Iodine above the safe level 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.
69 notifications since 1 January 2020 named iodine above the safe level, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 6 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 9 in the 365 days before, down 33%. 1% were border rejections and 64% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (21), South Korea (17) and Germany (4). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (24), other and mixed food products (22) and meat other than poultry (9). The products named most often were seaweed (23), beef (3) and food supplements (3).
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 iodine above the safe level
The newest 25 of 69, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- 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 attention notified by Denmark: iodine above the safe level and veterinary medicine residues in meat products from Denmark, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7745, validated 2 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level in food supplements from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6986, validated 6 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in snacks from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6006, validated 7 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: iodine above the safe level and labelling faults in fish from Latvia, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.2604, validated 26 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Finland: iodine above the safe level and labelling faults in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8948, validated 14 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level and labelling faults in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8203, validated 23 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from Germany and Ireland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6425, validated 29 August 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in salad leaves from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6276, validated 18 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5346, validated 14 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9330, validated 17 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9319, validated 17 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from Thailand, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9325, validated 17 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9275, validated 16 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9151, validated 11 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6136, validated 9 August 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Portugal: iodine above the safe level in beef from Portugal, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5889, validated 1 August 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: iodine above the safe level in beef from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.4975, validated 28 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4351, validated 5 June 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovenia: iodine above the safe level in a prepared dish or snack from South Korea, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.2697, validated 5 April 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from China and Hong Kong, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0710, validated 1 February 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0575, validated 25 January 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8651, validated 14 December 2023.
- Alert notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from China, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8648, validated 14 December 2023.
- Alert notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from China, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8367, validated 5 December 2023.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 5 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 1 | 1% |
| Alert | 41 | 59% |
| Information for follow up | 16 | 23% |
| Information for attention | 11 | 16% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 44 | 64% |
| Potentially serious | 5 | 7% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 9% |
| Not serious | 5 | 7% |
| Undecided | 9 | 13% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Seaweed | 23 |
| Beef | 3 |
| Food supplements | 3 |
| Horse meat | 2 |
| Snacks | 2 |
| Bread | 1 |
| Chicken meat | 1 |
| Food supplement capsules or tablets | 1 |
| Liquid food supplements | 1 |
| Meat products | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 21 | 30% |
| South Korea | 17 | 25% |
| Germany | 4 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 6% |
| Poland | 4 | 6% |
| France | 3 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 3% |
| Italy | 2 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 24 | 35% |
| Other and mixed food products | 22 | 32% |
| Meat other than poultry | 9 | 13% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 8 | 12% |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 2 | 3% |
| Cereals and bakery products | 1 | 1% |
| Compound feeds | 1 | 1% |
| Fish and fish products | 1 | 1% |
| Poultry meat | 1 | 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 55% |
| Austria | 7 | 10% |
| Italy | 4 | 6% |
| Poland | 3 | 4% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 4% |
| Belgium | 2 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
| Finland | 2 | 3% |
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