France in RASFF, 2020–2025
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France was the origin of 1,400 of 25,645 EU food notifications in 2020–2025 (5.5%), ranking 5th of 160 origins. 17.7% concerned milk and milk products; the most-cited hazard class was pathogenic micro-organisms, and the most-cited substance listeria monocytogenes.
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 | 234 | 6.7% | 4 |
| 2021 | 248 | 5.9% | 4 |
| 2022 | 215 | 5.4% | 4 |
| 2023 | 234 | 5.5% | 5 |
| 2024 | 231 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2025 | 238 | 4.9% | 5 |
| 2020–2025 | 1,400 | 5.5% | 5 |
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 border rejections → Stopped at the EU's external border; the consignment was not let in. |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 (0.3%) | — |
| Alert A serious risk in a product on the EU market, needing rapid action. |
154 | 192 | 137 | 135 | 132 | 150 | 900 (64.3%) | −3% |
| Information for attention A risk found, but the product is not on other members' markets, so they need not act rapidly. |
55 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 49 | 301 (21.5%) | −11% |
| Information for follow-up A risk in a product on, or possibly on, other members' markets; follow-up needed, not rapid action. |
25 | 22 | 32 | 43 | 35 | 37 | 194 (13.9%) | +48% |
| Non-compliance A breach of food law that is not a risk to health. |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
How problems were found
| Found by | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company's own check | 148 | 192 | 138 | 121 | 133 | 147 | 879 (62.8%) | −1% |
| Official control on the market | 48 | 39 | 48 | 65 | 42 | 48 | 290 (20.7%) | +0% |
| Consumer complaint or illness | 36 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 45 | 32 | 191 (13.6%) | −11% |
| Monitoring or surveillance sample | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 (1.9%) | — |
| Other | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 (0.6%) | — |
| At the EU border | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 (0.4%) | — |
Did it reach the EU market?
Of the notifications whose record says either way, 95.2% concerned a product that had been placed on the market; the rest were stopped before it. RASFF records whether a product was on sale, not whether anyone bought it.
| Year | Reached the market | Stopped before | Not stated | Share reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 206 | 11 | 17 | 94.9% |
| 2021 | 212 | 10 | 26 | 95.5% |
| 2022 | 201 | 7 | 7 | 96.6% |
| 2023 | 206 | 10 | 18 | 95.4% |
| 2024 | 210 | 11 | 10 | 95.0% |
| 2025 | 205 | 13 | 20 | 94.0% |
Distributed to
| Country | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 106 | 156 | 112 | 98 | 103 | 117 | 692 | +10% |
| France | 80 | 130 | 76 | 72 | 56 | 41 | 455 | −49% |
| Germany | 76 | 98 | 63 | 49 | 54 | 47 | 387 | −38% |
| Luxembourg | 47 | 70 | 46 | 41 | 54 | 58 | 316 | +23% |
| Netherlands | 58 | 67 | 57 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 304 | −29% |
| Spain | 47 | 76 | 43 | 51 | 36 | 37 | 290 | −21% |
| Italy | 35 | 60 | 37 | 43 | 30 | 28 | 233 | −20% |
| Switzerland | 34 | 52 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 27 | 209 | −21% |
| United Kingdom | 29 | 54 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 173 | −41% |
| Portugal | 16 | 42 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 141 | −12% |
What was done
A notification can record several actions; each is counted once per notification, so shares can add up to more than 100%.
| Action | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withdrawn from the market | 114 | 140 | 105 | 143 | 135 | 156 | 793 (56.6%) | +37% |
| Recalled from consumers | 78 | 113 | 96 | 111 | 122 | 118 | 638 (45.6%) | +51% |
| Authorities or operators informed | 101 | 96 | 112 | 86 | 102 | 119 | 616 (44.0%) | +18% |
| Not stated | 26 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 156 (11.1%) | −12% |
| Destroyed | 19 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 94 (6.7%) | −32% |
| Detained or held under seal | 18 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 91 (6.5%) | −39% |
| Re-dispatched | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 41 (2.9%) | — |
| Treated, relabelled or diverted | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 (0.9%) | — |
| Re-dispatched or destroyed | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 (0.4%) | — |
| Reinforced checks ordered | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (0.1%) | new |
Consumer recalls by year
| Year | Recalls | Share of notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 78 | 33.3% |
| 2021 | 113 | 45.6% |
| 2022 | 96 | 44.7% |
| 2023 | 111 | 47.4% |
| 2024 | 122 | 52.8% |
| 2025 | 118 | 49.6% |
By food category
| Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk and Milk Products | 30 | 40 | 33 | 51 | 54 | 40 | 248 (17.7%) | +33% |
| Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | 53 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 34 | 31 | 204 (14.6%) | −42% |
| Cereals and Bakery Products | 24 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 139 (9.9%) | +25% |
| Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 36 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 128 (9.1%) | −39% |
| Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | 19 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 86 (6.1%) | −32% |
| Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 1 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 83 (5.9%) | — |
| Fish and Fish Products border rejections → Tuna |
4 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 77 (5.5%) | — |
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 11 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 77 (5.5%) | +9% |
| Prepared Dishes and Snacks | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 52 (3.7%) | — |
| Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 24 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 46 (3.3%) | −83% |
| Ices and Desserts | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 45 (3.2%) | — |
| Fruits and Vegetables | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 41 (2.9%) | — |
| Herbs and Spices | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 37 (2.6%) | — |
| Food Additives and Flavourings | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 (2.0%) | — |
| Confectionery | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 (1.3%) | — |
| Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 (1.3%) | — |
| Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 (1.1%) | — |
| Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 (1.1%) | — |
| Alcoholic Beverages | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 (1.0%) | — |
| Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 (0.6%) | — |
| Fats and Oils | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 (0.4%) | — |
| Honey and Royal Jelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 (0.4%) | — |
