145 notifications on cereals and bakery products from the Netherlands since 1 January 2020. That is 8% of all EU notifications on products from the Netherlands and 7% of all notifications on cereals and bakery products from any origin; The Netherlands ranks 4 of 95 origins for this category. 18 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 16 in the 365 days before, up 12%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (22), moulds (20) and ethylene oxide (17). 0% were border rejections (28% for cereals and bakery products from all origins) and 69% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were bread (41), biscuits (19) and flour (11).
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 the Netherlands
The newest 25 of 145, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Denmark: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in rice products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9682, validated 30 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in rye from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8462, validated 23 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in cakes and pastries from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8073, validated 11 September 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: aflatoxins in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8013, validated 10 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in bread from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7401, validated 20 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared gluten in oats from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6237, validated 13 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in cakes and pastries from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5675, validated 26 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4788, validated 1 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by France: unauthorised genetically modified material in a cereal or bakery product from Belgium, Canada, Kazakhstan and 1 more countries, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.3317, validated 17 April 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in bread from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2419, validated 20 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Austria: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2388, validated 20 March 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in biscuits from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1991, validated 10 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in biscuits from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1802, validated 4 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and unauthorised novel food in biscuits from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.0823, validated 30 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in flour from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.9775, validated 5 December 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A in flour from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9528, validated 28 November 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared peanut and undeclared sesame in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9347, validated 25 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: cannabidiol (CBD) in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9227, validated 21 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: moulds in bread from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.8644, validated 6 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8104, validated 21 October 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8062, validated 20 October 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in a cereal or bakery product from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7811, validated 10 October 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in flour from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7581, validated 3 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in cakes and pastries from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.6958, validated 10 September 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in wheat from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6882, validated 8 September 2025.
More: all notifications on products from the Netherlands and cereals and bakery products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 25 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2024 | 22 |
| 2025 | 20 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 14 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 100 | 69% |
| Information for follow up | 34 | 23% |
| Information for attention | 11 | 8% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 100 | 69% |
| Potentially serious | 7 | 5% |
| Potential risk | 9 | 6% |
| Not serious | 21 | 14% |
| Undecided | 7 | 5% |
| No risk | 1 | under 1% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 22 | 15% |
| Moulds | 20 | 14% |
| Ethylene oxide | 17 | 12% |
| Aflatoxins | 9 | 6% |
| Undeclared milk | 8 | 6% |
| Undeclared sesame | 8 | 6% |
| Undeclared tree nuts | 6 | 4% |
| Salmonella | 5 | 3% |
| Undeclared gluten | 5 | 3% |
| Undeclared soy | 4 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Bread | 41 |
| Biscuits | 19 |
| Flour | 11 |
| Cakes and pastries | 10 |
| Rice | 6 |
| Rice products | 5 |
| Basmati rice | 4 |
| Breakfast cereals | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 90 | 62% |
| Belgium | 19 | 13% |
| Germany | 11 | 8% |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 5% |
| Austria | 3 | 2% |
| Denmark | 3 | 2% |
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