RASFF Notifications — Week 2 2026 (5–11 Jan) | Border Rejections, Alerts & Information
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In week 2 of 2026 (5–11 Jan), the EU's RASFF system recorded 64 notifications affecting food and feed imports: 21 border rejections, 21 alerts, and 22 information notices. The most-affected origin countries were Turkey, United States and China.
Border rejections (21)
| Date | Origin | Category | Notifying country | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Italy | Aflatossine oltre i limiti consentiti in Pistacchi sgusciati Origine/Spedizione Emirati Arabi Uniti/Aflatoxins above permitted limits in shelled pistachios Origin/Shipping United Arab Emirates Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Unauthorized health claims, inadequate labelling of product ingredients and insufficient information about vitamins and minerals in food supplements from US. Absence of information on the animal species used for the gelatin capsules. | |
| India | Other Food Product / Mixed | France | Salmonella in betel leaves from India Salmonella | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Unauthorized Vinpocetine in food supplements from US. | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Vitamins are not indicated in the specified units of measurement, inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims for food supplements from US. | |
| China | Food Contact Materials | Finland | Too high level of total migration from plastic tableware from China. migration total | |
| Russia | Fruits and Vegetables | Latvia | The product batch number indicated on the product label does not match the one indicated on the Official certificate and Test report | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkiye ochratoxin A | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkiye ochratoxin A | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkiye ochratoxin A | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkiye ochratoxin A | |
| China | Food Additives and Flavourings | Latvia | The food flavouring label did not include a list of ingredients, from China via Russia | |
| Ukraine | Other Food Product / Mixed | Croatia | Cyproconazole and epoxiconazole in fresh baker's yeast from Ukraine cyproconazoleepoxiconazole | |
| Sudan | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Greece | Absence of official certificates in sesame seeds from Sudan | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | Croatia | Residues of the pesticide formetanate in eggplant from Turkey formetanate | |
| Uzbekistan | Fruits and Vegetables | Latvia | Unlabeled allergens Sulphur dioxide in apricots from Uzbekistan E220- sulfur dioxide | |
| Russia | Cereals and Bakery Products | Latvia | Unauthorised food additive - titanium dioxide (E171) in fine bakery wares (waffles) from Russia | |
| Pakistan | Herbs and Spices | Netherlands | Aflatoxin B1 in chicken tikka masala from Pakistan Aflatoxin B1 | |
| China | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | Malta | Cetrimonium chloride pesticide residue in Green tea detox from China through United Kingdom cetrimonium chloride | |
| India | Herbs and Spices | Netherlands | tolfenpyrad in cumin powder from India tolfenpyrad | |
| India | Herbs and Spices | Netherlands | ethyleneoxide(sum) in Indian biryani masala ethylene oxide |
Alerts (21)
| Date | Origin | Category | Notifying country | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Cereals and Bakery Products | Netherlands | Incorrect labeling of allergen gluten on Wheat flour from Italy | |
| Netherlands, Switzerland | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Switzerland | recall of infant formulae produced in Switzerland, possibly contaminated with cereulide | |
| China, Switzerland | Fats and Oils | Switzerland | cereulide in LC-PUFA oil, used in infant formula | |
| Spain | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Spain | Cereulide in infant formula from Spain/Cereulida en preparados para lactantes producidos en España | |
| Burkina Faso | Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments | Belgium | salmonella in sesame paste from Burkina Faso Salmonella | |
| Belgium | Fruits and Vegetables | Germany | Plastic foreign bodies in frozen spinach from Belgium | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | Germany | Mycotoxins in dried figs from Türkiye, via France Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totaltenuazonic acid | |
| Lithuania | Cereals and Bakery Products | Lithuania | Foreign objects (metal shavings) found in breakfast cereals from Lithuania | |
| Italy | Cereals and Bakery Products | Italy | presence of foreign bodies in pandoro | |
| France | Cereals and Bakery Products | Belgium | Zearalenone in organic corn kernels from France zearalenone | |
