25 notifications on other and mixed food products from South Korea since 1 January 2020. That is 25% of all EU notifications on products from South Korea and 2% of all notifications on other and mixed food products from any origin; South Korea ranks 14 of 98 origins for this category. 5 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 67%.
Most reported: iodine above the safe level (10), missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (5) and ethylene oxide (5). 20% were border rejections (22% for other and mixed food products from all origins) and 52% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were instant noodles (6) and snacks (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 other and mixed food products from South Korea
The newest 25 of 25, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in snacks from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6006, validated 7 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5749, validated 29 June 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: an undeclared allergen in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4574, validated 26 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4245, validated 13 May 2026.
- Alert notified by Finland: iodine above the safe level and labelling faults in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8948, validated 14 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level and labelling faults in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8203, validated 23 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9319, validated 17 December 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9275, validated 16 December 2024.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for instant noodles from South Korea, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.3865, validated 16 May 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: an undeclared allergen in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3208, validated 22 April 2024.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: a substance not authorised in the EU in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2345, validated 25 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for instant noodles from South Korea, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.1176, validated 20 February 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised genetically modified material in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0746, validated 2 February 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for instant noodles from South Korea, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.8857, validated 21 December 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8291, validated 1 December 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8286, validated 1 December 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.7671, validated 17 November 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovenia: iodine above the safe level in snacks from South Korea, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.3993, validated 14 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2022.6033, validated 17 October 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: iodine above the safe level in a mixed food product from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2229, validated 14 April 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Sweden: ethylene oxide in instant noodles from South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1414, validated 10 March 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Norway: ethylene oxide in instant noodles from South Korea, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1119, validated 25 February 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Norway: ethylene oxide in instant noodles from South Korea, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1014, validated 22 February 2022.
- Alert notified by France: ethylene oxide in a mixed food product from France and South Korea, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5928, validated 3 November 2021.
- Alert notified by Germany: ethylene oxide in a mixed food product from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and 3 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4083, validated 2 August 2021.
More: all notifications on products from South Korea and other and mixed food products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 5 | 20% |
| Alert | 11 | 44% |
| Information for follow up | 6 | 24% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 12% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 13 | 52% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 4% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 12% |
| Not serious | 6 | 24% |
| Undecided | 2 | 8% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Iodine above the safe level | 10 | 40% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 5 | 20% |
| Ethylene oxide | 5 | 20% |
| Labelling faults | 2 | 8% |
| An undeclared allergen | 2 | 8% |
| Unauthorised genetically modified material | 1 | 4% |
| Other finding | 1 | 4% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Instant noodles | 6 |
| Snacks | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 36% |
| Netherlands | 8 | 32% |
| Norway | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Finland | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
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