This page counts notifications that report fraud or adulteration. These are about how the goods were handled, declared or labelled rather than a laboratory result.
182 notifications since 1 January 2020 named fraud or adulteration, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 23 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 25 in the 365 days before, down 8%. 14% were border rejections and 26% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (48), Germany (17) and France (16). The product categories named most often were prepared dishes and snacks (29), feed materials (24) and compound feeds (19). The products named most often were noodle dishes (15), snacks (10) and cattle feed (9).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, Articles 66 to 72.
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 fraud or adulteration
The newest 25 of 182, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: foreign bodies and fraud or adulteration in a feed material from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9804, validated 4 November 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: fraud or adulteration for a feed material from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9171, validated 15 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: fraud or adulteration for confectionery from Czechia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8626, validated 29 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: fraud or adulteration for an animal by product from Brazil, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8360, validated 21 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level and fraud or adulteration in seaweed from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7338, validated 4 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and fraud or adulteration for a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7456, validated 24 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Estonia: medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others), unauthorised novel food and fraud or adulteration in food supplements from Poland and the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7063, validated 10 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: fraud or adulteration for beef from Finland and Latvia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5827, validated 1 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and fraud or adulteration for pet food from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4934, validated 4 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Slovakia: spoilage or decomposition and fraud or adulteration in beef from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4580, validated 26 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and fraud or adulteration in olives from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4385, validated 19 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and fraud or adulteration in apricots from Türkiye, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4372, validated 19 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: fraud or adulteration for cheese from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4170, validated 12 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: fraud or adulteration for a feed material from Belgium and Ireland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3805, validated 30 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Slovakia: spoilage or decomposition and fraud or adulteration in beef from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3529, validated 23 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared celery and fraud or adulteration in a mixed food product from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3037, validated 9 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovakia: spoilage or decomposition and fraud or adulteration in beef from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1851, validated 5 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and fraud or adulteration for pet food from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1550, validated 25 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: fraud or adulteration for an animal by product from Brazil, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1273, validated 16 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: fraud or adulteration for chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0933, validated 4 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: fraud or adulteration for an animal by product from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10077, validated 16 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Romania: fraud or adulteration for cattle feed from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.9226, validated 21 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: fraud or adulteration for a feed material from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.8966, validated 17 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: fraud or adulteration for beer from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.8646, validated 6 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: fraud or adulteration for a feed material from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.8490, validated 31 October 2025.
Other documents, controls and labelling: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents, labelling faults, poor temperature control or heat treatment.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 30 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 55 |
| 2025 | 25 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 20 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 26 | 14% |
| Alert | 39 | 21% |
| Information for follow up | 76 | 42% |
| Information for attention | 41 | 23% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 48 | 26% |
| Potentially serious | 11 | 6% |
| Potential risk | 34 | 19% |
| Not serious | 69 | 38% |
| Undecided | 17 | 9% |
| No risk | 3 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Noodle dishes | 15 |
| Snacks | 10 |
| Cattle feed | 9 |
| Fish feed | 9 |
| Oilseed meal | 9 |
| Beef | 5 |
| Food supplements | 4 |
| Fish | 3 |
| Instant noodles | 3 |
| Sauces | 3 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 48 | 26% |
| Germany | 17 | 9% |
| France | 16 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 12 | 7% |
| Belgium | 11 | 6% |
| Spain | 10 | 5% |
| Italy | 7 | 4% |
| Poland | 7 | 4% |
| Türkiye | 7 | 4% |
| India | 5 | 3% |
| Mozambique | 5 | 3% |
| Latvia | 4 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 29 | 16% |
| Feed materials | 24 | 13% |
| Compound feeds | 19 | 10% |
| Other and mixed food products | 16 | 9% |
| Meat other than poultry | 12 | 7% |
| Fish and fish products | 9 | 5% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 8 | 4% |
| Soups, sauces and condiments | 8 | 4% |
| Milk and milk products | 6 | 3% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 5 | 3% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 5 | 3% |
| Cephalopods | 4 | 2% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 48 | 26% |
| Germany | 19 | 10% |
| Spain | 18 | 10% |
| France | 18 | 10% |
| Belgium | 14 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 12 | 7% |
| Cyprus | 11 | 6% |
| Poland | 8 | 4% |
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