Ergot sclerotia and ergot alkaloids are listed by the Commission among the mould toxins for which the EU sets maximum levels. The levels are in Regulation (EU) 2023/915.
52 notifications since 1 January 2020 named ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 10 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 14 in the 365 days before, down 29%. 0% were border rejections and 62% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were France (25), Germany (15) and Belgium (5). The product categories named most often were cereals and bakery products (37), feed materials (12) and food supplements and dietetic foods (1). The products named most often were flour (17), wheat (15) and pasta (3).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Contaminants, European Commission; Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 on contaminants, consolidated text of 19 August 2026, Annex I.
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 ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids
The newest 25 of 52, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a feed material from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9556, validated 27 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9454, validated 23 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a feed material from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9399, validated 21 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a feed material from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9233, validated 16 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8505, validated 24 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4552, validated 22 May 2026.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3448, validated 22 April 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1480, validated 23 February 2026.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10427, validated 26 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in rye from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9654, validated 3 December 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7811, validated 10 October 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7581, validated 3 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6192, validated 13 August 2025.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4862, validated 27 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4589, validated 19 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a mixed food product from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3909, validated 26 May 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2542, validated 4 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2403, validated 1 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0612, validated 29 January 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.9648, validated 31 December 2024.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9430, validated 19 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9152, validated 11 December 2024.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9043, validated 6 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a feed material from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8566, validated 20 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7308, validated 3 October 2024.
Other mould toxins: aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, Alternaria toxins.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 8 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 35 | 67% |
| Information for follow up | 15 | 29% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 4% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 32 | 62% |
| Potentially serious | 8 | 15% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 6% |
| Not serious | 3 | 6% |
| Undecided | 5 | 10% |
| No risk | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Flour | 17 |
| Wheat | 15 |
| Pasta | 3 |
| Feed grain | 1 |
| Rye | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 25 | 48% |
| Germany | 15 | 29% |
| Belgium | 5 | 10% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 6% |
| Poland | 3 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cereals and bakery products | 37 | 71% |
| Feed materials | 12 | 23% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 1 | 2% |
| Other and mixed food products | 1 | 2% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 1 | 2% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 19 | 37% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 21% |
| France | 8 | 15% |
| Germany | 6 | 12% |
| Austria | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| Czechia | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
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