106 notifications on cereals and bakery products from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 10% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 5% of all notifications on cereals and bakery products from any origin; Belgium ranks 7 of 95 origins for this category. 12 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 14 in the 365 days before, down 14%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (19), ethylene oxide (12) and moulds (7). 0% were border rejections (28% for cereals and bakery products from all origins) and 70% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were bread (14), cakes and pastries (12) and biscuits (11).
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 Belgium
The newest 25 of 106, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in bread from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7852, validated 4 September 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared mustard in bread from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7540, validated 26 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Austria: aflatoxins in rice products from Belgium and Cambodia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6468, validated 21 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by France: unauthorised genetically modified material in a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, Canada, Kazakhstan and 1 more countries, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.3317, validated 17 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and foreign bodies in wheat from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1497, validated 23 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in rice from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1301, validated 16 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in flour from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1089, validated 10 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in cakes and pastries from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0622, validated 26 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos in a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0280, validated 14 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ochratoxin A in wheat from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0026, validated 5 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: labelling faults for a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10496, validated 31 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10408, validated 24 December 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8171, validated 23 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: fumonisins in maize from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7578, validated 3 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in wheat from Belgium and Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6685, validated 1 September 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: moulds in bread from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5053, validated 3 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: aflatoxins in rice products from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4266, validated 6 June 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in bread from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.3797, validated 21 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: aflatoxins in rice products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3549, validated 13 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: an undeclared allergen in bread from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2892, validated 17 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2670, validated 10 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ochratoxin A in wheat from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1720, validated 11 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: aflatoxins in maize from Belgium and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1436, validated 28 February 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: labelling faults for cakes and pastries from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9278, validated 16 December 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in bread from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8983, validated 4 December 2024.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and cereals and bakery products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 20 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 13 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 10 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 81 | 76% |
| Information for follow up | 20 | 19% |
| Information for attention | 5 | 5% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 74 | 70% |
| Potentially serious | 11 | 10% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 4% |
| Not serious | 10 | 9% |
| Undecided | 6 | 6% |
| No risk | 1 | under 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 19 | 18% |
| Ethylene oxide | 12 | 11% |
| Moulds | 7 | 7% |
| Undeclared soy | 7 | 7% |
| Aflatoxins | 5 | 5% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 5 | 5% |
| Ochratoxin A | 5 | 5% |
| Ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids | 4 | 4% |
| Insects or pest damage | 4 | 4% |
| Labelling faults | 4 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Bread | 14 |
| Cakes and pastries | 12 |
| Biscuits | 11 |
| Flour | 11 |
| Rice products | 8 |
| Wheat | 8 |
| Maize | 4 |
| Barley | 3 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 64 | 60% |
| Netherlands | 15 | 14% |
| Germany | 6 | 6% |
| Denmark | 6 | 6% |
| Austria | 3 | 3% |
| France | 3 | 3% |
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