20 notifications on soups, sauces and condiments from India since 1 January 2020. That is under 1% of all EU notifications on products from India and 5% of all notifications on soups, sauces and condiments from any origin; India ranks 7 of 58 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 0 in the 365 days before, new this year.
Most reported: ethylene oxide (9), missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (3) and Salmonella (2). 55% were border rejections (19% for soups, sauces and condiments from all origins) and 55% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were sauces (6), chutneys and hot sauces (4) and pastes (1).
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 India
The newest 20 of 20, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: ethylene oxide in chutneys and hot sauces from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9424, validated 22 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: ethylene oxide in sauces from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5038, validated 8 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovakia: unauthorised novel food in a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2869, validated 3 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Ireland: undeclared fish and undeclared crustaceans in chutneys and hot sauces from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7299, validated 3 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: an undeclared allergen in chutneys and hot sauces from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6181, validated 13 August 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: undeclared crustaceans in chutneys and hot sauces from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5861, validated 31 July 2024.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in pastes from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.4571, validated 13 June 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in sauces from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3817, validated 15 May 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in sauces from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3819, validated 15 May 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Estonia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.1805, validated 12 March 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: Salmonella in a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0963, validated 9 February 2024.
- Alert notified by Spain: Salmonella in a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0879, validated 7 February 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.6915, validated 11 October 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.5268, validated 3 August 2023.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in sauces from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.4526, validated 3 August 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in sauces from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3903, validated 5 July 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sauces from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.2805, validated 12 May 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: ethylene oxide in a sauce or condiment from India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5973, validated 4 November 2021.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ethylene oxide in a sauce or condiment from France and India, risk decision serious, reference 2021.0432, validated 27 January 2021.
- Alert notified by Spain: ethylene oxide in a sauce or condiment from India and Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5107, validated 18 November 2020.
More: all notifications on products from India and soups, sauces and condiments from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 11 | 55% |
| Alert | 3 | 15% |
| Information for follow up | 3 | 15% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 15% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 11 | 55% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 5% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 15% |
| Not serious | 4 | 20% |
| No risk | 1 | 5% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 9 | 45% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 3 | 15% |
| Salmonella | 2 | 10% |
| Undeclared crustaceans | 2 | 10% |
| Unauthorised novel food | 1 | 5% |
| Other finding | 1 | 5% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 1 | 5% |
| An undeclared allergen | 1 | 5% |
| Undeclared fish | 1 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sauces | 6 |
| Chutneys and hot sauces | 4 |
| Pastes | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | 25% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 20% |
| Germany | 3 | 15% |
| Ireland | 3 | 15% |
| Malta | 3 | 15% |
| Estonia | 1 | 5% |
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