| Afghanistan | Fruits and Vegetables | Latvia | Exceed maximum level Sulphur dioxide and unlabeled (SO2) in dried apricots with kernels from Afghanistan E220- sulfur dioxide | |
| Italy | Fish and Fish Products | Belgium | Mercury in swordfish from Italy mercury | |
| Poland | Fish and Fish Products | Switzerland | incorrect date labelling on Smoked Salmon | |
| Czech Republic | Ices and Desserts | France | poisoning after eating a THC brownie | |
| Spain | Fats and Oils | Czechia | Exceeded amount of glycidyl esters in avocado oil from Spain, via Slovakia. glycidyl esters | |
| Italy | Milk and Milk Products | Italy | probabile presenza di aflatossina M1 in mozzarella di latte di bufala//probable presence of aflatoxin M1 in buffalo milk mozzarella Aflatoxin | |
| Italy | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | Italy | Riscontro di positività a Listeria Monocytogenes in Prosciutto cotto e Fesa di tacchino//Positive results for Listeria monocytogenes in cooked ham and turkey breast Listeria monocytogenes | |
| Sweden | Cereals and Bakery Products | Finland | Possible pieces of plastic in cookies from Sweden | |
| Germany | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Austria | Cereulide in infant formula from Germany cereulide | |
| Belgium | Cereals and Bakery Products | Belgium | Ochratoxin A in wheat gluten from Belgium | |
| United States | Herbs and Spices | Netherlands | Ethylene oxide in various spice mixes ethylene oxidemineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) |
Information notifications (22)
| Date | Origin | Category | Notifying country | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | Fruits and Vegetables | Germany | Chlorpyrifos-methyl in oranges from Spain chlorpyrifos-methyl | |
| Germany | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Germany | Increased lead content in organic dandelion processed in food supplements from Germany | |
| China | Food Contact Materials | Slovenia | Migration of aniline from a multifunctional frying pan from China primary aromatic amines | |
| South Korea | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | Belgium | Unauthorised consignment of Matcha latte imported without an official control at the border control post | |
| Turkey | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Netherlands | Sibutramine en sildenafil in supplements sibutraminesildenafil | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Netherlands | Sildenafil in food supplements sildenafil | |
| France | Cereals and Bakery Products | Belgium | Cadmium in Flaxseed from France cadmium | |
| Poland | Fish and Fish Products | Czechia | Leucomalachite green in trout from Poland leucomalachite green | |
| Germany | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | Finland | Salmonella in skinless and boneless pork neck from Germany Salmonella typhimurium monophasic (4, 5:i:-) | |
| China | Herbs and Spices | Germany | Missing import controls on paprika powder from China | |
| United States | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Netherlands | Aflatoxin in peanuts from the USA Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total | |
| India | Other Food Product / Mixed | Netherlands | Bacillus cereus & Salmonella in plant based ground beef, from India Bacillus cereusSalmonella | |
| Hungary | Fruits and Vegetables | Estonia | Elevated hydrocyanic acid (7,4 mg/kg) in Plum compote from Hungary cyanide | |
| Netherlands | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | Netherlands | Bulging packaging in smoked bacon cubs from the Netherlands | |
| Thailand, unknown origin | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | Germany | Probably unauthorised novel food ingredient senna leaves in herbal tea from Thailand, via the Netherlands novel food ingredient | |
| United States | Cereals and Bakery Products | Germany | Unauthorized additive titanium dioxide in Cinnamon Rolls from the United States colour E 171 - titanium dioxide | |
| Syria | Fruits and Vegetables | Germany | Unauthorised dye Rhodamine B found in pickled beets from Syria, via Turkey Rhodamine B | |
| Romania | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | Romania | Salmonella spp in "aripi de pui cu os si piele", origine Romania///Salmonella spp in "chicken wings with bone and skin", origin Romania Salmonella | |
| Romania | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | Italy | Salmonella enteritidis in petto di pollo dalla Romania///Salmonella enteritidis in chicken breast from Romania Salmonella Enteritidis | |
| Spain | Fish and Fish Products | Lithuania | Parasitic infestation in frozen hake from Spain parasitic infestation | |
| Syria | Fruits and Vegetables | Austria | High level of cypermethrin and unauthorised pesticide chlorpyrifos in pomegranates from Syria chlorpyrifoscypermethrin | |
| Italy | Cereals and Bakery Products | Italy | Ogm in polenta al di sopra dei limiti //GMOs in polenta above the limits genetically modified |