EU safety alerts in 2025

27 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes in swordfish tartare produced in Italy with raw material from Spain

Notified by Italy · origin: Italy, Spain

Pathogenic micro-organismsFish and fish products

27 October 2025RASFF

Ochratoxin A in crispy muesli with nuts from Belgium.

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Belgium

MycotoxinsOther food product / mixed

27 October 2025RASFF

foreign body (plastic and metal pieces) in desiccated coconut from Indonesia

Notified by European Commission · origin: Indonesia

Foreign bodiesFruits and vegetables

24 October 2025RASFF

Absence of official certificate in sesame seeds from Sudan

Notified by Greece · origin: Sudan

AllergensNuts, nut products and seeds

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Salmonella Livingstone and Salmonella Senftenberg in halva with pistachios from the Syrian Arab Republic

Notified by Germany · origin: Syria

Pathogenic micro-organismsNuts, nut products and seeds

24 October 2025RASFF

Unauthorized substance as a food additive (salicylic acid) marketed as a preservative

Notified by Romania · origin: Hungary

Composition and additivesFood additives and flavourings

24 October 2025RASFF

The raisins do not have an expiry date on the label.

Notified by Latvia · origin: Uzbekistan

Other risksFruits and vegetables

24 October 2025RASFF

finding that the MRL was exceeded in canned pineapple from Thailand

Notified by Poland · origin: Thailand

Heavy metalsFruits and vegetables

24 October 2025RASFF

parasites in carcasses of grenadier fish from Argentina

Notified by Poland · origin: Argentina

Other risksFish and fish products

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide in Garam Masala from India

Notified by Germany · origin: India

Pesticide residuesHerbs and spices

24 October 2025RASFF

Fenpyroximate in fresh dates from Iran via Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notified by Croatia · origin: Iran

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

24 October 2025RASFF

Exceeding of glycerine levels in slush ice concentrate from the United Kingdom, via Germany

Notified by Germany · origin: China

Food additives and flavouringsIces and desserts

24 October 2025RASFF

The presence of ligandrol in a food supplement, country of origin: Great Britain

Notified by Poland · origin: United Kingdom

Other risksDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

24 October 2025RASFF

Various products containing high levels of THC

Notified by France · origin: Czechia, United States

Composition and additivesConfectionery

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Excessive ochratoxin A content in frozen walnut bread

Notified by France · origin: France

MycotoxinsCereals and bakery products

24 October 2025RASFF

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in dried oregano from Türkiye

Notified by Belgium · origin: Türkiye

Natural toxins (other)Herbs and spices

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye

Notified by Bulgaria · origin: Türkiye

MycotoxinsFruits and vegetables

24 October 2025RASFF

Chlorpyrifos in pomelos form China

Notified by Netherlands · origin: China

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Mercury in swordfish loins (Xiphias Gladius) from Spain

Notified by Italy · origin: Spain

Heavy metalsFish and fish products

24 October 2025RASFF

High chlorpyrifos content in fennel seeds

Notified by Switzerland · origin: India

Pesticide residuesNuts, nut products and seeds

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

The maximum levels of tropane alkaloids exceeded (Scopolamine, Atropine) in peppermint tea from Serbia

Notified by Slovenia · origin: Slovenia

Natural toxins (other)Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

24 October 2025RASFF

Presence of aloe-emodin and emodin in food supplement from India

Notified by Latvia · origin: India

CompositionDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Listeria monocytogenes in herring fillets Matjes-style from Germany

Notified by Germany · origin: Germany, Netherlands

Pathogenic micro-organismsFish and fish products

24 October 2025RASFF

Parasites from grenadier carcasses from Argentine

Notified by Poland · origin: Argentina

Other risksFish and fish products