38 notifications on prepared dishes and snacks from Spain since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from Spain and 5% of all notifications on prepared dishes and snacks from any origin; Spain ranks 6 of 68 origins for this category. 9 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 11 in the 365 days before, down 18%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (6), acrylamide (3) and Listeria monocytogenes (3). 0% were border rejections (9% for prepared dishes and snacks from all origins) and 63% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were snacks (8), ready meals (5) and prepared salads (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 prepared dishes and snacks from Spain
The newest 25 of 38, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared milk in snacks from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8838, validated 6 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in prepared salads from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8023, validated 11 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: foreign bodies in snacks from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3310, validated 17 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.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2206, validated 16 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared milk in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1681, validated 27 February 2026.
- Alert notified by the European Commission: undeclared tree nuts in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1423, validated 19 February 2026.
- Alert notified by France: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in snacks from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9893, validated 10 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: Listeria monocytogenes in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9014, validated 17 November 2025.
- Alert notified by France: Clostridium in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7167, validated 19 September 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.6075, validated 11 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: sweeteners in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5286, validated 11 July 2025.
- Alert notified by France: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4601, validated 20 June 2025.
- Alert notified by Finland: ochratoxin A in a prepared dish or snack from Finland and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2743, validated 14 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Sweden: a finding outside our word list in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2725, validated 11 April 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in snacks from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2166, validated 24 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared celery in ready meals from Egypt and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2128, validated 21 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared celery in soups from Egypt and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1853, validated 14 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Sweden: undeclared celery in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1072, validated 14 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in ready meals from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0354, validated 20 January 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: foreign bodies in snacks from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8070, validated 31 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: a finding outside our word list in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.3664, validated 7 May 2024.
- Alert notified by Sweden: an undeclared allergen in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8528, validated 12 December 2023.
- Alert notified by Spain: Clostridium in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4941, validated 24 July 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: furan in ready meals from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.2714, validated 24 April 2023.
More: all notifications on products from Spain and prepared dishes and snacks from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 13 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 7 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 24 | 63% |
| Information for follow up | 10 | 26% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 11% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 24 | 63% |
| Potentially serious | 4 | 11% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 8% |
| Not serious | 4 | 11% |
| Undecided | 3 | 8% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 6 | 16% |
| Other finding | 4 | 11% |
| Acrylamide | 3 | 8% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 3 | 8% |
| Undeclared celery | 3 | 8% |
| Undeclared milk | 3 | 8% |
| Clostridium | 2 | 5% |
| Undeclared gluten | 2 | 5% |
| 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters | 1 | 3% |
| Ethylene oxide | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Snacks | 8 |
| Ready meals | 5 |
| Prepared salads | 2 |
| Dumplings and rolls | 1 |
| Sandwiches and wraps | 1 |
| Soups | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 15 | 39% |
| France | 8 | 21% |
| Germany | 4 | 11% |
| Italy | 3 | 8% |
| Sweden | 3 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 5% |
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