants | 444 |
| 12 | Novel Food | 357 |
| 13 | Industrial Contaminants | 314 |
| 14 | Non-Pathogenic Micro-Organisms | 312 |
| 15 | Residues of Veterinary Medicinal Products | 294 |
| 16 | Foreign Bodies | 138 |
| 17 | Chemical Contamination (Other) | 104 |
| 18 | Genetically Modified | 103 |
| 19 | Not Determined (Other) | 101 |
| 20 | Parasitic Infestation | 93 |
| 21 | Organoleptic Aspects | 90 |
| 22 | Labelling Absent/Incomplete/Incorrect | 82 |
| 23 | Radiation | 45 |
| 24 | Tses | 45 |
| 25 | Gmo / Novel Food | 44 |
| 26 | Adulteration / Fraud | 38 |
| 27 | Feed Additives | 29 |
| 28 | Packaging Defective / Incorrect | 6 |
| 29 | Poor or Insufficient Controls | 1 |