RASFF Notifications — Week 3 2026 (12–18 Jan) | Border Rejections, Alerts & Information
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In week 3 of 2026 (12–18 Jan), the EU's RASFF system recorded 78 notifications affecting food and feed imports: 36 border rejections, 15 alerts, and 27 information notices. The most-affected origin countries were United States, China and United Kingdom.
Border rejections (36)
| Date | Origin | Category | Notifying country | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Unauthorized novel food Buchu (Agathosma betulina (P.J.Bergius)) leaf extract, inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling for Food supplements from US. | |
| United Kingdom | Feed Materials | Belgium | Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Salmonella | |
| United Kingdom | Feed Materials | Belgium | Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Salmonella | |
| China | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Italy | composite products containing dairy products from China | |
| United Kingdom | Feed Materials | Belgium | Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Salmonella | |
| United Kingdom | Feed Materials | Belgium | Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Salmonella | |
| United Kingdom | Feed Materials | Belgium | Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United Kingdom Salmonella | |
| China | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Spain | Mycotoxin presence in inshell peanut from China // Presencia de micotoxinas en cacahuetes sin cáscara de China Aflatoxin B1 | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims | |
| India | Herbs and Spices | Poland | CINNAMON BARK – no pesticide testing and no official health certificate | |
| United States | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | France | Aflatoxins in peanut butter from the United States, dispatched from Sint Maarten Aflatoxins B1 | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | Netherlands | Figs Turkey Ochratoxin A ochratoxin A | |
| China | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | Poland | HERBATA PACZKOWANA Z CHIN BRAK IDETYFIKALNOŚCI/// Packaged tea from China, no traceability | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims for Food supplements from US. | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Unauthorized novel food, inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling for Food supplements from US. | |
| Egypt | Fruits and Vegetables | Romania | Exceeded of MRL for Propargite in sliced and frozen peppers from Egypt propargite | |
| Egypt | Fruits and Vegetables | Slovenia | Chlorpropham above legal limits in peppers from Egypt chlorpropham | |
| Colombia | Other Food Product / Mixed | Spain | E 171 caramelos Colombia/ E171 sweets Colombia colour E 171 - titanium dioxide | |
| Colombia | Other Food Product / Mixed | Spain | E 171 caramelos Colombia/ E171 sweets Colombia colour E 171 - titanium dioxide | |
| China | Fruits and Vegetables | Poland | przekroczenie NDP pozostałości pestycydu chloropiryfosu w rodzynkach z Chin / exceedance of the MRL for chlorpyrifos pesticide residues in raisins from China chlorpyrifos | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling for Food supplements from US. | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Permethrin and tetramethrin in organic dried figs from Turkiye permethrintetramethrin | |
| Brazil | Fruits and Vegetables | Portugal | Resíduos de Pesticidas em Feijão encarnado // pesticide residues in red beans acephatemethamidophos | |
| Brazil | Fruits and Vegetables | Portugal | Resíduos de Pesticidas em Feijão encarnado acephate | |
| United States | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Netherlands | Aflatoxine in USA groundnuts Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling of food supplements from US | |
| Brazil | Fruits and Vegetables | Portugal | Resíduos de Pesticidas em Feijão encarnado // pesticide residues in red beans acephatemethamidophos | |
| Brazil | Fruits and Vegetables | Portugal | Resíduos de Pesticidas em Feijão encarnado // pesticide residues in red beans acephatechlorfenapyrmethamidophos | |
| China | Herbs and Spices | Poland | PRZEKROCZNIE PESTYCYDÓW W PAPRYCE CHILLI Z CHIN/// Pesticide Exceedance in Chili Peppers from China chloratechlorfenapyr | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkiye Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Unauthorized ingredients Vinpocetine and inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims for Food supplements from US. | |
| United States | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Latvia | Inappropriate labelling and incorrect listing of vitamin types and chemical compounds on food supplement labels in the US. | |
| Russia | Feed Materials | Latvia | Salmonella Agona and Salmonella Isangi in feed yeast from Russia SalmonellaSalmonella Isangi | |
| Sudan | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Greece | Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from Sudan | |
| Sudan | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Greece | Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from Sudan | |
| Indonesia | Herbs and Spices | Netherlands | Nutmeg Indonesia Aflatoxin Aflatoxin B1 |
Alerts (15)
| Date | Origin | Category | Notifying country | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | Herbs and Spices | Ireland | Possible presence of mustard and soya in a batch of wasabi powder from China | |
| United Kingdom | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | France | Presence of listeria monocytogenes in sausages from the United Kingdom Listeria monocytogenes | |
| Austria, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Switzerland | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Switzerland | recall of infant formulae produced in Switzerland, possibly contaminated with cereulide cereulide | |
