This page counts notifications that report poor temperature control or heat treatment. These are about how the goods were handled, declared or labelled rather than a laboratory result.
431 notifications since 1 January 2020 named poor temperature control or heat treatment, 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 67 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 49 in the 365 days before, up 37%. 78% were border rejections and 16% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Morocco (52), Ukraine (45) and France (30). The product categories named most often were fish and fish products (176), poultry meat (54) and cephalopods (36). The products named most often were tuna (54), chicken meat (41) and fish (28).
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 poor temperature control or heat treatment
The newest 25 of 431, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: poor temperature control or heat treatment for meat from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9912, validated 6 November 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: Anisakis and other parasites and poor temperature control or heat treatment in mackerel from Latvia, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9727, validated 2 November 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Hungary: poor temperature control or heat treatment for a dairy product from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9607, validated 28 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: poor temperature control or heat treatment for cheese from Ireland, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9603, validated 28 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: migration from a food contact material and poor temperature control or heat treatment in kitchen utensils from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9592, validated 28 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for chicken meat from Brazil, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9614, validated 28 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the European Commission: poor temperature control or heat treatment, illegal import or unapproved establishment and labelling faults for a mixed food product from Romania, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9574, validated 27 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for shrimps and prawns from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9387, validated 21 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for surimi from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9385, validated 21 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: Salmonella and poor temperature control or heat treatment in eggs from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8994, validated 9 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: aflatoxins and poor temperature control or heat treatment in milk from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8666, validated 30 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: poor temperature control or heat treatment and labelling faults for cheese from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8574, validated 28 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for hake from Namibia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8495, validated 24 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for chicken meat from Brazil, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8382, validated 22 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Czechia: veterinary medicine residues and poor temperature control or heat treatment in egg products from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8171, validated 16 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for potatoes from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8101, validated 14 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a risk of choking or injury and poor temperature control or heat treatment in fruit or vegetables from Peru, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7993, validated 10 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: poor temperature control or heat treatment for strawberries from Egypt, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.7975, validated 9 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for tuna from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7965, validated 9 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for chicken meat from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7793, validated 3 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for fish from Morocco, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7694, validated 1 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for shrimps and prawns from Ecuador, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7568, validated 27 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Hungary: poor temperature control or heat treatment for chicken meat from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7055, validated 7 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Hungary: poor temperature control or heat treatment for fish from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6949, validated 5 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for a mixed food product from Brazil, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6786, validated 30 July 2026.
Other documents, controls and labelling: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents, labelling faults, illegal import or unapproved establishment.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 53 |
| 2021 | 66 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2023 | 50 |
| 2024 | 89 |
| 2025 | 52 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 58 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 336 | 78% |
| Alert | 41 | 10% |
| Information for follow up | 35 | 8% |
| Information for attention | 19 | 4% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 70 | 16% |
| Potentially serious | 20 | 5% |
| Potential risk | 127 | 29% |
| Not serious | 152 | 35% |
| Undecided | 57 | 13% |
| No risk | 5 | 1% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tuna | 54 |
| Chicken meat | 41 |
| Fish | 28 |
| Shrimps and prawns | 28 |
| Cheese | 15 |
| Octopus | 15 |
| Sardines | 12 |
| Squid | 12 |
| Hake | 11 |
| Salmon | 11 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 52 | 12% |
| Ukraine | 45 | 10% |
| France | 30 | 7% |
| Brazil | 19 | 4% |
| China | 16 | 4% |
| Spain | 16 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 3% |
| Chile | 14 | 3% |
| Moldova | 14 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 13 | 3% |
| Ecuador | 11 | 3% |
| Mauritania | 11 | 3% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fish and fish products | 176 | 41% |
| Poultry meat | 54 | 13% |
| Cephalopods | 36 | 8% |
| Crustaceans | 32 | 7% |
| Other and mixed food products | 29 | 7% |
| Milk and milk products | 28 | 6% |
| Meat other than poultry | 23 | 5% |
| Eggs and egg products | 11 | 3% |
| Bivalve molluscs | 9 | 2% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 7 | 2% |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 6 | 1% |
| Alcoholic beverages | 3 | under 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 244 | 57% |
| Hungary | 41 | 10% |
| France | 28 | 6% |
| European Commission | 21 | 5% |
| Italy | 19 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 15 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 3% |
| Belgium | 11 | 3% |
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