18 notifications on confectionery 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 confectionery from any origin; The United Kingdom ranks 12 of 73 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 6 in the 365 days before, down 50%.
Most reported: titanium dioxide (E 171) (5), labelling faults (3) and missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (2). 33% were border rejections (15% for confectionery from all origins) and 39% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were sweets (4), chocolate (2) and sweet bakery products (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 confectionery from the United Kingdom
The newest 18 of 18, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: foreign bodies in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6940, validated 5 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: cannabidiol (CBD) in sweets from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3080, validated 10 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9719, validated 4 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China and the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8021, validated 17 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.7912, validated 15 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.7577, validated 3 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents and labelling faults for confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4933, validated 1 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: labelling faults for confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.2583, validated 10 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: a risk of choking or injury in sweets from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2373, validated 31 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweet bakery products from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.4139, validated 29 May 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared soy in sweets from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1863, validated 18 March 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Portugal: unauthorised colours in chocolate from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.7517, validated 22 December 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: labelling faults for chocolate from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3014, validated 23 May 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sweet bakery products from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0368, validated 20 January 2022.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared milk in sweets from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.6062, validated 29 December 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared tree nuts in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4668, validated 30 October 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared milk in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3871, validated 23 September 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by France: a finding outside our word list in confectionery from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.0582, validated 5 February 2020.
More: all notifications on products from the United Kingdom and confectionery from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 6 | 33% |
| Alert | 6 | 33% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 11% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 22% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 7 | 39% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 33% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 11% |
| Not serious | 1 | 6% |
| Undecided | 2 | 11% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Titanium dioxide (E 171) | 5 | 28% |
| Labelling faults | 3 | 17% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 2 | 11% |
| Undeclared milk | 2 | 11% |
| Cannabidiol (CBD) | 1 | 6% |
| A risk of choking or injury | 1 | 6% |
| Foreign bodies | 1 | 6% |
| Other finding | 1 | 6% |
| Unauthorised colours | 1 | 6% |
| Undeclared soy | 1 | 6% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sweets | 4 |
| Chocolate | 2 |
| Sweet bakery products | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 22% |
| Germany | 3 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 17% |
| Spain | 2 | 11% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |
| Czechia | 1 | 6% |
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