24 notifications on soups, sauces and condiments from the United Kingdom since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from the United Kingdom and 6% of all notifications on soups, sauces and condiments from any origin; The United Kingdom ranks 6 of 58 origins for this category. 1 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, down 50%.
Most reported: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (6), foreign bodies (2) and unauthorised novel food (2). 21% were border rejections (19% for soups, sauces and condiments from all origins) and 46% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were sauces (14), mayonnaise (2) and soups and stock (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 the United Kingdom
The newest 24 of 24, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9285, validated 19 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Ireland: a finding outside our word list in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8118, validated 22 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared soy in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5986, validated 6 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for mustard from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.1609, validated 6 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.0265, validated 12 January 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.7969, validated 17 November 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for mayonnaise from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.7504, validated 2 November 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.6867, validated 10 October 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.6732, validated 4 October 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared peanut in soups and stock from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2788, validated 26 April 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5400, validated 16 September 2022.
- Alert notified by Ireland: undeclared gluten in soups and stock from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3642, validated 21 June 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised novel food in a sauce or condiment from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.3724, validated 13 July 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: an unauthorised additive in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.2785, validated 10 June 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised novel food in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.2778, validated 10 June 2021.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: moulds in a sauce or condiment from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.1734, validated 7 April 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Ireland: an undeclared allergen in mayonnaise from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.4828, validated 6 November 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: ethylene oxide in tahini from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4835, validated 6 November 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared milk in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3937, validated 25 September 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: foreign bodies in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3463, validated 28 August 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared sulphites in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3125, validated 3 August 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: foreign bodies in chutneys and hot sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.1223, validated 16 March 2020.
- Information for attention notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared mustard in sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0507, validated 31 January 2020.
- Alert notified by Ireland: undeclared peanut in pesto from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0157, validated 10 January 2020.
More: all notifications on products from the United Kingdom and soups, sauces and condiments from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 1 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 5 | 21% |
| Alert | 9 | 38% |
| Information for follow up | 7 | 29% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 12% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 11 | 46% |
| Not serious | 9 | 38% |
| Undecided | 4 | 17% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 6 | 25% |
| Foreign bodies | 2 | 8% |
| Unauthorised novel food | 2 | 8% |
| Undeclared peanut | 2 | 8% |
| Ethylene oxide | 1 | 4% |
| Moulds | 1 | 4% |
| Other finding | 1 | 4% |
| Titanium dioxide (E 171) | 1 | 4% |
| An unauthorised additive | 1 | 4% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sauces | 14 |
| Mayonnaise | 2 |
| Soups and stock | 2 |
| Chutneys and hot sauces | 1 |
| Mustard | 1 |
| Pesto | 1 |
| Tahini | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 8 | 33% |
| Spain | 6 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 25% |
| Ireland | 4 | 17% |
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