49 notifications on milk and milk products from Germany since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from Germany and 6% of all notifications on milk and milk products from any origin; Germany ranks 5 of 47 origins for this category. 10 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 9 in the 365 days before, up 11%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (15), Listeria monocytogenes (10) and moulds (3). 0% were border rejections (2% for milk and milk products from all origins) and 47% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were cheese (24), milk (7) and cream (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 milk and milk products from Germany
The newest 25 of 49, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in cheese from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7859, validated 7 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in cheese from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6253, validated 14 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Greece: spoilage or decomposition in a dairy product from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5811, validated 1 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by France: a finding outside our word list in milk from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5167, validated 15 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: a finding outside our word list in milk from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4414, validated 19 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: a finding outside our word list in milk from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2812, validated 2 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: Clostridium in a dairy product from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2257, validated 18 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Staphylococcus enterotoxins in milk powder or whey from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1907, validated 6 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Staphylococcus enterotoxins in cheese from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1886, validated 6 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: moulds in a dairy product from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1143, validated 11 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by France: Bacillus cereus in milk from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7240, validated 23 September 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: spoilage or decomposition in a dairy product from Germany, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.6992, validated 11 September 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: foreign bodies in cheese from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6441, validated 22 August 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in cream from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5852, validated 31 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: foreign bodies in cheese from Germany and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.5689, validated 25 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Czechia: a finding outside our word list in milk from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4956, validated 1 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in cheese from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.2938, validated 18 April 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in cheese from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1751, validated 11 March 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in butter from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1553, validated 4 March 2025.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in butter from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6140, validated 9 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in cheese from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4798, validated 21 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in cheese from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3701, validated 8 May 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in cheese from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3171, validated 19 April 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in cheese from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3060, validated 16 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: a finding outside our word list in cheese from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2072, validated 18 March 2024.
More: all notifications on products from Germany and milk and milk products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 10 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 26 | 53% |
| Information for follow up | 20 | 41% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 6% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 23 | 47% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 12% |
| Potential risk | 10 | 20% |
| Not serious | 5 | 10% |
| Undecided | 5 | 10% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 15 | 31% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 10 | 20% |
| Other finding | 8 | 16% |
| Moulds | 3 | 6% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 3 | 6% |
| Bacillus cereus | 2 | 4% |
| Labelling faults | 2 | 4% |
| Staphylococcus enterotoxins | 2 | 4% |
| Clostridium | 1 | 2% |
| Microbial contamination or high bacterial counts | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Cheese | 24 |
| Milk | 7 |
| Cream | 3 |
| Yoghurt | 3 |
| Butter | 2 |
| Milk powder or whey | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 25 | 51% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 12% |
| Italy | 4 | 8% |
| Denmark | 3 | 6% |
| France | 3 | 6% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 4% |
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