Acrylamide forms naturally in starchy foods cooked at high temperature, such as fried, baked or roasted products, through the same reaction that browns food.
75 notifications since 1 January 2020 named acrylamide, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 8 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 14 in the 365 days before, down 43%. 19% were border rejections and 32% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Ukraine (12), the Netherlands (8) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (7). The product categories named most often were cereals and bakery products (26), prepared dishes and snacks (22) and confectionery (17). The products named most often were biscuits (19), snacks (19) and sweet bakery products (4).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Acrylamide, EFSA.
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications that named acrylamide
The newest 25 of 75, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: acrylamide in confectionery from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5359, validated 17 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: acrylamide in biscuits from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5311, validated 16 June 2026.
- Alert notified by France: ochratoxin A and acrylamide in bread from Czechia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4539, validated 22 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2301, validated 18 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: acrylamide in confectionery from Bosnia and Herzegovina, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10485, validated 31 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: acrylamide in coffee from Kosovo, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.10458, validated 30 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: acrylamide in potatoes from Austria, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.9960, validated 29 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: acrylamide in snacks from Egypt, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.9312, validated 24 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in snacks from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6458, validated 25 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in wheat from Switzerland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6373, validated 21 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.6075, validated 11 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by France: acrylamide in a prepared dish or snack from Czechia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4980, validated 2 July 2025.
- Alert notified by France: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4601, validated 20 June 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: acrylamide in confectionery from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3523, validated 12 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: acrylamide in a prepared dish or snack from Bosnia and Herzegovina, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.3162, validated 28 April 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: acrylamide in confectionery from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.2680, validated 10 April 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2166, validated 24 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: acrylamide in confectionery from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1951, validated 17 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: acrylamide in sweet bakery products from Türkiye, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1163, validated 19 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: acrylamide in a prepared dish or snack from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1094, validated 17 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: acrylamide in snacks from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9117, validated 10 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in maize from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.8419, validated 14 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Latvia: acrylamide in biscuits from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7603, validated 16 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: acrylamide in biscuits from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7396, validated 7 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: acrylamide in sweet bakery products from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7392, validated 7 October 2024.
Other process and environmental contaminants: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH), 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2025 | 16 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 14 | 19% |
| Alert | 17 | 23% |
| Information for follow up | 22 | 29% |
| Information for attention | 22 | 29% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 24 | 32% |
| Potentially serious | 15 | 20% |
| Potential risk | 21 | 28% |
| Not serious | 8 | 11% |
| Undecided | 6 | 8% |
| No risk | 1 | 1% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Biscuits | 19 |
| Snacks | 19 |
| Sweet bakery products | 4 |
| Bread | 2 |
| Coffee | 2 |
| Potatoes | 2 |
| Maize | 1 |
| Rye | 1 |
| Vegetables | 1 |
| Wheat | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 12 | 16% |
| Netherlands | 8 | 11% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 9% |
| Belgium | 4 | 5% |
| Spain | 4 | 5% |
| Romania | 4 | 5% |
| Türkiye | 4 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 4% |
| Kosovo | 3 | 4% |
| Czechia | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cereals and bakery products | 26 | 35% |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 22 | 29% |
| Confectionery | 17 | 23% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 5 | 7% |
| Other and mixed food products | 3 | 4% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 2 | 3% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 14 | 19% |
| Croatia | 13 | 17% |
| Poland | 11 | 15% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 9% |
| Belgium | 6 | 8% |
| Germany | 6 | 8% |
| Slovenia | 4 | 5% |
| France | 3 | 4% |
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