15 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from France since 1 January 2020. That is under 1% of all EU notifications on products from France and 2% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; France ranks 12 of 73 origins for this category. 1 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, down 50%.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (3), undeclared milk (3) and anthraquinone (1). 0% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 60% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were chocolate products (6), herbal infusions (5) and cocoa (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 cocoa, coffee and tea from France
The newest 15 of 15, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in cocoa from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9693, validated 4 December 2025.
- Alert notified by France: ochratoxin A in coffee from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8434, validated 30 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in herbal infusions from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.1884, validated 14 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Finland: Bacillus cereus in herbal infusions from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8230, validated 7 November 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: anthraquinone in herbal infusions from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8057, validated 31 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: a finding outside our word list in herbal infusions from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6674, validated 4 September 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk in chocolate products from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5180, validated 5 July 2024.
- Alert notified by France: Listeria monocytogenes in cocoa, coffee or tea from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4445, validated 10 June 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: unauthorised novel food in herbal infusions from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.2478, validated 28 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by France: moulds in chocolate products from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.4807, validated 17 July 2023.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared milk in chocolate products from France, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1164, validated 17 February 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide in cocoa, coffee or tea from France and the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2020.6044, validated 24 December 2020.
- Alert notified by Romania: undeclared milk in chocolate products from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5316, validated 26 November 2020.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in chocolate products from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4777, validated 5 November 2020.
- Alert notified by Spain: ethylene oxide in chocolate products from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4731, validated 4 November 2020.
More: all notifications on products from France and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 0 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 10 | 67% |
| Information for follow up | 5 | 33% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 9 | 60% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 7% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 27% |
| Not serious | 1 | 7% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 3 | 20% |
| Undeclared milk | 3 | 20% |
| Anthraquinone | 1 | 7% |
| Bacillus cereus | 1 | 7% |
| Foreign bodies | 1 | 7% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 1 | 7% |
| Moulds | 1 | 7% |
| Unauthorised novel food | 1 | 7% |
| Ochratoxin A | 1 | 7% |
| Other finding | 1 | 7% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Chocolate products | 6 |
| Herbal infusions | 5 |
| Cocoa | 1 |
| Coffee | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 8 | 53% |
| Belgium | 3 | 20% |
| Spain | 2 | 13% |
| Finland | 1 | 7% |
| Romania | 1 | 7% |
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