98 notifications on other and mixed food products from China since 1 January 2020. That is 5% of all EU notifications on products from China and 8% of all notifications on other and mixed food products from any origin; China ranks 3 of 98 origins for this category. 20 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 13 in the 365 days before, up 54%.
Most reported: unauthorised novel food (14), missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (11) and ethylene oxide (10). 33% were border rejections (22% for other and mixed food products from all origins) and 37% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were instant noodles (8), starches and gums (3) and sugars and syrups (3).
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 other and mixed food products from China
The newest 25 of 98, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: a substance not authorised in the EU in a mixed food product from China, risk decision no risk, reference 2026.9769, validated 3 November 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8942, validated 8 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: a finding outside our word list in thickeners such as locust bean gum from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8212, validated 16 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: a finding outside our word list in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8138, validated 15 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and labelling faults for a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8051, validated 11 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: an undeclared allergen in instant noodles from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7541, validated 26 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and fraud or adulteration for a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7456, validated 24 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: veterinary medicine residues in a mixed food product from China and Czechia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7056, validated 7 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: carbendazim in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6814, validated 30 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a mixed food product from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6522, validated 23 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in a mixed food product from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5752, validated 29 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: a substance not authorised in the EU in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5514, validated 22 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Bacillus cereus in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5230, validated 19 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4270, validated 15 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a mixed food product from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3892, validated 4 May 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3841, validated 30 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Salmonella in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2755, validated 31 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: unauthorised novel food in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2452, validated 23 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food and illegal import or unapproved establishment in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0462, validated 20 January 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: cadmium in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8859, validated 13 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8610, validated 5 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: spoilage or decomposition in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7985, validated 17 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7189, validated 19 September 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in a mixed food product from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5698, validated 25 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Lithuania: unauthorised novel food in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4610, validated 20 June 2025.
More: all notifications on products from China and other and mixed food products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2024 | 21 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 19 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 32 | 33% |
| Alert | 25 | 26% |
| Information for follow up | 25 | 26% |
| Information for attention | 16 | 16% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 36 | 37% |
| Potentially serious | 9 | 9% |
| Potential risk | 23 | 23% |
| Not serious | 9 | 9% |
| Undecided | 18 | 18% |
| No risk | 3 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised novel food | 14 | 14% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 11 | 11% |
| Ethylene oxide | 10 | 10% |
| Fraud or adulteration | 8 | 8% |
| Iodine above the safe level | 7 | 7% |
| Illegal import or unapproved establishment | 5 | 5% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 5 | 5% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 5 | 5% |
| Foreign bodies | 4 | 4% |
| Undeclared egg | 4 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Instant noodles | 8 |
| Starches and gums | 3 |
| Sugars and syrups | 3 |
| Jelly products | 2 |
| Composite products | 1 |
| Thickeners such as locust bean gum | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 26 | 27% |
| Spain | 15 | 15% |
| Netherlands | 13 | 13% |
| Italy | 12 | 12% |
| Belgium | 7 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
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