22 notifications on food additives and flavourings from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 10% of all notifications on food additives and flavourings from any origin; Belgium ranks 6 of 37 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, up 50%.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (9), an unauthorised additive (6) and unauthorised genetically modified material (3). 0% were border rejections (14% for food additives and flavourings from all origins) and 50% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were thickeners (9), food enzymes (3) and flavourings (1).
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 food additives and flavourings from Belgium
The newest 22 of 22, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Greece: an unauthorised additive in food additives from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8633, validated 29 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared sulphites and sweeteners in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium, Greece, Indonesia and 1 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1678, validated 27 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from Belgium and China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0361, validated 16 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from Belgium, China and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6360, validated 20 August 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium, Indonesia and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4251, validated 5 June 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: mercury in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8968, validated 28 December 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: zearalenone in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium and China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.3497, validated 25 May 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes and preservatives (benzoic or sorbic acid) in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium and China, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3132, validated 11 May 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: lead and an unauthorised additive in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0694, validated 4 February 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by France: unauthorised genetically modified material in food enzymes from Belgium and China, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6319, validated 22 November 2021.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in thickeners from Belgium and Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4740, validated 3 September 2021.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide in flavourings from Belgium, India and the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4568, validated 26 August 2021.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in thickeners from Belgium and India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4371, validated 16 August 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: ethylene oxide and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a food additive or flavouring from Austria, Belgium, Denmark and 10 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4288, validated 11 August 2021.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in thickeners from Belgium and Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4212, validated 6 August 2021.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in thickeners from Belgium and Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4166, validated 5 August 2021.
- Alert notified by Denmark: ethylene oxide in thickeners from Belgium, Denmark, Germany and 1 more countries, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.4029, validated 29 July 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in thickeners from Belgium, Denmark, Finland and 7 more countries, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.3681, validated 12 July 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in thickeners from Belgium, Germany and Poland, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.3544, validated 6 July 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2021.1150, validated 5 March 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: unauthorised genetically modified material in food enzymes from Belgium and Germany, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.2870, validated 15 July 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: unauthorised genetically modified material in food enzymes from Belgium, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.2846, validated 14 July 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and food additives and flavourings from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 15 | 68% |
| Information for follow up | 6 | 27% |
| Information for attention | 1 | 5% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 11 | 50% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 14% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 9% |
| Undecided | 6 | 27% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 9 | 41% |
| An unauthorised additive | 6 | 27% |
| Unauthorised genetically modified material | 3 | 14% |
| Chlorate | 2 | 9% |
| Foreign bodies | 1 | 5% |
| Lead | 1 | 5% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 1 | 5% |
| Mercury | 1 | 5% |
| Preservatives (benzoic or sorbic acid) | 1 | 5% |
| Sweeteners | 1 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Thickeners | 9 |
| Food enzymes | 3 |
| Flavourings | 1 |
| Food additives | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 10 | 45% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 23% |
| Germany | 3 | 14% |
| Denmark | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
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