Erucic acid is a fatty acid. Point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/915 sets 20 g/kg for vegetable oils and fats in general and 50 g/kg for mustard, camelina and borage oil.
26 notifications since 1 January 2020 named erucic acid, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 4 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 12 in the 365 days before, down 67%. 31% were border rejections and 12% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Russia (7), Bangladesh (6) and India (5). The product categories named most often were nuts, nut products and seeds (15), fats and oils (9) and other and mixed food products (1). The products named most often were nuts or seeds (9), mustard oil (8) and mustard (1).
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 erucic acid
The newest 25 of 26, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Kazakhstan, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8200, validated 16 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: erucic acid and labelling faults in mustard oil from Bangladesh, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3781, validated 29 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: erucic acid and labelling faults in mustard oil from Bangladesh, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3778, validated 29 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: erucic acid and labelling faults in mustard oil from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3771, validated 29 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3482, validated 9 May 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3222, validated 29 April 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Belarus, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2219, validated 26 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Belarus, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1320, validated 25 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0931, validated 10 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Russia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0097, validated 8 January 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Malta: erucic acid in nuts or seeds of unknown origin, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.9615, validated 30 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Malta: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.9597, validated 27 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Kazakhstan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.9034, validated 6 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Kazakhstan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.9033, validated 6 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.9038, validated 6 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Russia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8719, validated 26 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8123, validated 4 November 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: erucic acid in nuts or seeds from Kazakhstan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8035, validated 30 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: erucic acid in mustard from Russia and Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6863, validated 12 September 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: erucic acid in mustard oil from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.5546, validated 6 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: erucic acid in mustard oil from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4585, validated 7 July 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: erucic acid in mustard oil from Bangladesh, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.3939, validated 12 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: erucic acid in mustard oil from Bangladesh, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.3693, validated 1 June 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: erucic acid in a mixed food product from Bangladesh, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2546, validated 2 May 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: erucic acid and labelling faults in mustard oil from Bangladesh, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2122, validated 8 April 2022.
Other natural plant and marine toxins: pyrrolizidine alkaloids, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), histamine.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 8 | 31% |
| Alert | 3 | 12% |
| Information for follow up | 11 | 42% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 15% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 3 | 12% |
| Potentially serious | 5 | 19% |
| Potential risk | 16 | 62% |
| Not serious | 2 | 8% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Nuts or seeds | 9 |
| Mustard oil | 8 |
| Mustard | 1 |
| Vegetable oil | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 7 | 27% |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 23% |
| India | 5 | 19% |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 15% |
| Belarus | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Hungary | 1 | 4% |
| Origin not given | 1 | 4% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 15 | 58% |
| Fats and oils | 9 | 35% |
| Other and mixed food products | 1 | 4% |
| Soups, sauces and condiments | 1 | 4% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 13 | 50% |
| Germany | 5 | 19% |
| Spain | 4 | 15% |
| Malta | 2 | 8% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| Poland | 1 | 4% |
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