68 notifications on prepared dishes and snacks from Germany since 1 January 2020. That is 5% of all EU notifications on products from Germany and 9% of all notifications on prepared dishes and snacks from any origin; Germany ranks 2 of 68 origins for this category. 8 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 9 in the 365 days before, down 11%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (21), furan (7) and Salmonella (6). 0% were border rejections (9% for prepared dishes and snacks from all origins) and 57% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were ready meals (8), snacks (8) and pizza (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 prepared dishes and snacks from Germany
The newest 25 of 68, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in sandwiches and wraps from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8000, validated 10 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in snacks from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6809, validated 30 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: Listeria monocytogenes in ready meals from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6543, validated 23 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: poor temperature control or heat treatment for a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5264, validated 15 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5268, validated 15 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Czechia: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2785, validated 1 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: quintozene in a prepared dish or snack from Germany and Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2566, validated 25 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in sandwiches and wraps from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10154, validated 17 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: aluminium and foreign bodies in snacks from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5339, validated 14 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4781, validated 26 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Poland: undeclared lupin in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4155, validated 3 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared gluten, undeclared sulphites and fraud or adulteration in ready meals from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2649, validated 9 April 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2546, validated 4 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared fish in ready meals from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2082, validated 21 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1665, validated 7 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared crustaceans in noodle dishes from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0448, validated 22 January 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in snacks from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8595, validated 21 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7980, validated 29 October 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7508, validated 11 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: Alternaria toxins in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7135, validated 26 September 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7141, validated 26 September 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: furan in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5915, validated 1 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in a prepared dish or snack from Austria and Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.5713, validated 25 July 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: moulds in snacks from Germany and Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5561, validated 19 July 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: furan in a prepared dish or snack from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5045, validated 2 July 2024.
More: all notifications on products from Germany and prepared dishes and snacks from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 7 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 41 | 60% |
| Information for follow up | 18 | 26% |
| Information for attention | 9 | 13% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 39 | 57% |
| Potentially serious | 9 | 13% |
| Potential risk | 14 | 21% |
| Not serious | 4 | 6% |
| Undecided | 2 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 21 | 31% |
| Furan | 7 | 10% |
| Salmonella | 6 | 9% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 4 | 6% |
| Undeclared milk | 4 | 6% |
| Labelling faults | 3 | 4% |
| Other finding | 3 | 4% |
| Undeclared gluten | 3 | 4% |
| Ethylene oxide | 2 | 3% |
| Fraud or adulteration | 2 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Ready meals | 8 |
| Snacks | 8 |
| Pizza | 3 |
| Sandwiches and wraps | 3 |
| Noodle dishes | 2 |
| Dumplings and rolls | 1 |
| Prepared salads | 1 |
| Soups | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 40 | 59% |
| Austria | 8 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 6% |
| Denmark | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
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