113 notifications on fruit and vegetables from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 11% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 2% of all notifications on fruit and vegetables from any origin; Belgium ranks 11 of 117 origins for this category. 28 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 22 in the 365 days before, up 27%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (13), cadmium (7) and flonicamid (7). 0% were border rejections (52% for fruit and vegetables from all origins) and 54% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were cabbages (15), spinach (13) and salad leaves (9).
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 fruit and vegetables from Belgium
The newest 25 of 113, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by France: a finding outside our word list in spinach from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9695, validated 30 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: prothioconazole in cabbages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9651, validated 29 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: linuron in fruit or vegetables from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9161, validated 15 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: labelling faults for vegetables from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8954, validated 8 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: picoxystrobin in courgettes from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8636, validated 29 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos and illegal import or unapproved establishment in fruit or vegetables from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7999, validated 10 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: prothioconazole in cabbages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7928, validated 8 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: heptachlor in courgettes from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7519, validated 26 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: flonicamid in tomatoes from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7289, validated 17 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: flonicamid in tomatoes from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6918, validated 4 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in salad leaves from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6859, validated 31 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos and illegal import or unapproved establishment in fruit or vegetables from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5881, validated 2 July 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Listeria monocytogenes in salad leaves from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5771, validated 30 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: chlorate in pears from Belgium, risk decision no risk, reference 2026.3081, validated 10 April 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in cabbages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1909, validated 6 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: acetamiprid in raisins from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1328, validated 17 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: heptachlor in fruit or vegetables from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1009, validated 6 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: flonicamid in cabbages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0544, validated 22 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: lambda cyhalothrin in leeks from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0275, validated 14 January 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in mushrooms from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0189, validated 12 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in spinach from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0161, validated 9 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: oxamyl in spinach from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10456, validated 29 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: foreign bodies in beans from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10001, validated 12 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: acetamiprid in celery from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9783, validated 8 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: prothioconazole in cabbages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9500, validated 28 November 2025.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and fruit and vegetables from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 22 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 21 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 73 | 65% |
| Information for follow up | 24 | 21% |
| Information for attention | 16 | 14% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 61 | 54% |
| Potentially serious | 21 | 19% |
| Potential risk | 13 | 12% |
| Not serious | 9 | 8% |
| Undecided | 8 | 7% |
| No risk | 1 | under 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 13 | 12% |
| Cadmium | 7 | 6% |
| Flonicamid | 7 | 6% |
| Heptachlor | 7 | 6% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 5 | 4% |
| Labelling faults | 5 | 4% |
| Other finding | 5 | 4% |
| Prothioconazole | 5 | 4% |
| Lambda cyhalothrin | 4 | 4% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 4 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Cabbages | 15 |
| Spinach | 13 |
| Salad leaves | 9 |
| Celery | 5 |
| Courgettes | 5 |
| Pears | 5 |
| Vegetables | 5 |
| Potatoes | 4 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 70 | 62% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 10% |
| Germany | 10 | 9% |
| France | 7 | 6% |
| Denmark | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
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