Ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds is a natural toxin made by plants, fungi or algae. This page counts the notifications that name it.
86 notifications since 1 January 2020 named ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 14 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 11 in the 365 days before, up 27%. 0% were border rejections and 60% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were France (37), Belgium (8) and Hungary (8). The product categories named most often were feed materials (70), compound feeds (13) and food supplements and dietetic foods (2). The products named most often were sunflower meal (19), soybean meal (8) and feed grain (3).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Chemical contaminants, 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 ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds
The newest 25 of 86, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Luxembourg: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in compound feed from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9833, validated 5 November 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9476, validated 23 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9226, validated 16 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8238, validated 17 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7828, validated 4 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7474, validated 24 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from Hungary, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6383, validated 17 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4824, validated 2 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from Slovakia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3898, validated 4 May 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in soybean meal from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3682, validated 28 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Romania: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in compound feed from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2714, validated 30 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2291, validated 18 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10417, validated 24 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Austria: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in compound feed from Hungary, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10307, validated 22 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from Ukraine, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8471, validated 31 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in compound feed from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6760, validated 3 September 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in soybean meal from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4851, validated 27 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in compound feed from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4295, validated 6 June 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from Hungary, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.3812, validated 22 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.3130, validated 25 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in soybean meal from Canada, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1589, validated 5 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0526, validated 27 January 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in sunflower meal from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9008, validated 5 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in a feed material from Austria, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8695, validated 25 November 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovenia: ragweed (Ambrosia) seeds in compound feed from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8645, validated 22 November 2024.
Other natural plant and marine toxins: pyrrolizidine alkaloids, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), histamine.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 12 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 63 | 73% |
| Information for follow up | 20 | 23% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 3% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 52 | 60% |
| Potentially serious | 18 | 21% |
| Potential risk | 11 | 13% |
| Not serious | 1 | 1% |
| Undecided | 4 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sunflower meal | 19 |
| Soybean meal | 8 |
| Feed grain | 3 |
| Food supplements | 1 |
| Linseed | 1 |
| Pig feed | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 37 | 43% |
| Belgium | 8 | 9% |
| Hungary | 8 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 8% |
| Poland | 7 | 8% |
| Austria | 5 | 6% |
| Italy | 3 | 3% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 3% |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Croatia | 2 | 2% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feed materials | 70 | 81% |
| Compound feeds | 13 | 15% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 2 | 2% |
| Pet food | 1 | 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 50 | 58% |
| Germany | 12 | 14% |
| Latvia | 5 | 6% |
| Romania | 5 | 6% |
| Denmark | 4 | 5% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| Sweden | 2 | 2% |
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