39 notifications on cereals and bakery products from the United Kingdom since 1 January 2020. That is 5% of all EU notifications on products from the United Kingdom and 2% of all notifications on cereals and bakery products from any origin; The United Kingdom ranks 12 of 95 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, up 50%.
Most reported: moulds (7), foreign bodies (4) and ochratoxin A (4). 21% were border rejections (28% for cereals and bakery products from all origins) and 46% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were bread (6), cakes and pastries (5) and biscuits (4).
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 the United Kingdom
The newest 25 of 39, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8266, validated 17 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Denmark: moulds in a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4080, validated 8 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Iceland: insects or pest damage in breakfast cereals from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.3253, validated 16 April 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten in biscuits from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3903, validated 26 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Luxembourg: aflatoxins in flour from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8320, validated 11 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Spain: ochratoxin A in breakfast cereals from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4634, validated 17 June 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: a risk of choking or injury in breakfast cereals from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.4021, validated 24 May 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2024.2091, validated 19 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.1210, validated 21 February 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Denmark: moulds in bread from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.5541, validated 16 August 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for cakes and pastries from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.5533, validated 16 August 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: unauthorised colours in a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.5393, validated 9 August 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: labelling faults for a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4867, validated 19 July 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by France: a finding outside our word list in bread from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.1866, validated 20 March 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared milk and undeclared soy in biscuits from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.6127, validated 20 October 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: moulds in a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.4702, validated 12 August 2022.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: acrylamide in a cereal or bakery product from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.3912, validated 5 July 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Finland: ochratoxin A in oats from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3835, validated 1 July 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Finland: moulds in bread from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.1039, validated 22 February 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in oats from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0976, validated 18 February 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Cyprus: propiconazole in rice from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.7181, validated 28 December 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: moulds and insects or pest damage in bread from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.7122, validated 23 December 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Finland: ochratoxin A in oats from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2021.6847, validated 14 December 2021.
- Alert notified by Lithuania: undeclared milk in grains from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4703, validated 2 September 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: acrylamide in biscuits from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.3272, validated 22 June 2021.
More: all notifications on products from the United Kingdom and cereals and bakery products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 8 | 21% |
| Alert | 14 | 36% |
| Information for follow up | 8 | 21% |
| Information for attention | 9 | 23% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 18 | 46% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 5% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 5% |
| Not serious | 10 | 26% |
| Undecided | 7 | 18% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Moulds | 7 | 18% |
| Foreign bodies | 4 | 10% |
| Ochratoxin A | 4 | 10% |
| Pesticide residues | 3 | 8% |
| Acrylamide | 2 | 5% |
| Insects or pest damage | 2 | 5% |
| Labelling faults | 2 | 5% |
| Undeclared gluten | 2 | 5% |
| Undeclared milk | 2 | 5% |
| Undeclared soy | 2 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Bread | 6 |
| Cakes and pastries | 5 |
| Biscuits | 4 |
| Breakfast cereals | 4 |
| Oats | 3 |
| Basmati rice | 2 |
| Rice | 2 |
| Cereal snacks | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 18% |
| Denmark | 6 | 15% |
| Germany | 4 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 10% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 10% |
| Finland | 3 | 8% |
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