Aluminium is counted here when a notification names it, in food or migrating from a food contact material. Metals reach food from the environment, from industry and from processing equipment.
74 notifications since 1 January 2020 named aluminium, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 25 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 10 in the 365 days before, up 150%. 3% were border rejections and 43% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (28), Germany (6) and Spain (5). The product categories named most often were food contact materials (53), food supplements and dietetic foods (10) and cocoa, coffee and tea (3). The products named most often were bottles and flasks (20), plates and bowls (13) and pots and pans (9).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Metals as contaminants in food, 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 aluminium
The newest 25 of 74, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: aluminium in tea from Bulgaria, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9677, validated 30 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9639, validated 29 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by France: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9151, validated 15 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Denmark: aluminium and foreign bodies in a food contact material from Sweden, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8966, validated 9 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8809, validated 5 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8803, validated 5 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: aluminium in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8760, validated 2 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8720, validated 1 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovakia: nickel, aluminium and migration from a food contact material in kitchen utensils from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7016, validated 7 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: lead, arsenic and aluminium in plates and bowls from Portugal, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6556, validated 23 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: aluminium in green tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5922, validated 3 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in pots and pans from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5909, validated 3 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4195, validated 12 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks of unknown origin, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4183, validated 12 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4143, validated 12 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4141, validated 12 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks of unknown origin, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4027, validated 7 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in plates and bowls from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3907, validated 4 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2574, validated 25 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks of unknown origin, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2262, validated 18 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1863, validated 5 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in bottles and flasks from Germany, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1746, validated 3 March 2026.
- Alert notified by France: aluminium and migration from a food contact material in a food contact material from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1491, validated 23 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: aluminium in bottles and flasks from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9945, validated 11 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: aluminium in food supplements from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9704, validated 4 December 2025.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 23 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 2 | 3% |
| Alert | 29 | 39% |
| Information for follow up | 28 | 38% |
| Information for attention | 15 | 20% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 32 | 43% |
| Potentially serious | 8 | 11% |
| Potential risk | 20 | 27% |
| Not serious | 10 | 14% |
| Undecided | 4 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Bottles and flasks | 20 |
| Plates and bowls | 13 |
| Pots and pans | 9 |
| Food supplements | 7 |
| Cups and mugs | 2 |
| Kitchen utensils | 2 |
| Tea | 2 |
| Beer | 1 |
| Fish | 1 |
| Green tea | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 28 | 38% |
| Germany | 6 | 8% |
| Spain | 5 | 7% |
| Origin not given | 4 | 5% |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 4% |
| Austria | 3 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 4% |
| Portugal | 3 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Food contact materials | 53 | 72% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 10 | 14% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 3 | 4% |
| Non alcoholic beverages | 2 | 3% |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1 | 1% |
| Fish and fish products | 1 | 1% |
| Other and mixed food products | 1 | 1% |
| Pet food | 1 | 1% |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 1 | 1% |
| Soups, sauces and condiments | 1 | 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 19 | 26% |
| France | 15 | 20% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 15% |
| Belgium | 6 | 8% |
| Denmark | 6 | 8% |
| Czechia | 5 | 7% |
| Italy | 5 | 7% |
| Croatia | 2 | 3% |
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