EU safety alerts — March 2026

16 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

high level of Ocratoxin A in dry figs

Notified by Italy · origin: Türkiye

MycotoxinsFruits and vegetables

16 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

high level of Ocratoxin A in dry figs

Notified by Italy · origin: Türkiye

MycotoxinsFruits and vegetables

16 March 2026RASFF

Sensory changes in pork shoulder from Spain, via the Czech Republic.

Notified by Slovakia · origin: Spain

Organoleptic aspectsMeat and meat products (other than poultry)

16 March 2026RASFF

Food supplements with unauthorized novel food (turkesterone) from China

Notified by Sweden · origin: China

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

16 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Foreign bodies (plastic and wood fragments) in frozen vegetable mix from Spain

Notified by Germany · origin: Spain

Foreign bodiesPrepared dishes and snacks

16 March 2026RASFF

tetramethrin at a level of 0.074 ± 0.037 mg/kg in walnuts, raw material from Ukraine

Notified by Poland · origin: Poland, Ukraine

Pesticide residuesNuts, nut products and seeds

16 March 2026RASFF

Unauthorised substance haloxyfop and residues of bifenthrin and iprodione in frozen edamame from China

Notified by Germany · origin: China

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

14 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Residues of acetamiprid above legal limits in Capsicum spp from Kenya

Notified by Italy · origin: Kenya

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

13 March 2026RASFF

Fresh pineapples contaminated with pesticide residue omethoate

Notified by Luxembourg · origin: Mexico

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and unauthorised novel food ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) in various products from Czechia

Notified by Spain · origin: Czechia, United Kingdom

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from India

Notified by Poland · origin: India

Pathogenic micro-organismsNuts, nut products and seeds

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Salmonella spp in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil.

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Brazil

Pathogenic micro-organismsPoultry meat and poultry meat products

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Best before date error on plain cream cheese

Notified by France · origin: France

Other risksMilk and milk products

13 March 2026RASFF

Unauthorized health claims and non compliant ingredients on food supplements from UK

Notified by Croatia · origin: United Kingdom

Composition and additivesDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Salmonella spp. in seasoned chicken breast, produced with raw material from Poland

Notified by Germany · origin: Poland

Pathogenic micro-organismsPoultry meat and poultry meat products

13 March 2026RASFF

E. coli in cheese from Sweden

Notified by Norway · origin: Sweden

Pathogenic micro-organismsMilk and milk products

13 March 2026RASFF

Chloramphenicol in White Tiger shrimps from India

Notified by Germany · origin: India

Residues of veterinary medicinal productsCrustaceans and products thereof

13 March 2026RASFF

MOAH in vegan protein powder

Notified by Switzerland · origin: Unknown Origin

Environmental pollutantsDietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods

13 March 2026RASFF

Unauthorized food additive E171 Titan dioxide in candies from Russia

Notified by Latvia · origin: Russia

Composition and additivesConfectionery

13 March 2026RASFF

Salmonella Infantis in frozen beef tripes from Lithuania

Notified by Finland · origin: Lithuania

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

13 March 2026RASFF

Salmonella Infantis in fresh chicken meat from Bulgaria

Notified by Italy · origin: Bulgaria

Pathogenic micro-organismsPoultry meat and poultry meat products

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Chlorpyrifos in quinoa from Türkiye, origin India

Notified by Norway · origin: India

Pesticide residuesCereals and bakery products

13 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

CHLORFENAPYR and LAMBDA - CYHALOTHRIN in chili peppers from Tanzania

Notified by Italy · origin: Tanzania

Pesticide residuesFruits and vegetables

13 March 2026RASFF

Listeria in frozen vegetable (mushroom)

Notified by Switzerland · origin: Netherlands

Pathogenic micro-organismsFruits and vegetables