43 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from the Netherlands since 1 January 2020. That is 2% of all EU notifications on products from the Netherlands and 6% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; The Netherlands ranks 2 of 73 origins for this category. 10 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 16 in the 365 days before, down 38%.
Most reported: unauthorised novel food (10), cannabidiol (CBD) (5) and ochratoxin A (5). 0% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 47% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were tea (18), chocolate products (8) and cocoa (8).
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 cocoa, coffee and tea from the Netherlands
The newest 25 of 43, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos in chocolate products from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9443, validated 22 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: cannabidiol (CBD) in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8943, validated 8 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: cadmium in cocoa from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6227, validated 13 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: ochratoxin A in cocoa from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0982, validated 5 February 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10430, validated 27 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9116, validated 19 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food and illegal import or unapproved establishment in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9119, validated 19 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9114, validated 19 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9097, validated 19 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9057, validated 18 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8707, validated 7 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8607, validated 5 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: unauthorised novel food in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8531, validated 3 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8433, validated 30 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8441, validated 30 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Finland: cannabidiol (CBD) in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6922, validated 9 September 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A in coffee from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6524, validated 26 August 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in tea from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6183, validated 13 August 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A in coffee from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4902, validated 30 June 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: undeclared milk in chocolate products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4060, validated 30 May 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds and labelling faults in cocoa, coffee or tea from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4038, validated 30 May 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared tree nuts in chocolate products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2560, validated 7 April 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: poisonous mushrooms in chocolate products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1945, validated 17 March 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A, mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in cocoa from the Netherlands and Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1064, validated 14 February 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared sesame in chocolate products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0645, validated 30 January 2025.
More: all notifications on products from the Netherlands and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 22 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 18 | 42% |
| Information for follow up | 21 | 49% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 9% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 20 | 47% |
| Potentially serious | 11 | 26% |
| Potential risk | 10 | 23% |
| Not serious | 1 | 2% |
| Undecided | 1 | 2% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised novel food | 10 | 23% |
| Cannabidiol (CBD) | 5 | 12% |
| Ochratoxin A | 5 | 12% |
| Other finding | 5 | 12% |
| Cadmium | 2 | 5% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 2 | 5% |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) | 2 | 5% |
| THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) | 2 | 5% |
| Undeclared milk | 2 | 5% |
| Undeclared tree nuts | 2 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tea | 18 |
| Chocolate products | 8 |
| Cocoa | 8 |
| Herbal infusions | 3 |
| Coffee | 2 |
| Black tea | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 16 | 37% |
| Netherlands | 12 | 28% |
| Belgium | 7 | 16% |
| Austria | 3 | 7% |
| Spain | 3 | 7% |
| Finland | 1 | 2% |
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