41 notifications on food additives and flavourings from India since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from India and 19% of all notifications on food additives and flavourings from any origin; India ranks 2 of 37 origins for this category. 1 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 0 in the 365 days before, new this year.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (27), vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels (5) and an unauthorised additive (4). 17% were border rejections (14% for food additives and flavourings from all origins) and 68% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were thickeners (11), food additives (3) and food colours (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 food additives and flavourings from India
The newest 25 of 41, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels and unauthorised novel food in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8182, validated 16 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4303, validated 4 June 2024.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: illegal import or unapproved establishment for a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.4300, validated 4 June 2024.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6576, validated 28 September 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for thickeners from China and India, risk decision no risk, reference 2022.6488, validated 7 November 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in food additives from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.6464, validated 4 November 2022.
- Alert notified by Finland: unauthorised colours in food colours from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4400, validated 28 July 2022.
- Alert notified by Finland: unauthorised colours in food colours from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4407, validated 28 July 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Luxembourg: unauthorised colours in food colours from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.4328, validated 25 July 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared peanut in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4154, validated 15 July 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared peanut in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4099, validated 13 July 2022.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared peanut in a food additive or flavouring from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2788, validated 11 May 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: undeclared peanut and an unauthorised additive in food additives from France, Germany, India and 1 more countries, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.2286, validated 19 April 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: ethylene oxide and an unauthorised additive in food additives from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1877, validated 30 March 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0787, validated 9 February 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0756, validated 8 February 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from Germany, India, the Netherlands and 2 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0606, validated 1 February 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0596, validated 1 February 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0433, validated 24 January 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0282, validated 14 January 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0131, validated 7 January 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in thickeners from France and India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.6844, validated 13 December 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: ethylene oxide and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in a food additive or flavouring from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6543, validated 1 December 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in thickeners from France, Germany and India, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6520, validated 30 November 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in a food additive or flavouring from India and the Netherlands, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6384, validated 24 November 2021.
More: all notifications on products from India and food additives and flavourings from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 1 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 7 | 17% |
| Alert | 27 | 66% |
| Information for follow up | 4 | 10% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 7% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 28 | 68% |
| Potential risk | 1 | 2% |
| Not serious | 4 | 10% |
| Undecided | 7 | 17% |
| No risk | 1 | 2% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 27 | 66% |
| Vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels | 5 | 12% |
| An unauthorised additive | 4 | 10% |
| Undeclared peanut | 4 | 10% |
| Unauthorised colours | 3 | 7% |
| Other finding | 2 | 5% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1 | 2% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 1 | 2% |
| Illegal import or unapproved establishment | 1 | 2% |
| Unauthorised novel food | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Thickeners | 11 |
| Food additives | 3 |
| Food colours | 3 |
| Flavourings | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13 | 32% |
| France | 8 | 20% |
| Spain | 5 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 12% |
| Belgium | 2 | 5% |
| Finland | 2 | 5% |
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