EU safety alerts in 2025

19 August 2025RASFF

migration of formaldehyde in bamboo kitchen cutting boards from China

Notified by Italy · origin: China

Migration from food contact materialsFood contact materials

19 August 2025RASFF

Staphylococcus aureus in diced frozen sweet potato from Spain.

Notified by Finland · origin: Spain

Other risksOther food product / mixed

19 August 2025RASFF

Exceedance of limits for two pesticides in white pomelos

Notified by France · origin: South Africa

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

19 August 2025RASFF

Salmonella in frozen chicken schnitzel from Germany

Notified by Sweden · origin: Germany

Pathogenic micro-organismsPoultry meat and poultry meat products

18 August 2025EMA shortages

Moventig — supply shortage (shortage resolved)

Supply shortageMedicine shortages

18 August 2025RASFF

Unauthorized producing country - Kazakhstan for Bourbon whiskey, and unauthorized ingredients - raisin infusion and distilled glycerin in vodka from Kazakhstan.

Notified by Latvia · origin: Kazakhstan

Composition and additivesAlcoholic beverages

18 August 2025RASFF

Foreign body (rubber glove) in cheese from Slovakia

Notified by Hungary · origin: Slovakia

Foreign bodiesMilk and milk products

18 August 2025RASFF

Cadmium in and labeling deficiencies on lobster from Canada, via Belgium

Notified by Germany · origin: Canada

Heavy metals and contaminantsCrustaceans and products thereof

18 August 2025RASFF

Frozen Beef Ribs - company is not authorized

Notified by Austria · origin: Hungary

Other risksMeat and meat products (other than poultry)

18 August 2025RASFF

Leucomalachite green in farmed salmon from the UK via the NL

Notified by Germany · origin: United Kingdom

Other risksFish and fish products

18 August 2025RASFF

Melamine release from children's drinking cups from Thailand via Denmark

Notified by Germany · origin: Thailand

Migration from food contact materialsFood contact materials