EU safety alerts — August 2025

19 August 2025RASFF

Mineral oil components MOSH/MOAH in rice from India via the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: India

Environmental pollutantsCereals and bakery products

19 August 2025RASFF

Migration of cobalt from plates from China

Notified by Germany · origin: China

MigrationFood contact materials

19 August 2025RASFF

biological contaminants (presence of dead pests) in basmati rice from Pakistan

Notified by Poland · origin: Pakistan

Foreign bodiesCereals and bakery products

19 August 2025RASFF

Presence of mold in cookies from Greece

Notified by Greece · origin: Greece

Other risksConfectionery

19 August 2025RASFF

Chlorpyrifos in frozen red currants from Poland

Notified by Belgium · origin: Poland

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

19 August 2025RASFF

migration of formaldehyde in bamboo kitchen cutting boards from China

Notified by Italy · origin: China

MigrationFood contact materials

19 August 2025RASFF

Staphylococcus aureus in diced frozen sweet potato from Spain.

Notified by Finland · origin: Spain

Pathogenic micro-organismsOther 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

Labelling absent/incomplete/incorrectCrustaceans and products thereof

18 August 2025RASFF

Frozen Beef Ribs - company is not authorized

Notified by Austria · origin: Hungary

Labelling absent/incomplete/incorrectMeat 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

Residues of veterinary medicinal productsFish and fish products