Alcoholic beverages

20 October 2026RASFF

Methanol in strawberry spirit from Greece

An official check in Greece found that a strawberry spirit contained methanol at 1479.5 g per hectolitre of pure alcohol, above the permitted limit of 1000 g/hl. The contamination was judged not serious, but the product…

Chemical contamination (other)Alcoholic beverages

6 October 2026RASFFSerious risk

white sediment in Chilean wine

Polish border control authorities have detained a consignment of Chilean wine because it was found to contain white sediment. The product has not yet been placed on the market.

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

4 September 2026RASFF

Unauthorized use of E338 and E516 in Beer

Notified by Portugal · origin: South Korea

Composition and additivesAlcoholic beverages

12 August 2026RASFFSerious risk

Glass fragments in canned beer from the Netherlands

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Netherlands

Foreign bodiesAlcoholic beverages

22 July 2026RASFF

Potential breakage of packaging

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Netherlands

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

26 June 2026RASFFSerious risk

ethyl carbamate in eau de vie from France

Notified by Belgium · origin: France

Chemical contamination (other)Alcoholic beverages

26 March 2026RASFFSerious risk

Allergen Sulfur dioxide sulfites in wine from Spain

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Spain

AllergensAlcoholic beverages

18 February 2026RASFFSerious risk

risk of bottle explosion following refermentation

Notified by France · origin: France

Fire and burnsAlcoholic beverages

6 February 2026RASFF

Unauthorized additives natamycin (E235) on the list of ingredients in spirits from South Africa

Notified by Cyprus · origin: South Africa

Composition and additivesAlcoholic beverages

22 December 2025RASFF

High pressure beer cans

Notified by Netherlands · origin: Romania

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

10 December 2025RASFFSerious risk

possible presence of micro glass fragments in bottles from Italy/ possibile presenza di micro frammenti vetrosi in bottiglia

Notified by Italy · origin: Italy

Foreign bodiesAlcoholic beverages

11 November 2025RASFF

mead with hemp extract

Notified by Luxembourg · origin: Czechia

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

7 November 2025RASFFSerious risk

Glas fracments in red wine bottled in Denmark

Notified by Denmark · origin: Denmark

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

6 November 2025RASFF

Mislabeling due to missing alcohol percentage on label of beer from Belgien

Notified by Denmark · origin: Belgium

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

5 November 2025RASFF

Unauthorized young Siberian red deer antler tincture in vodka from Kazakhstan

Notified by Lithuania · origin: Kazakhstan

Composition and additivesAlcoholic beverages

29 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

presence of glass in wine bottles

Notified by France · origin: France

Foreign bodiesAlcoholic beverages

24 October 2025RASFFSerious risk

Ethylcarbamate in beverage from France

Notified by Belgium · origin: France

Chemical contamination (other)Alcoholic beverages

24 September 2025RASFF

consignment of alcoholic beverage not presented for an official control at the border control post

Notified by Belgium · origin: United Kingdom

Other risksAlcoholic beverages

24 September 2025RASFFSerious risk

Presence of gluten in "gluten free" beer.

Notified by Belgium · origin: Belgium

AllergensAlcoholic beverages

24 September 2025RASFF

Elevated benzalkonium chloride (0.35mg/kg) in wine from South Africa

Notified by Ireland · origin: South Africa

CompositionAlcoholic beverages

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

11 August 2025RASFF

Novel unauthorised ingredient (CBD) in alcoholic beverages from the Netherlands

Notified by Spain · origin: Netherlands

Composition and additivesAlcoholic beverages

25 July 2025RASFF

Alcoholic beverage containing added caffeine – French supplier

Notified by Belgium · origin: France

Composition and additivesAlcoholic beverages