EU safety alerts in 2025

11 August 2025RASFF

Corrosive knives from China

Notified by Croatia · origin: China

Other risksFood contact materials

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Residue pesticide oxamyl in frozen strawberry from Egypt

Notified by Slovenia · origin: Egypt

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Insufficient labeling on lupins from Peru

Notified by Spain · origin: Peru

AllergensFruits and vegetables

11 August 2025RASFF

Cadmium and lead levels exceeded in dehydrated ground ginger from China

Notified by France · origin: China

Heavy metals and contaminantsHerbs and spices

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Listeria monocytogenes in hummus from Northern Ireland

Notified by European Commission · origin: United Kingdom (northern Ireland)

Pathogenic micro-organismsPrepared dishes and snacks

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in pollocks and cod type fish and chips

Notified by France · origin: France

Pathogenic micro-organismsFish and fish products

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

bacillus cereus in mashed potatoes

Notified by France · origin: Netherlands

Pathogenic micro-organismsPrepared dishes and snacks

11 August 2025RASFF

Cadmium in Mango from Senegal

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Senegal

Heavy metals and contaminantsFruits and vegetables

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Detection of Ochratoxins A in a patty preparation.

Notified by France · origin: France

MycotoxinsCereals and bakery products

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in cured ham from France

Notified by France · origin: France

Heavy metals and contaminantsMeat and meat products (other than poultry)

11 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Sibutramine in slimming drinks

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Türkiye

Other risksDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

11 August 2025RASFF

Non-authorized novel food ingredients cannabidiol (CBD) and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) in, as well as health claims made on food supplements from the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: Netherlands

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Ochratoxin A 27.1 ppb in paprika flakes from Spain

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Spain

MycotoxinsHerbs and spices

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Aflatoxin B1 and Total in Groundnuts from Argentina

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Argentina

MycotoxinsNuts, nut products and seeds

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Jurel procedente de Chile con rotura de la cadena de frío. Horse mackerel from Chile with a broken cold chain

Notified by Spain · origin: Chile

Other risksFish and fish products

8 August 2025RASFF

rotura de cadena de frío en langostino de la India / cold chain breakdown in prawns from India

Notified by Spain · origin: India

Other risksCrustaceans and products thereof

8 August 2025RASFF

Foreign body (glass fragment) inside a bottle of Datterino tomato puree

Notified by Italy · origin: Italy

Foreign bodiesSoups, broths, sauces and condiments

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Depasirea limitei maxime admise pentru linuron in morcovi origine Turcia/Exceeding the maximum permitted limit for linuron in carrots from Turkey

Notified by Romania · origin: Türkiye

Other risksFruits and vegetables

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Unauthorised novel food ingredient 10-OH-HHC in hemp flower tea from Germany with raw material from Italy

Notified by Germany · origin: Italy

Composition and additivesCocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

suffocation risk from consumption of and E407 - carrageenan unauthorised in jelly sticks from Malaysia, via the Netherlands

Notified by Finland · origin: Malaysia

Composition and additivesConfectionery

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Aflatoxins in pistachio kernel from Türkiye

Notified by Bulgaria · origin: Türkiye

MycotoxinsNuts, nut products and seeds

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Residue pesticide oxamyl and bifenazate in frozen strawberry from Egypt

Notified by Slovenia · origin: Egypt

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

Detection of listeria monocytogenes in baby spinach leaves

Notified by France · origin: France

Pathogenic micro-organismsFruits and vegetables

8 August 2025RASFFSerious risk

unauthorised substance linuron in dried thyme from Germany

Notified by France · origin: Germany

Composition and additivesHerbs and spices