16 notifications on cereals and bakery products from Austria since 1 January 2020. That is 6% of all EU notifications on products from Austria and under 1% of all notifications on cereals and bakery products from any origin; Austria ranks 22 of 95 origins for this category. 0 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, down 100%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (3), tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) (2) and aflatoxins (1). 0% were border rejections (28% for cereals and bakery products from all origins) and 81% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were flour (3), biscuits (2) and breakfast cereals (2).
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 on cereals and bakery products from Austria
The newest 16 of 16, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared lupin in breakfast cereals from Austria and Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3950, validated 27 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Austria: tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) in maize from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8707, validated 26 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4168, validated 29 May 2024.
- Alert notified by Austria: chlorpyrifos in flour from Austria and Czechia, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4145, validated 20 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Austria: aflatoxins in a cereal or bakery product from Austria and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5257, validated 9 September 2022.
- Alert notified by Czechia: ochratoxin A in a cereal or bakery product from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4777, validated 17 August 2022.
- Alert notified by Slovenia: undeclared gluten in flour from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2021.6070, validated 9 November 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in cakes and pastries from Austria, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5981, validated 4 November 2021.
- Alert notified by Austria: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Austria and Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5396, validated 7 October 2021.
- Alert notified by Czechia: undeclared peanut in biscuits from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2021.3313, validated 23 June 2021.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in biscuits from Austria and Hungary, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2474, validated 18 May 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies and a risk of choking or injury in breakfast cereals from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2021.0246, validated 18 January 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: moulds in bread from Austria, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.4105, validated 6 October 2020.
- Alert notified by Austria: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a cereal or bakery product from Austria, risk decision serious, reference 2020.2688, validated 2 July 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: labelling faults for flour from Austria, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.2248, validated 29 May 2020.
- Alert notified by Germany: tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) in a cereal or bakery product from Austria and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0366, validated 24 January 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Austria and cereals and bakery products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 0 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 13 | 81% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 12% |
| Information for attention | 1 | 6% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 13 | 81% |
| Not serious | 2 | 12% |
| Undecided | 1 | 6% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 19% |
| Tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) | 2 | 12% |
| Aflatoxins | 1 | 6% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1 | 6% |
| A risk of choking or injury | 1 | 6% |
| Labelling faults | 1 | 6% |
| Moulds | 1 | 6% |
| Ochratoxin A | 1 | 6% |
| Other finding | 1 | 6% |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) | 1 | 6% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Flour | 3 |
| Biscuits | 2 |
| Breakfast cereals | 2 |
| Bread | 1 |
| Cakes and pastries | 1 |
| Maize | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 7 | 44% |
| Germany | 5 | 31% |
| Czechia | 2 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 6% |
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