16 notifications on alcoholic beverages from France since 1 January 2020. That is under 1% of all EU notifications on products from France and 15% of all notifications on alcoholic beverages from any origin; France ranks 1 of 33 origins for this category. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 5 in the 365 days before, down 60%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (6), caffeine (1) and a risk of choking or injury (1). 0% were border rejections (17% for alcoholic beverages from all origins) and 75% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were wine (5), beer (2) and spirits (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 alcoholic beverages from France
The newest 16 of 16, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Belgium: a finding outside our word list in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5684, validated 26 June 2026.
- Alert notified by France: spoilage or decomposition in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1350, validated 18 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: foreign bodies in wine from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8406, validated 29 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: a finding outside our word list in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8246, validated 24 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: caffeine in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5667, validated 25 July 2025.
- Alert notified by France: foreign bodies in wine from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3763, validated 20 May 2025.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared sulphites in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2042, validated 20 March 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: a finding outside our word list in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.4593, validated 7 July 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in spirits from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7294, validated 14 December 2022.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in wine from France, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5651, validated 29 September 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies and a risk of choking or injury in wine from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5520, validated 22 September 2022.
- Alert notified by Belgium: a finding outside our word list in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2646, validated 5 May 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: sulphites above the permitted level in wine from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.1292, validated 4 March 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) in an alcoholic drink from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1141, validated 25 February 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: foreign bodies in beer from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4387, validated 19 October 2020.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in beer from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4292, validated 14 October 2020.
More: all notifications on products from France and alcoholic beverages from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 12 | 75% |
| Information for follow up | 3 | 19% |
| Information for attention | 1 | 6% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 12 | 75% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 6% |
| Potential risk | 1 | 6% |
| Not serious | 1 | 6% |
| Undecided | 1 | 6% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 6 | 38% |
| Other finding | 5 | 31% |
| Caffeine | 1 | 6% |
| A risk of choking or injury | 1 | 6% |
| Sulphites above the permitted level | 1 | 6% |
| Medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) | 1 | 6% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 1 | 6% |
| Undeclared sulphites | 1 | 6% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Wine | 5 |
| Beer | 2 |
| Spirits | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 6 | 38% |
| France | 5 | 31% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 19% |
| Denmark | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
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