Canada in RASFF, 2020–2025
Canada was the origin of 50 of 25,645 EU food notifications in 2020–2025 (0.2%), ranking 66th of 160 origins. 28% concerned dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods; the most-cited hazard class was pesticide residues, and the most-cited substance cadmium.
Food only (feed and food contact materials excluded), all notification types — border rejections, alerts and information notifications — validated 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025. Download every table (CSV).
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By year
| Year | Notifications | Share of EU total | Rank among origins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 0.2% | 51 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0.1% | 82 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0.1% | 92 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0.2% | 73 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0.2% | 61 |
| 2025 | 16 | 0.3% | 54 |
| 2020–2025 | 50 | 0.2% | 66 |
Tables below show each year 2020–2025; cells are shaded against their row's own peak. Change compares 2025 with 2020 and is shown only where 2020 had at least 10 notifications ("new" where it had none). RASFF Window's data starts on 23 January 2020.
By notification type
| Type | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border rejection Stopped at the EU's external border; the consignment was not let in. |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 (10.0%) | — |
| Alert A serious risk in a product on the EU market, needing rapid action. |
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 (24.0%) | — |
| Information for attention A risk found, but the product is not on other members' markets, so they need not act rapidly. |
3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 (38.0%) | — |
| Information for follow-up A risk in a product on, or possibly on, other members' markets; follow-up needed, not rapid action. |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 (28.0%) | — |
By food category
| Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 (28.0%) | — |
| Fruits and Vegetables | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 (14.0%) | — |
| Confectionery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 (12.0%) | — |
| Cereals and Bakery Products | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 (10.0%) | — |
| Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 (6.0%) | — |
| Fish and Fish Products | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 (6.0%) | — |
| Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (6.0%) | — |
| Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (4.0%) | — |
| Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (4.0%) | — |
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (4.0%) | — |
| Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (2.0%) | new |
| Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0%) | — |
| Milk and Milk Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (2.0%) | new |
By hazard class
A notification citing hazards of two classes counts once in each, so rows can add up to more than the total.
| Hazard class | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticide residues | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 (12.0%) | — |
| Heavy metals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 (8.0%) | — |
| Food additives and flavourings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 (6.0%) | — |
| Pathogenic micro-organisms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 (6.0%) | — |
| Composition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.0%) | — |
| Mycotoxins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (4.0%) | — |
| Novel food | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 (4.0%) | — |
| Allergens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0%) | — |
| Labelling absent/incomplete/incorrect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (2.0%) | new |
| No hazard recorded | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 27 (54.0%) | — |
By risk level
| Risk decision | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 (28.0%) | — |
| Potentially serious | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 (14.0%) | — |
| Potential risk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 (24.0%) | — |
| Not serious | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 (20.0%) | — |
| Undecided | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (14.0%) | — |
Most-cited substances
Labels RASFF records for one substance are merged (e.g. chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-ethyl); chemically distinct compounds stay apart.
Pesticide residues
| Substance | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ethylene oxide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| bromoxynil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| chlorpyrifos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| paraquat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| quinclorac | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Other hazards
| Substance | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cadmium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — |
| novel food ingredient | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| ochratoxin A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| salmonella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| vitamin B9 - folic acid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| colour E 102 - tartrazine too high content | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| colour E 102 - tartrazine unauthorised use | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| colour E 110 - sunset yellow fcf unauthorised use | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| colour E 129 - allura red AC unauthorised use | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
| colour E 133 - brilliant blue fcf unauthorised use | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
By month
Pooled across 2020–2025. Each row is shaded against its own peak, so its season shows whatever its size. Border rejections peak in January; Alerts peak in December; Information notifications peak in May.
By notification type
| Type | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border rejections | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | January |
| Alerts | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | December |
| Information notifications | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | May |
By hazard class
| Hazard class | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticide residues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | May |
| Heavy metals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | January |
| Food additives and flavourings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | July |
| Pathogenic micro-organisms | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | February |
| Composition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | July |
Notifying member states
| Member state | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | — |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| European Commission | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
Method
- Source: RASFF Window, the European Commission's public notification database; every food notification validated in 2020–2025.
- A notification naming several origins counts once for each, so origin shares can add up to more than 100%.
- Hazard classes are the ones RASFF attaches to each hazard. A hazard without a class is "unclassified"; a notification exported without any hazard is "no hazard recorded".
- Counts describe what EU authorities found and reported. They depend on how often each product is checked, so they are not a rate of unsafe food.
- Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Cite as "Canada food safety record, 2020–2025: EU RASFF", fruit-risk.com, 2026-09-23, https://rasff.fruit-risk.com/reports/canada.html.
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