These notifications report phosphates. In the EU every food additive needs an authorisation for the food it is used in.
24 notifications since 1 January 2020 named phosphates, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 5 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, up 150%. 17% were border rejections and 8% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (5), Türkiye (3) and India (2). The product categories named most often were feed materials (5), fish and fish products (5) and food supplements and dietetic foods (3). The products named most often were fish fillets (2), food supplements (2) and shrimps and prawns (2).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Food additives, European Commission.
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 phosphates
The newest 24 of 24, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: phosphates in beer from South Korea, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7833, validated 4 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: phosphates in shrimps and prawns from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6481, validated 22 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: phosphates and labelling faults in surimi from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5495, validated 22 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: phosphates in fish fillets from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3784, validated 29 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Lithuania: phosphates in fish from Belarus, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0571, validated 23 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: undeclared soy and phosphates in meat products from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5300, validated 11 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in food supplements from Belgium, India and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.5046, validated 3 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: Bacillus cereus and phosphates in a mixed food product from India and Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6947, validated 17 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: phosphates in fruit or vegetables from Argentina, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.5851, validated 30 July 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: arsenic, phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a feed material from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.2200, validated 21 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: phosphates in a cereal or bakery product from Brazil, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.0426, validated 19 January 2024.
- Alert notified by Czechia: arsenic and phosphates in a food additive or flavouring from China and Czechia, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1950, validated 22 March 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: phosphates in food supplements from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.6882, validated 25 November 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: phosphates in fish from China, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.6318, validated 28 October 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: phosphates, vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels and foreign bodies in a food supplement from Germany and Israel, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5878, validated 10 October 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a feed material from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5510, validated 22 September 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a feed premixture from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.4727, validated 12 August 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Czechia: phosphates in chicken meat from Thailand, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.4223, validated 19 July 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: arsenic, phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a food additive or flavouring from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.2819, validated 12 May 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: arsenic, phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a feed material from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.2317, validated 20 April 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: phosphates in fish fillets from China, risk decision no risk, reference 2021.5105, validated 24 September 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a feed material from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.1527, validated 25 March 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: phosphates in shrimps and prawns from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.4559, validated 27 October 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a feed material from Lithuania, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.3426, validated 26 August 2020.
Other additives and colours: an unauthorised additive, unauthorised colours, vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 5 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 4 | 17% |
| Alert | 3 | 12% |
| Information for follow up | 13 | 54% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 17% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 2 | 8% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 8% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 17% |
| Not serious | 7 | 29% |
| Undecided | 6 | 25% |
| No risk | 3 | 12% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Fish fillets | 2 |
| Food supplements | 2 |
| Shrimps and prawns | 2 |
| Beer | 1 |
| Chicken meat | 1 |
| Fish | 1 |
| Meat products | 1 |
| Surimi | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 5 | 21% |
| Türkiye | 3 | 12% |
| India | 2 | 8% |
| Italy | 2 | 8% |
| Vietnam | 2 | 8% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Belgium | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Belarus | 1 | 4% |
| Czechia | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feed materials | 5 | 21% |
| Fish and fish products | 5 | 21% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 3 | 12% |
| Food additives and flavourings | 2 | 8% |
| Crustaceans | 2 | 8% |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1 | 4% |
| Cereals and bakery products | 1 | 4% |
| Feed premixtures | 1 | 4% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 1 | 4% |
| Meat other than poultry | 1 | 4% |
| Other and mixed food products | 1 | 4% |
| Poultry meat | 1 | 4% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 | 17% |
| Belgium | 3 | 12% |
| Italy | 3 | 12% |
| Portugal | 3 | 12% |
| Czechia | 2 | 8% |
| Denmark | 2 | 8% |
| Poland | 2 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
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