EU safety alerts — October 2025

31 October 2025EMA shortages

NovoNordisk insulin (human insulin) (various short-, rapid-, intermediate-, mixed- and long-acting forms) — supply shortage (shortage resolved)

Supply shortageMedicine shortages

31 October 2025RASFF

Salmonella Mbandaka in frozen chicken breast fillet from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notified by Croatia · origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pathogenic micro-organismsPoultry meat and poultry meat products

31 October 2025RASFF

Excessive amounts of the pesticides captan and acetamiprid in raisins from Latvia

Notified by Lithuania · origin: Latvia

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

31 October 2025RASFF

Unauthorized purple coneflower root extract in tea - concentrate non-alcoholic drink "Raspberry and асеrоlа tea" pasteurized

Notified by Latvia · origin: Ukraine

Composition and additivesCocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea

31 October 2025RASFF

unauthorized genetically modified organism in green papaya from Thailand via Sweden

Notified by Belgium · origin: Thailand

Genetically modifiedFruits and vegetables

31 October 2025RASFF

Salmonella Mbandaka in rapeseed expeller from Poland

Notified by Finland · origin: Poland

Pathogenic micro-organismsFeed materials

31 October 2025RASFF

Maximum levels exceeded for ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) seeds in sunflower seeds from Germany

Notified by Belgium · origin: Ukraine

CompositionFeed materials

31 October 2025RASFF

Aflatoxin in groundnut kernels from United States

Notified by Netherlands · origin: United States

MycotoxinsNuts, nut products and seeds

31 October 2025RASFF

Unauthorised novel food Tongkat ali in food supplement

Notified by Ireland · origin: Unknown Origin

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

31 October 2025RASFF

ametoctradin and oxamyl in a strawberry from Egypt

Notified by Poland · origin: Egypt

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

31 October 2025RASFF

Absence of official certificates in sesame seeds from Sudan

Notified by Greece · origin: Sudan

AllergensNuts, nut products and seeds

31 October 2025RASFF

Absence of official certificate(s) in sesame seeds from Sudan

Notified by Greece · origin: Sudan

AllergensNuts, nut products and seeds

31 October 2025RASFF

Allergenic ingredients (hazelnut, soy and milk) not typographically highlighted in beverages from South Korea via the Czech Republic.

Notified by Spain · origin: South Korea

AllergensNon-alcoholic beverages

31 October 2025RASFF

Food supplement with novel food ingredient from the United Kingdom

Notified by Austria · origin: United Kingdom

Not determined (other)Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

31 October 2025RASFF

Food supplements from USA containing prohibited titanium dioxide

Notified by Ireland · origin: United States

Other risksDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

31 October 2025RASFF

DNA of ruminants in feed material for pigs hemoglobin from blood

Notified by Poland · origin: Belgium

Other risksFeed materials

31 October 2025RASFF

Suspected Salmonella i beef and hamburgers from Sweden

Notified by Sweden · origin: Netherlands

Pathogenic micro-organismsMeat and meat products (other than poultry)