155 notifications on cereals and bakery products from France since 1 January 2020. That is 9% of all EU notifications on products from France and 7% of all notifications on cereals and bakery products from any origin; France ranks 3 of 95 origins for this category. 18 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 32 in the 365 days before, down 44%.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (33), foreign bodies (24) and ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids (21). 0% were border rejections (28% for cereals and bakery products from all origins) and 69% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were flour (31), wheat (22) and bread (16).
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 cereals and bakery products from France
The newest 25 of 155, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9454, validated 23 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: foreign bodies in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9252, validated 19 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8505, validated 24 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8322, validated 18 September 2026.
- Alert notified by France: ochratoxin A in bread from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7340, validated 19 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by France: mould toxins (not named) in grains from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5852, validated 2 July 2026.
- Alert notified by France: mould toxins (not named) in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5751, validated 29 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4552, validated 22 May 2026.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3448, validated 22 April 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1480, validated 23 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: undeclared gluten in pasta from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1373, validated 18 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in bread from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0864, validated 2 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0283, validated 14 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: cadmium in a cereal or bakery product from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0129, validated 8 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: zearalenone in maize from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0053, validated 6 January 2026.
- Alert notified by France: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10427, validated 26 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: tetramethrin and illegal import or unapproved establishment in wheat from France and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8934, validated 14 November 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: aflatoxins in maize from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8786, validated 10 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: ochratoxin A in bread from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8226, validated 24 October 2025.
- Alert notified by France: aflatoxins in biscuits from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7732, validated 9 October 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten in biscuits from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7198, validated 22 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: undeclared gluten in bread from France, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.7138, validated 17 September 2025.
- Alert notified by France: aflatoxins in biscuits from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7004, validated 11 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: aflatoxins in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6837, validated 5 September 2025.
- Alert notified by France: hydrocyanic acid in a cereal or bakery product from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6759, validated 3 September 2025.
More: all notifications on products from France and cereals and bakery products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 28 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 24 |
| 2025 | 30 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 15 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 123 | 79% |
| Information for follow up | 21 | 14% |
| Information for attention | 11 | 7% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 107 | 69% |
| Potentially serious | 18 | 12% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 4% |
| Not serious | 6 | 4% |
| Undecided | 16 | 10% |
| No risk | 2 | 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 33 | 21% |
| Foreign bodies | 24 | 15% |
| Ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids | 21 | 14% |
| Ochratoxin A | 11 | 7% |
| Tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) | 11 | 7% |
| Aflatoxins | 10 | 6% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 4 | 3% |
| Undeclared gluten | 4 | 3% |
| Cadmium | 3 | 2% |
| Hydrocyanic acid | 3 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Flour | 31 |
| Wheat | 22 |
| Bread | 16 |
| Cakes and pastries | 16 |
| Biscuits | 13 |
| Maize | 9 |
| Breakfast cereals | 2 |
| Pasta | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 62 | 40% |
| Belgium | 45 | 29% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 7% |
| Germany | 8 | 5% |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 5% |
| Spain | 7 | 5% |
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