16 notifications on confectionery from Spain since 1 January 2020. That is 1% of all EU notifications on products from Spain and 2% of all notifications on confectionery from any origin; Spain ranks 14 of 73 origins for this category. 5 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, up 150%.
Most reported: undeclared gluten (4), titanium dioxide (E 171) (3) and cannabidiol (CBD) (2). 0% were border rejections (15% for confectionery from all origins) and 44% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were jelly sweets (5), sweets (4) and chocolate (1).
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 confectionery from Spain
The newest 16 of 16, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: Salmonella in confectionery from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8840, validated 6 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: an unauthorised additive in confectionery from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7478, validated 24 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and cannabidiol (CBD) in jelly sweets from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5839, validated 1 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: unauthorised colours and plant ingredients not allowed or found unsafe in sweets from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.2853, validated 2 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: hydrocyanic acid in sweet bakery products from Afghanistan, Italy, Morocco and 1 more countries, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9487, validated 28 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in jelly sweets from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0574, validated 28 January 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: unauthorised colours in sweets from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0368, validated 20 January 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), cannabidiol (CBD) and medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) in jelly sweets from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7775, validated 23 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Cyprus: titanium dioxide (E 171) in chocolate from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6329, validated 21 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in confectionery from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3142, validated 18 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in sweets from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2024.2101, validated 19 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0673, validated 30 January 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Lithuania: titanium dioxide (E 171) in jelly sweets from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.8597, validated 13 December 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in jelly sweets from Italy and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1716, validated 13 March 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared milk in confectionery from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1808, validated 28 March 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in confectionery from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5531, validated 13 October 2021.
More: all notifications on products from Spain and confectionery from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 7 | 44% |
| Information for follow up | 5 | 31% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 25% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 7 | 44% |
| Potentially serious | 4 | 25% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 25% |
| Not serious | 1 | 6% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Undeclared gluten | 4 | 25% |
| Titanium dioxide (E 171) | 3 | 19% |
| Cannabidiol (CBD) | 2 | 12% |
| THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) | 2 | 12% |
| An unauthorised additive | 2 | 12% |
| Unauthorised colours | 2 | 12% |
| Ethylene oxide | 1 | 6% |
| Hydrocyanic acid | 1 | 6% |
| Medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) | 1 | 6% |
| Salmonella | 1 | 6% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Jelly sweets | 5 |
| Sweets | 4 |
| Chocolate | 1 |
| Sweet bakery products | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 44% |
| Germany | 3 | 19% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
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