18 notifications on confectionery from Italy since 1 January 2020. That is 1% of all EU notifications on products from Italy and 2% of all notifications on confectionery from any origin; Italy ranks 13 of 73 origins for this category. 4 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 33%.
Most reported: undeclared tree nuts (5), foreign bodies (3) and unauthorised novel food (2). 0% were border rejections (15% for confectionery from all origins) and 33% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were jelly sweets (4), sweet bakery products (2) and chocolate (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 confectionery from Italy
The newest 18 of 18, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in confectionery from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9093, validated 13 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: an undeclared allergen in confectionery from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2280, validated 18 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: foreign bodies in confectionery from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1137, validated 11 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: hydrocyanic acid in sweet bakery products from Afghanistan, Italy, Morocco and 1 more countries, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9487, validated 28 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: poisonous mushrooms in jelly sweets from Italy and the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6269, validated 18 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: foreign bodies in confectionery from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3558, validated 13 May 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: insects or pest damage in confectionery from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0643, validated 30 January 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: unauthorised novel food in jelly sweets from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2647, validated 4 April 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: undeclared tree nuts and undeclared lupin in sweet bakery products from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3861, validated 9 June 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and unauthorised novel food in jelly sweets from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.3250, validated 16 May 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: undeclared tree nuts in confectionery from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.2557, validated 17 April 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in jelly sweets from Italy and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1716, validated 13 March 2023.
- Alert notified by Italy: undeclared tree nuts in confectionery from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1243, validated 21 February 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Czechia: unauthorised colours in confectionery from Italy, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.6110, validated 19 October 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in confectionery from Italy, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.5430, validated 8 October 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared tree nuts in confectionery from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5152, validated 20 November 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: undeclared tree nuts in chocolate from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2020.4815, validated 6 November 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in sweets from Italy, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.1195, validated 13 March 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Italy and confectionery from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 8 | 44% |
| Information for follow up | 8 | 44% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 11% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 6 | 33% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 17% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 33% |
| Not serious | 1 | 6% |
| Undecided | 2 | 11% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Undeclared tree nuts | 5 | 28% |
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 17% |
| Unauthorised novel food | 2 | 11% |
| Hydrocyanic acid | 1 | 6% |
| Insects or pest damage | 1 | 6% |
| Poisonous mushrooms | 1 | 6% |
| Other finding | 1 | 6% |
| THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) | 1 | 6% |
| Unauthorised colours | 1 | 6% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 1 | 6% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Jelly sweets | 4 |
| Sweet bakery products | 2 |
| Chocolate | 1 |
| Sweets | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 6 | 33% |
| Germany | 4 | 22% |
| Spain | 4 | 22% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Czechia | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
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