15 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from the United Kingdom since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from the United Kingdom and 2% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; The United Kingdom ranks 13 of 73 origins for this category. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 4 in the 365 days before, down 50%.
Most reported: unauthorised novel food (4), cannabidiol (CBD) (3) and anthraquinone (2). 33% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 20% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were herbal infusions (4), green tea (3) and tea (3).
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 the United Kingdom
The newest 15 of 15, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Germany: anthraquinone in green tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7146, validated 12 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: unauthorised novel food in herbal infusions from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0519, validated 22 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in green tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6060, validated 8 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: ochratoxin A in coffee from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.5914, validated 4 August 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4634, validated 20 June 2025.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in herbal infusions from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0726, validated 3 February 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: unauthorised novel food in herbal infusions from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.8177, validated 5 November 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: cannabidiol (CBD) in coffee from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7733, validated 22 October 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: unauthorised novel food and bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic in tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.6155, validated 12 August 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised novel food in cocoa from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.4473, validated 20 August 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Finland: cannabidiol (CBD) in tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.0331, validated 21 January 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: acetamiprid and anthraquinone in green tea from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.4975, validated 12 November 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared tree nuts and undeclared soy in chocolate products from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4367, validated 16 October 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Denmark: medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) in herbal infusions from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.2647, validated 30 June 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by Sweden: cannabidiol (CBD) in chocolate products from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.2315, validated 5 June 2020.
More: all notifications on products from the United Kingdom and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 5 | 33% |
| Alert | 3 | 20% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 13% |
| Information for attention | 5 | 33% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 3 | 20% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 20% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 27% |
| Not serious | 1 | 7% |
| Undecided | 4 | 27% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised novel food | 4 | 27% |
| Cannabidiol (CBD) | 3 | 20% |
| Anthraquinone | 2 | 13% |
| Pyrrolizidine alkaloids | 2 | 13% |
| Acetamiprid | 1 | 7% |
| Ethylene oxide | 1 | 7% |
| Medicinal substances (sildenafil, tadalafil and others) | 1 | 7% |
| Ochratoxin A | 1 | 7% |
| Bamboo or other plant fibre in plastic | 1 | 7% |
| Undeclared soy | 1 | 7% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Herbal infusions | 4 |
| Green tea | 3 |
| Tea | 3 |
| Chocolate products | 2 |
| Coffee | 2 |
| Cocoa | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 20% |
| Italy | 2 | 13% |
| Austria | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Denmark | 1 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
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