| France | Ices and Desserts | France | Potential presence of hard plastic foreign bodies in ice cream | |
| France | Cereals and Bakery Products | Germany | Foreign body (wire) found on frozen pretzels from France | |
| Ecuador | Fruits and Vegetables | Netherlands | Chlorpyrifos in bananas chlorpyrifos | |
| Belgium | Fruits and Vegetables | Belgium | MRL exceedance for lambda-cyhalothrin in leek lambda-cyhalothrin | |
| Italy | Other Food Product / Mixed | Belgium | Presence of sulphite in balsamic cream sulphite | |
| Taiwan | Confectionery | Spain | Etiquetado "sin gluten" incorrecto en mochi procedente de Taiwán//Incorrect ‘gluten-free’ labelling on mochi from Taiwan | |
| Italy | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Austria | Salmonella spp. in pistachio cream from Italy Salmonella spp. | |
| Ecuador | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Pesticide residues in Pitayas cypermethrindimethoatelambda-cyhalothrin | |
| Lithuania | Cereals and Bakery Products | Belgium | Opium alkaloids in mini Danish marzipan twister from Lithuania | |
| France | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | France | recall of infant formulae produced in FRANCE, possibly contaminated with cereulide”. | |
| Belgium | Fruits and Vegetables | Netherlands | plastic and glass pieces in sliced mushrooms from Belgium | |
| Netherlands | Ices and Desserts | Netherlands | Metal pieces in ice cream from the Netherlands |
Information notifications (27)
| Date | Origin | Category | Notifying country | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | Netherlands | Aflatoxin B1 and Total in Groundnuts/Unroasted Peanuts from Argentina Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total | |
| — | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Spain | Aceites de plantas medicianales desconocidas en complemento alimenticio de China/ Oils from unknown medicinal plants in food supplements from China/ | |
| Poland | Cereals and Bakery Products | Czechia | Foreign body in longrain rice from Poland. | |
| Belgium, China | Food Additives and Flavourings | Belgium | Chlorates in xanthan gum from China, via Germany chlorate | |
| Turkey | Fruits and Vegetables | France | Detection of ochratoxin A in figs from Turkey ochratoxin A | |
| Sweden | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Norway | Too high levels of vitamin D in food supplement from Sweden | |
| Argentina | Feed Materials | Belgium | Salmonella in Category 3 animal by-products from Argentina Salmonella anatum | |
| Belgium | Prepared Dishes and Snacks | Ireland | Undeclared milk and egg in a mispacked batch of Moroccan Style Topped Houmous | |
| Nigeria | Fats and Oils | Belgium | Unauthorized color Sudan IV in palm oil from Nigeria Sudan 4 | |
| Netherlands | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | Belgium | Lack of mandatory advertisements for supplements with green tea extract containing EGCG, on web shop from the Netherlands | |
| France | Feed Materials | Belgium | Too high content of cyanide in linseed from France cyanide | |
| China | Food Contact Materials | Italy | Insufficiente stabilità del materiale in MOCA ad uso ripetuto - Piatto Piano Romantic "Utilissimi"/ insufficient stability of melamine plate with repeated use formaldehydemelamine | |
| Sri Lanka | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | Poland | Przekroczenie najwyższego dopuszczalnego poziomu pozostałości pestycydu - antrachinonu w herbacie czarnej liściastej, kraj pochodzenia Sri Lanka/// Exceeding the MRL for pesticide residues - anthraquinone in black leaf tea, country of origin Sri Lanka anthraquinone | |
| Ukraine | Feed Materials | Lithuania | Salmonella spp. in unshelled sunflower seeds (for various species of wild birds) from Ukraine Salmonella | |
| Belgium | Cereals and Bakery Products | Belgium | Chlorpyrifos-methyl in spelt from Belgium chlorpyrifos-methyl | |
| Spain | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | Portugal | high content of sulphites in chicken burger sulphite | |
| Germany | Feed Materials | Germany | Exceeding the maximum content of vitamin D in complete feed for dogs vitamin D | |
| Ireland | Prepared Dishes and Snacks | Ireland | Undeclared milk in specific batches of chicken & chorizo paella meals and incorrect labelling of one batch of chicken chow mein meals | |
| Poland | Food Contact Materials | Austria | Release of cobalt and false product claims of a baking form cobaltlabelling | |
| Uzbekistan | Herbs and Spices | Latvia | Penconazole (0,081 ± 0,041 mg/kg ) in fresh dill form Uzbekistan penconazole | |
| Ireland | Fish and Fish Products | Germany | Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Ireland Listeria monocytogenes | |
| France | Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | France | Breaking the cold chain for mussels and seafood cocktail | |
| Poland | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | Italy | Salmonella Newport in filetti di pollo congelati origine Polonia/Salmonella Newport in frozen chicken fillets from Poland Salmonella Newport | |
| Italy, Spain | Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | Italy | Salmonella Strathcona in mussels with raw material from Spain Salmonella Strathcona | |
| Poland | Food Contact Materials | Austria | Material Splintering on a Baking Tray particles | |
| Poland | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | Lithuania | Salmonella Infantis in fresh chicken broiler legs from Poland Salmonella infantis | |
| United Kingdom | Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | European Commission | mandatory border checks not carried out on scallops from the United Kingdom via Northern Ireland |