24 notifications on soups, sauces and condiments from France since 1 January 2020. That is 1% of all EU notifications on products from France and 6% of all notifications on soups, sauces and condiments from any origin; France ranks 5 of 58 origins for this category. 9 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 200%.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (4), undeclared mustard (4) and fraud or adulteration (3). 0% were border rejections (19% for soups, sauces and condiments from all origins) and 62% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were sauces (5), ketchup (4) and dressings (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 soups, sauces and condiments from France
The newest 24 of 24, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in sauces from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9555, validated 27 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: aluminium in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8760, validated 2 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: flonicamid in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7051, validated 7 August 2026.
- Alert notified by France: poor temperature control or heat treatment for soups and stock from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2841, validated 2 April 2026.
- Alert notified by France: foreign bodies in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2101, validated 12 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: an undeclared allergen in mayonnaise from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0784, validated 30 January 2026.
- Alert notified by France: labelling faults for soy sauce from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10334, validated 22 December 2025.
- Alert notified by France: Listeria monocytogenes in sauces from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9537, validated 28 November 2025.
- Alert notified by France: labelling faults for sauces from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9225, validated 21 November 2025.
- Alert notified by France: chlorpyrifos in a sauce or condiment from France, Poland and Portugal, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6453, validated 22 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: a finding outside our word list in ketchup from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5959, validated 5 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by France: labelling faults for ketchup from France, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3735, validated 20 May 2025.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared celery and fraud or adulteration in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6729, validated 6 September 2024.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared egg and undeclared mustard in chutneys and hot sauces from France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3907, validated 17 May 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared gluten and fraud or adulteration in sauces from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.2849, validated 10 April 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: undeclared celery in soups and stock from France, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1048, validated 13 February 2023.
- Alert notified by France: undeclared egg, undeclared mustard and fraud or adulteration in dressings from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3371, validated 8 June 2022.
- Alert notified by Italy: undeclared milk in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1963, validated 4 April 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a sauce or condiment from France and Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0469, validated 25 January 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in sauces from France and Spain, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.5419, validated 8 October 2021.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide in dressings from France, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.0946, validated 24 February 2021.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in a sauce or condiment from France and India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.0432, validated 27 January 2021.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared mustard in ketchup from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5302, validated 25 November 2020.
- Alert notified by Ireland: undeclared mustard in ketchup from France, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4924, validated 10 November 2020.
More: all notifications on products from France and soups, sauces and condiments from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 20 | 83% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 8% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 8% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 15 | 62% |
| Potentially serious | 4 | 17% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 8% |
| Not serious | 1 | 4% |
| Undecided | 2 | 8% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 4 | 17% |
| Undeclared mustard | 4 | 17% |
| Fraud or adulteration | 3 | 12% |
| Labelling faults | 3 | 12% |
| Other finding | 2 | 8% |
| Undeclared celery | 2 | 8% |
| Undeclared egg | 2 | 8% |
| Aluminium | 1 | 4% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1 | 4% |
| Flonicamid | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sauces | 5 |
| Ketchup | 4 |
| Dressings | 2 |
| Soups and stock | 2 |
| Chutneys and hot sauces | 1 |
| Mayonnaise | 1 |
| Soy sauce | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 15 | 62% |
| Belgium | 3 | 12% |
| Italy | 3 | 12% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
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