24 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from Spain since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from Spain and 4% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; Spain ranks 8 of 73 origins for this category. 7 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 4 in the 365 days before, up 75%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (3), labelling faults (3) and sweeteners (3). 0% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 50% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were chocolate products (10), cocoa (6) and coffee (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 cocoa, coffee and tea from Spain
The newest 24 of 24, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: sweeteners in cocoa from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6182, validated 10 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: a finding outside our word list in cocoa from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6203, validated 10 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: sweeteners and labelling faults in cocoa from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4898, validated 4 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: sweeteners and labelling faults in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4546, validated 22 May 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: chlorpyrifos in herbal infusions from Egypt and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3489, validated 22 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: cadmium in chocolate products from Ecuador and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10355, validated 23 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in cocoa from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.9539, validated 28 November 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.2388, validated 1 April 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.1257, validated 21 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: cannabidiol (CBD) in cocoa, coffee or tea from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1004, validated 12 February 2025.
- Alert notified by France: Salmonella in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0792, validated 5 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Lithuania: unauthorised novel food in coffee from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2490, validated 6 May 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: labelling faults for chocolate products from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5432, validated 10 August 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: chlorate, dithiocarbamates and perchlorate in tea from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.2019, validated 24 March 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared tree nuts in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7013, validated 1 December 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in cocoa, coffee or tea from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.6479, validated 4 November 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in coffee from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3431, validated 10 June 2022.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in chocolate products from Italy and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2021.7240, validated 30 December 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: an undeclared allergen in cocoa from Spain, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6327, validated 23 November 2021.
- Alert notified by Spain: ethylene oxide in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2021.0845, validated 17 February 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: chlorpyrifos in coffee from Cameroon and Spain, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.5322, validated 26 November 2020.
- Alert notified by Germany: an undeclared allergen in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4001, validated 29 September 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: cadmium in cocoa from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3409, validated 25 August 2020.
- Alert notified by Switzerland: plant ingredients not allowed or found unsafe in tea from Portugal and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2020.2980, validated 22 July 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Spain and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 5 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 10 | 42% |
| Information for follow up | 7 | 29% |
| Information for attention | 7 | 29% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 12 | 50% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 8% |
| Potential risk | 7 | 29% |
| Not serious | 1 | 4% |
| Undecided | 2 | 8% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 12% |
| Labelling faults | 3 | 12% |
| Sweeteners | 3 | 12% |
| Cadmium | 2 | 8% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 2 | 8% |
| Other finding | 2 | 8% |
| An undeclared allergen | 2 | 8% |
| Cannabidiol (CBD) | 1 | 4% |
| Chlorate | 1 | 4% |
| Dithiocarbamates | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Chocolate products | 10 |
| Cocoa | 6 |
| Coffee | 3 |
| Tea | 2 |
| Herbal infusions | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 14 | 58% |
| Germany | 4 | 17% |
| France | 2 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 4% |
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