60 notifications on confectionery from China since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from China and 8% of all notifications on confectionery from any origin; China ranks 4 of 73 origins for this category. 12 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 9 in the 365 days before, up 33%.
Most reported: an unauthorised additive (23), unauthorised colours (12) and titanium dioxide (E 171) (11). 32% were border rejections (15% for confectionery from all origins) and 35% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were jelly sweets (19), sweets (11) and lollipops (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 confectionery from China
The newest 25 of 60, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in jelly sweets from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8545, validated 25 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8261, validated 17 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sweet bakery products from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8117, validated 14 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: an unauthorised additive in sweets from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6294, validated 15 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: an unauthorised additive in jelly sweets from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6185, validated 10 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for confectionery from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5655, validated 26 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Sweden: an unauthorised additive in jelly sweets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5088, validated 9 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: an unauthorised additive and labelling faults in jelly sweets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4812, validated 1 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) and labelling faults in jelly sweets from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1549, validated 25 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1268, validated 16 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0460, validated 20 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: unauthorised colours in sweets from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.9566, validated 1 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China and the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8021, validated 17 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: unauthorised colours in confectionery from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.7136, validated 17 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6335, validated 20 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6170, validated 13 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in confectionery from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3085, validated 25 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: an unauthorised additive and a risk of choking or injury in confectionery from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9563, validated 24 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: unauthorised colours in lollipops from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9111, validated 10 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: an unauthorised additive and a risk of choking or injury in jelly sweets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9058, validated 9 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: an unauthorised additive and a risk of choking or injury in jelly sweets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8762, validated 27 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: an unauthorised additive and a risk of choking or injury in jelly sweets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7841, validated 24 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7432, validated 9 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Sweden: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7415, validated 8 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: a risk of choking or injury in jelly sweets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5963, validated 5 August 2024.
More: all notifications on products from China and confectionery from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 11 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 19 | 32% |
| Alert | 19 | 32% |
| Information for follow up | 13 | 22% |
| Information for attention | 9 | 15% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 21 | 35% |
| Potentially serious | 8 | 13% |
| Potential risk | 9 | 15% |
| Not serious | 19 | 32% |
| Undecided | 2 | 3% |
| No risk | 1 | 2% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| An unauthorised additive | 23 | 38% |
| Unauthorised colours | 12 | 20% |
| Titanium dioxide (E 171) | 11 | 18% |
| A risk of choking or injury | 7 | 12% |
| Labelling faults | 3 | 5% |
| Other finding | 3 | 5% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 2 | 3% |
| 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters | 1 | 2% |
| Illegal import or unapproved establishment | 1 | 2% |
| Moulds | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Jelly sweets | 19 |
| Sweets | 11 |
| Lollipops | 6 |
| Sweet bakery products | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 15% |
| Germany | 6 | 10% |
| Italy | 6 | 10% |
| Denmark | 4 | 7% |
| Latvia | 4 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 7% |
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