EU safety alerts — October 2025

27 October 2025RASFF

Ochratoxin A in dried organic figs from Turkey

Notified by Germany · origin: Türkiye

MycotoxinsFruits and vegetables

27 October 2025RASFF

Pesticide residues in grape leaves in brine from Egypt

Notified by Germany · origin: Egypt

Pesticide residuesOther food product / mixed

27 October 2025RASFF

Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey

Notified by Germany · origin: Türkiye

MycotoxinsFruits and vegetables

27 October 2025RASFF

Thiamethoxam in rice from India

Notified by Germany · origin: India

Pesticide residuesCereals and bakery products

27 October 2025RASFF

Too high cadmium levels in avocado from Chile

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Chile

Heavy metalsFruits and vegetables

27 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

E. Coli Salmonella westhamptonin mussels with raw material from Spain

Notified by Italy · origin: Spain

Pathogenic micro-organismsBivalve molluscs and products thereof

27 October 2025RASFF

Abamectin and famoxadone in Sugar Crisp from Brazil

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Brazil

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

27 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

presence of Salmonella spp. in fresh minced chicken leg meat from Poland

Notified by Poland · origin: Poland

Pathogenic micro-organismsPoultry meat and poultry meat products

27 October 2025RASFF

Pesticides Cyproconazole (0,030 ± 0,015 mg/kg), Difenoconazole (0,022 ± 0,011 mg/kg),Propiconazole (0,028 ± 0,014 mg/kg) in molasses (feed) from Russia

Notified by Latvia · origin: Russia

Pesticide residuesFeed materials

27 October 2025RASFF

Acetamiprid in basmati rice from Pakistan

Notified by France · origin: Pakistan

Pesticide residuesCereals and bakery products

27 October 2025RASFF

Salmonella in raw petfood from the Netherlands

Notified by Belgium · origin: Netherlands

Pathogenic micro-organismsPet food

27 October 2025RASFF

Prohibited substances in food supplements offered for sale online by a German company

Notified by Poland · origin: Germany

Novel foodDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

27 October 2025RASFF

Feather remnants on chicken carcasses from the UK.

Notified by Netherlands · origin: United Kingdom

Other risksPoultry meat and poultry meat products

27 October 2025RASFF

Feather remnants on chicken carcasses from the UK.

Notified by Netherlands · origin: United Kingdom

Other risksPoultry meat and poultry meat products

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