135 notifications on cereals and bakery products from Italy since 1 January 2020. That is 10% of all EU notifications on products from Italy and 7% of all notifications on cereals and bakery products from any origin; Italy ranks 5 of 95 origins for this category. 23 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 26 in the 365 days before, down 12%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (18), ethylene oxide (14) and cadmium (10). 0% were border rejections (28% for cereals and bakery products from all origins) and 54% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were rice (26), flour (14) and bread (13).
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 cereals and bakery products from Italy
The newest 25 of 135, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: moulds in bread from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9750, validated 3 November 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Hungary: foreign bodies in bread from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8359, validated 21 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) in maize from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8321, validated 18 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) in maize from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7060, validated 10 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: chlorpyrifos in rice from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6514, validated 22 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: unauthorised colours in bread from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6078, validated 8 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5667, validated 26 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5546, validated 23 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Malta: ethylene oxide in rice from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4987, validated 5 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared gluten and illegal import or unapproved establishment in biscuits from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4064, validated 8 May 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: fumonisins in flour from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3476, validated 22 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in rice from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2847, validated 2 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: aflatoxins in basmati rice from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2618, validated 26 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) in grains from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0685, validated 28 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: hydrocyanic acid and labelling faults in a cereal or bakery product from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0697, validated 28 January 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten in flour from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0180, validated 9 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0090, validated 7 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: unauthorised genetically modified material in maize from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0021, validated 5 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: moulds in bread from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10412, validated 24 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: insects or pest damage in rice from Denmark and Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.10387, validated 23 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: deoxynivalenol and pesticide residues in noodles from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9556, validated 1 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: tetramethrin and illegal import or unapproved establishment in wheat from France and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8934, validated 14 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Switzerland: foreign bodies in pasta from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8740, validated 10 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: arsenic in rice from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8564, validated 4 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) in maize from Argentina and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8038, validated 20 October 2025.
More: all notifications on products from Italy and cereals and bakery products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 27 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 26 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 18 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 84 | 62% |
| Information for follow up | 35 | 26% |
| Information for attention | 16 | 12% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 73 | 54% |
| Potentially serious | 23 | 17% |
| Potential risk | 8 | 6% |
| Not serious | 16 | 12% |
| Undecided | 14 | 10% |
| No risk | 1 | under 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 18 | 13% |
| Ethylene oxide | 14 | 10% |
| Cadmium | 10 | 7% |
| Tropane alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine) | 10 | 7% |
| Moulds | 8 | 6% |
| Fumonisins | 7 | 5% |
| Other finding | 6 | 4% |
| Aflatoxins | 5 | 4% |
| Insects or pest damage | 5 | 4% |
| Undeclared milk | 5 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Rice | 26 |
| Flour | 14 |
| Bread | 13 |
| Maize | 12 |
| Biscuits | 9 |
| Pasta | 7 |
| Grains | 4 |
| Cakes and pastries | 3 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 62 | 46% |
| Germany | 11 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 8% |
| Belgium | 10 | 7% |
| Denmark | 5 | 4% |
| Spain | 5 | 4% |
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