65 notifications on prepared dishes and snacks from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 6% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 9% of all notifications on prepared dishes and snacks from any origin; Belgium ranks 3 of 68 origins for this category. 6 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, down 14%.
Most reported: undeclared milk (10), foreign bodies (8) and Listeria monocytogenes (7). 0% were border rejections (9% for prepared dishes and snacks from all origins) and 82% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were snacks (14), ready meals (9) and prepared salads (6).
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 prepared dishes and snacks from Belgium
The newest 25 of 65, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Belgium: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7924, validated 8 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: norovirus in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium and Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6812, validated 30 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared mustard and undeclared celery in ready meals from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1812, validated 4 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in ready meals from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0913, validated 3 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: labelling faults for ready meals from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0799, validated 30 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: undeclared milk and undeclared egg in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0344, validated 16 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared soy and undeclared celery in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7820, validated 10 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7186, validated 19 September 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Bacillus cereus in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6517, validated 26 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in snacks from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6458, validated 25 August 2025.
- Alert notified by France: Listeria monocytogenes in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4645, validated 23 June 2025.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared peanut in snacks from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3628, validated 15 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Listeria monocytogenes in ready meals from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8427, validated 15 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: undeclared fish in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8301, validated 8 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7864, validated 25 October 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: labelling faults for ready meals from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7656, validated 18 October 2024.
- Alert notified by France: Listeria monocytogenes in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7525, validated 14 October 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in snacks from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6214, validated 14 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk, undeclared fish, undeclared crustaceans and 1 more findings in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5058, validated 2 July 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared fish in ready meals from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4435, validated 7 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk in snacks from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1988, validated 15 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.1275, validated 23 February 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: labelling faults for a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.0590, validated 26 January 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared mustard in snacks from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7332, validated 26 October 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.7039, validated 16 October 2023.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and prepared dishes and snacks from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 55 | 85% |
| Information for follow up | 5 | 8% |
| Information for attention | 5 | 8% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 53 | 82% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 3% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 3% |
| Not serious | 1 | 2% |
| Undecided | 6 | 9% |
| No risk | 1 | 2% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Undeclared milk | 10 | 15% |
| Foreign bodies | 8 | 12% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 7 | 11% |
| Undeclared fish | 6 | 9% |
| Undeclared gluten | 6 | 9% |
| Undeclared soy | 5 | 8% |
| Labelling faults | 4 | 6% |
| An undeclared allergen | 4 | 6% |
| Undeclared celery | 4 | 6% |
| Other finding | 3 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Snacks | 14 |
| Ready meals | 9 |
| Prepared salads | 6 |
| Dumplings and rolls | 1 |
| Sandwiches and wraps | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 37 | 57% |
| Netherlands | 10 | 15% |
| France | 5 | 8% |
| Ireland | 4 | 6% |
| Germany | 3 | 5% |
| Denmark | 2 | 3% |
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