Celery is one of the 14 allergens that must be shown on the label in the EU (point 9 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011). These notifications report it in a food whose label did not declare it.
70 notifications since 1 January 2020 named undeclared celery, 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%. 0% were border rejections and 96% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were the Netherlands (17), Belgium (12) and Spain (7). The product categories named most often were other and mixed food products (12), prepared dishes and snacks (12) and fruit and vegetables (10). The products named most often were celery (5), parsley (5) and chicken meat (4).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on food information, Annex II (the 14 allergens).
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 undeclared celery
The newest 25 of 70, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: undeclared celery in soups and stock of unknown origin, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6895, validated 14 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovakia: undeclared celery in vegetables from Hungary, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3899, validated 4 May 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.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared mustard and undeclared celery in ready meals from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1812, validated 4 March 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared celery in butter from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1789, validated 4 March 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared celery in celery from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0551, validated 23 January 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared celery in a prepared dish or snack from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7957, validated 16 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: undeclared soy, undeclared sesame and undeclared celery in ready meals from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7928, validated 15 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared soy and undeclared celery in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7820, validated 10 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared celery in sauces from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.7727, validated 9 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Switzerland: undeclared celery in parsley from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2988, validated 22 April 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared celery in ready meals from Egypt and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2128, validated 21 March 2025.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared celery in parsley from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2016, validated 19 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared celery in soups from Egypt and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1853, validated 14 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Sweden: undeclared celery in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1072, validated 14 February 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared milk and undeclared celery in celery from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6743, validated 6 September 2024.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared celery and fraud or adulteration in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6729, validated 6 September 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared celery in sauces from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6564, validated 30 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk, undeclared gluten, undeclared tree nuts and 2 more findings in nuts or seeds from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5073, validated 2 July 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared celery in cucumbers from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4853, validated 25 June 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared soy and undeclared celery in fish from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2024.2661, validated 4 April 2024.
- Alert notified by Denmark: undeclared soy and undeclared celery in cod from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2024.2424, validated 27 March 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared milk, undeclared soy, undeclared mustard and 2 more findings in kebab meat from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0939, validated 9 February 2024.
- Alert notified by Slovakia: undeclared celery in spice mixes from Slovakia, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0164, validated 9 January 2024.
- Alert notified by Czechia: undeclared celery in spices from Egypt, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7417, validated 31 October 2023.
Other undeclared allergens: undeclared milk, undeclared gluten, undeclared sulphites.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 58 | 83% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 3% |
| Information for attention | 10 | 14% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 67 | 96% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 3% |
| Potential risk | 1 | 1% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Celery | 5 |
| Parsley | 5 |
| Chicken meat | 4 |
| Sauces | 4 |
| Kebab meat | 3 |
| Ready meals | 3 |
| Soups and stock | 3 |
| Vegetables | 3 |
| Pork | 2 |
| Spice mixes | 2 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 17 | 24% |
| Belgium | 12 | 17% |
| Spain | 7 | 10% |
| Germany | 5 | 7% |
| Egypt | 4 | 6% |
| Poland | 4 | 6% |
| Origin not given | 4 | 6% |
| Denmark | 2 | 3% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| Hungary | 2 | 3% |
| Türkiye | 2 | 3% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other and mixed food products | 12 | 17% |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 12 | 17% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 10 | 14% |
| Herbs and spices | 10 | 14% |
| Soups, sauces and condiments | 9 | 13% |
| Meat other than poultry | 6 | 9% |
| Poultry meat | 5 | 7% |
| Fish and fish products | 2 | 3% |
| Non alcoholic beverages | 2 | 3% |
| Milk and milk products | 1 | 1% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 1 | 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 20 | 29% |
| Belgium | 11 | 16% |
| Germany | 7 | 10% |
| Czechia | 5 | 7% |
| Spain | 5 | 7% |
| Sweden | 4 | 6% |
| Denmark | 3 | 4% |
| France | 3 | 4% |
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