38 notifications on food supplements and dietetic foods from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 4% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 2% of all notifications on food supplements and dietetic foods from any origin; Belgium ranks 16 of 77 origins for this category. 8 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 8 in the 365 days before, no change.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (6), plant ingredients not allowed or found unsafe (4) and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels (4). 0% were border rejections (12% for food supplements and dietetic foods from all origins) and 55% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were food supplements (23), food supplement powders (2) and baby foods (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 supplements and dietetic foods from Belgium
The newest 25 of 38, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8806, validated 5 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: a substance not authorised in the EU in food supplements from Belgium, India, the United Kingdom and 1 more countries, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7505, validated 25 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) and plant ingredients not allowed or found unsafe in food supplements from Belgium, India, the Netherlands and 1 more countries, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7254, validated 17 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Luxembourg: vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7127, validated 11 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared soy in protein supplements from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4478, validated 20 May 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: veterinary medicine residues in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0861, validated 2 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Croatia: Bacillus cereus in baby foods from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0542, validated 22 January 2026.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9449, validated 27 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: plant ingredients not allowed or found unsafe in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7854, validated 13 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: preservatives (benzoic or sorbic acid) and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in liquid food supplements from Belgium, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.7274, validated 24 September 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: manganese in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6277, validated 18 August 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: phosphates and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in food supplements from Belgium, India and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.5046, validated 3 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a food supplement from Belgium and Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4206, validated 4 June 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Luxembourg: cannabidiol (CBD) in a food supplement from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4117, validated 2 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: a finding outside our word list in food supplements from Belgium, Germany, Italy and 1 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3371, validated 6 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: a finding outside our word list in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1863, validated 14 March 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chromium in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.6636, validated 3 September 2024.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared gluten in food supplements from Belgium, India and Slovenia, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4267, validated 3 June 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: unauthorised irradiation in food supplements from Belgium and France, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.3462, validated 30 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: migration from a food contact material in food supplement powders from Belgium and Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0974, validated 12 February 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: a finding outside our word list in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0698, validated 31 January 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: mercury in a food supplement from Belgium and China, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7407, validated 30 October 2023.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6028, validated 5 September 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in a food supplement from Belgium, Colombia, Germany and 1 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5075, validated 27 July 2023.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in food supplements from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4739, validated 13 July 2023.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and food supplements and dietetic foods from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 7 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 24 | 63% |
| Information for follow up | 13 | 34% |
| Information for attention | 1 | 3% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 21 | 55% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 8% |
| Potential risk | 7 | 18% |
| Not serious | 3 | 8% |
| Undecided | 3 | 8% |
| No risk | 1 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 6 | 16% |
| Other finding | 6 | 16% |
| Plant ingredients not allowed or found unsafe | 4 | 11% |
| Vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels | 4 | 11% |
| Cannabidiol (CBD) | 2 | 5% |
| Chromium | 2 | 5% |
| Unauthorised irradiation | 2 | 5% |
| Bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic | 2 | 5% |
| 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters | 1 | 3% |
| Bacillus cereus | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Food supplements | 23 |
| Food supplement powders | 2 |
| Baby foods | 1 |
| Food supplement capsules or tablets | 1 |
| Liquid food supplements | 1 |
| Protein supplements | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 17 | 45% |
| France | 6 | 16% |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 11% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |
| Poland | 2 | 5% |
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