33 notifications on pet food from Germany since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from Germany and 12% of all notifications on pet food from any origin; Germany ranks 2 of 34 origins for this category. 9 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, up 29%.
Most reported: Salmonella (10), foreign bodies (9) and Enterobacteriaceae (5). 0% were border rejections (17% for pet food from all origins) and 30% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were dog chews (6), dog food (6) and cat food (2).
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 pet food from Germany
The newest 25 of 33, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9780, validated 4 November 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Hungary: foreign bodies in cat food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8625, validated 29 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: sweeteners and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in pet food from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7973, validated 9 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: a finding outside our word list in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7262, validated 17 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Croatia: Enterobacteriaceae in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5150, validated 10 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Croatia: Salmonella in pet food from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4550, validated 22 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: foreign bodies in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4345, validated 18 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for bird food from Argentina and Germany, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1504, validated 23 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0917, validated 3 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7317, validated 24 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Croatia: Enterobacteriaceae in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4934, validated 1 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: Salmonella in dog food from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.3980, validated 28 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in dog chews from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.1433, validated 28 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: foreign bodies in pet food from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0299, validated 27 January 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: a finding outside our word list in pet food from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0414, validated 21 January 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in dog chews from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.9603, validated 27 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Croatia: Enterobacteriaceae in pet food from Germany, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.4132, validated 28 May 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in pet food from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1278, validated 23 February 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: a finding outside our word list in pet food from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.5742, validated 14 September 2023.
- Alert notified by Austria: Salmonella in dog chews from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4858, validated 19 July 2023.
- Alert notified by Austria: foreign bodies in dog food from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7629, validated 29 December 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: foreign bodies in dog food from Germany, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.5579, validated 27 September 2022.
- Alert notified by Czechia: Salmonella and Enterobacteriaceae in pet food from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2304, validated 20 April 2022.
- Alert notified by Poland: foreign bodies in dog food from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0272, validated 14 January 2022.
- Alert notified by Poland: foreign bodies in cat food from Germany, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.7179, validated 11 January 2022.
More: all notifications on products from Germany and pet food from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 9 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 14 | 42% |
| Information for follow up | 15 | 45% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 12% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 10 | 30% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 18% |
| Potential risk | 9 | 27% |
| Not serious | 4 | 12% |
| Undecided | 4 | 12% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Salmonella | 10 | 30% |
| Foreign bodies | 9 | 27% |
| Enterobacteriaceae | 5 | 15% |
| Other finding | 5 | 15% |
| Vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels | 3 | 9% |
| Arsenic | 1 | 3% |
| Cadmium | 1 | 3% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1 | 3% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 1 | 3% |
| Sweeteners | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Dog chews | 6 |
| Dog food | 6 |
| Cat food | 2 |
| Bird food | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 7 | 21% |
| Germany | 7 | 21% |
| Poland | 6 | 18% |
| Croatia | 4 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 12% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
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