145 notifications on meat other than poultry from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 14% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 10% of all notifications on meat other than poultry from any origin; Belgium ranks 2 of 58 origins for this category. 29 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 16 in the 365 days before, up 81%.
Most reported: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) (40), Salmonella (36) and Listeria monocytogenes (33). 0% were border rejections (7% for meat other than poultry from all origins) and 77% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were beef (29), minced meat (22) and pork (15).
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 meat other than poultry from Belgium
The newest 25 of 145, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: nitrate in sausages from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9771, validated 3 November 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in minced meat from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9645, validated 29 October 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared sesame in meat from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9462, validated 23 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Salmonella in beef from Belgium and Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7814, validated 4 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: cadmium in horse meat from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7120, validated 11 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in pork from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.7114, validated 11 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: undeclared soy in meat from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6992, validated 6 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in beef from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6624, validated 24 July 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in beef from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5886, validated 3 July 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Listeria monocytogenes in sausages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5108, validated 10 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in ham from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3926, validated 5 May 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3744, validated 29 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in lamb or mutton from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3486, validated 22 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in lamb or mutton from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3423, validated 21 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in meat from Belgium, Italy, Lithuania and 3 more countries, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.3274, validated 17 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Salmonella in meat products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2863, validated 2 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in sausages from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1995, validated 10 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1683, validated 27 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Salmonella in meat from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1308, validated 17 February 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in meat from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1217, validated 13 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: veterinary medicine residues in beef from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1205, validated 13 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in pork from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0831, validated 30 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: Salmonella in meat products from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0680, validated 28 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Salmonella in meat products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0547, validated 23 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: labelling faults for meat from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10328, validated 31 December 2025.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and meat other than poultry from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 18 |
| 2025 | 20 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 24 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 92 | 63% |
| Information for follow up | 19 | 13% |
| Information for attention | 34 | 23% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 112 | 77% |
| Potentially serious | 8 | 6% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 4% |
| Not serious | 17 | 12% |
| Undecided | 2 | 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) | 40 | 28% |
| Salmonella | 36 | 25% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 33 | 23% |
| Veterinary medicine residues | 5 | 3% |
| Labelling faults | 4 | 3% |
| Cadmium | 3 | 2% |
| Undeclared gluten | 3 | 2% |
| Undeclared tree nuts | 3 | 2% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 2 | 1% |
| Foreign bodies | 2 | 1% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beef | 29 |
| Minced meat | 22 |
| Pork | 15 |
| Sausages | 10 |
| Meat products | 8 |
| Ham | 5 |
| Lamb or mutton | 5 |
| Game meat | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 102 | 70% |
| Netherlands | 25 | 17% |
| Poland | 5 | 3% |
| France | 4 | 3% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
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