| Water for Human Consumption (Other) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 (0.2%) | — |
| Eggs and Egg Products | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.1%) | — |
| Gastropods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (0.1%) | — |
| Wine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.1%) | — |
| Food Contact Materials | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| Natural Mineral Waters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogenic micro-organisms | 91 | 57 | 74 | 83 | 107 | 94 | 506 (36.1%) | +3% |
| Pesticide residues | 39 | 87 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 183 (13.1%) | −82% |
| Natural toxins (other) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 49 (3.5%) | — |
| Mycotoxins | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 (2.1%) | — |
| Heavy metals | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 (1.4%) | — |
| Biological contaminants | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 (1.4%) | — |
| Allergens | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 (1.1%) | — |
| Composition | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 (1.0%) | — |
| Environmental pollutants | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 (0.8%) | — |
| Non-pathogenic micro-organisms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 (0.8%) | — |
| Novel food | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 (0.6%) | — |
| Parasitic infestation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 (0.6%) | — |
| Residues of veterinary medicinal products | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 (0.6%) | — |
| Food additives and flavourings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 (0.4%) | — |
| Chemical contamination (other) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 (0.4%) | — |
| Industrial contaminants | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (0.2%) | — |
| Genetically modified | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.1%) | — |
| Gmo / novel food | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.1%) | — |
| Radiation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (0.1%) | — |
| Feed additives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| Foreign bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| Labelling absent/incomplete/incorrect | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| Migration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| Organoleptic aspects | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) | — |
| No hazard recorded | 92 | 79 | 79 | 88 | 79 | 86 | 503 (35.9%) | −7% |
By risk level
| Risk decision | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious | 185 | 198 | 153 | 145 | 143 | 147 | 971 (69.4%) | −21% |
| Potentially serious | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 137 (9.8%) | — |
| Potential risk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 83 (5.9%) | — |
| Not serious | 11 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 74 (5.3%) | −45% |
| No risk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 (0.6%) | — |
| Undecided | 38 | 37 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 126 (9.0%) | −100% |
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 | 38 | 84 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 154 | −97% |
| chlorpyrifos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | — |
| chlorpyrifos-methyl | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | — |
| anthraquinone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — |
| flonicamid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| heptachlor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| imazalil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| matrine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| carbofuran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| chlorate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Other hazards
| Substance | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| listeria monocytogenes Fish and Fish Products |
25 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 38 | 36 | 176 | +44% |
| salmonella Fish and Fish Products |
35 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 120 | −40% |
| norovirus Fish and Fish Products |
18 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 99 | −11% |
| escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | — |
| escherichia coli | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 39 | — |
| ochratoxin A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | — |
| aflatoxins | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | — |
| histamine Fish and Fish Products |
0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | — |
| pyrrolizidine alkaloids | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | — |
| cadmium Fish and Fish Products |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | — |
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 December; Alerts peak in November; Information notifications peak in March; Non-compliance peak in May.
By notification type
| Type | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border rejections | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | December |
| Alerts | 81 | 68 | 74 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 83 | 80 | 70 | 92 | 101 | 93 | November |
| Information notifications | 44 | 40 | 71 | 37 | 30 | 37 | 44 | 34 | 38 | 52 | 29 | 39 | March |
| Non-compliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | May |
By hazard class
| Hazard class | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogenic micro-organisms | 37 | 43 | 71 | 37 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 44 | 44 | 59 | 43 | 43 | March |
| Pesticide residues | 25 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 24 | November |
| Natural toxins (other) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | October |
| Mycotoxins | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | March |
| Heavy metals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | June |
Notifying member states
| Member state | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 91 | 91 | 97 | 121 | 144 | 143 | 687 | +57% |
| Belgium | 25 | 54 | 41 | 21 | 31 | 31 | 203 | +24% |
| Italy | 34 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 112 | −53% |
| Netherlands | 26 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 98 | −35% |
| Germany | 17 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 92 | −47% |
| Spain | 8 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 55 | — |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | — |
| Denmark | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | — |
| Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | — |
| Sweden | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | — |
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 "France food safety record, 2020–2025: EU RASFF", RASFF Trends, 2026-10-14, https://rasff.fruit-risk.com/reports/france.html.