Campylobacter causes campylobacteriosis, the most frequently reported foodborne illness in the EU. Raw poultry meat is often contaminated, and undercooked chicken is the most common source of infection.
33 notifications since 1 January 2020 named Campylobacter, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 4 in the 365 days before, down 25%. 0% were border rejections and 18% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Poland (12), Austria (5) and France (4). The product categories named most often were poultry meat (29), bivalve molluscs (2) and meat other than poultry (1). The products named most often were chicken meat (22), duck meat (4) and oysters (2).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Campylobacter, 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 Campylobacter
The newest 25 of 33, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6009, validated 7 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Campylobacter in chicken meat from Austria, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4476, validated 20 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10284, validated 19 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Austria, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.7309, validated 24 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Campylobacter in poultry meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6627, validated 29 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Luxembourg: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat of unknown origin, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.0892, validated 7 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.8464, validated 15 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: Campylobacter in oysters from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8221, validated 6 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7920, validated 28 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7493, validated 11 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Campylobacter and Staphylococcus enterotoxins in chicken meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.6163, validated 12 August 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Campylobacter in chicken meat from Austria, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.2979, validated 12 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Salmonella and Campylobacter in duck meat from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0522, validated 24 January 2024.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: Campylobacter in oysters from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.8471, validated 8 December 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7703, validated 9 November 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovakia: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.7341, validated 27 October 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Hungary: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Romania, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.3519, validated 25 May 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Campylobacter in sausages from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3315, validated 17 May 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.2101, validated 28 March 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter in duck meat from Hungary, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.1821, validated 16 March 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry meat from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.1627, validated 8 March 2023.
- Alert notified by Lithuania: Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2023.0773, validated 2 February 2023.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: Campylobacter in a mixed food product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7106, validated 7 December 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Campylobacter in duck meat from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.7045, validated 2 December 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken meat from Hungary, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.6802, validated 22 November 2022.
Other bacteria, viruses and parasites: Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, moulds.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 4 | 12% |
| Information for follow up | 8 | 24% |
| Information for attention | 21 | 64% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 6 | 18% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 18% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 18% |
| Not serious | 9 | 27% |
| Undecided | 6 | 18% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Chicken meat | 22 |
| Duck meat | 4 |
| Oysters | 2 |
| Poultry meat | 2 |
| Sausages | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 12 | 36% |
| Austria | 5 | 15% |
| France | 4 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 12% |
| Hungary | 3 | 9% |
| Czechia | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Romania | 1 | 3% |
| Origin not given | 1 | 3% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Poultry meat | 29 | 88% |
| Bivalve molluscs | 2 | 6% |
| Meat other than poultry | 1 | 3% |
| Other and mixed food products | 1 | 3% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15 | 45% |
| Austria | 4 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 12% |
| France | 2 | 6% |
| Lithuania | 2 | 6% |
| Poland | 2 | 6% |
| Hungary | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
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