143 notifications on meat other than poultry from the Netherlands since 1 January 2020. That is 8% of all EU notifications on products from the Netherlands and 10% of all notifications on meat other than poultry from any origin; The Netherlands ranks 3 of 58 origins for this category. 21 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 13 in the 365 days before, up 62%.
Most reported: Salmonella (47), Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) (14) and veterinary medicine residues (12). 0% were border rejections (7% for meat other than poultry from all origins) and 53% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were beef (33), sausages (22) and minced meat (15).
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 meat other than poultry from the Netherlands
The newest 25 of 143, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Germany: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in goat meat from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9701, validated 30 October 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in sausages from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9463, validated 23 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: a finding outside our word list in meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9011, validated 9 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in sausages from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8719, validated 1 October 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared soy in meat products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7631, validated 28 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5706, validated 26 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Czechia: undeclared soy in sausages from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5240, validated 12 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: undeclared soy in sausages from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5244, validated 12 June 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk and undeclared soy in pork from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5169, validated 11 June 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in beef from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4576, validated 26 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Salmonella in meat products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4353, validated 18 May 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: mercury and cadmium in horse meat from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3601, validated 24 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: labelling faults for meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3380, validated 20 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in meat from Belgium, Italy, Lithuania and 3 more countries, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.3274, validated 17 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in sausages from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2254, validated 18 March 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in horse meat from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1235, validated 13 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: spoilage or decomposition in meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0092, validated 7 January 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in offal from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10422, validated 24 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in sausages from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.10389, validated 23 December 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.9405, validated 26 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: veterinary medicine residues in beef from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.8847, validated 13 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Sweden: Salmonella in minced meat from the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.8491, validated 31 October 2025.
- Alert notified by Sweden: Salmonella in beef from Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8397, validated 29 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in pork from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.7803, validated 10 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in meat products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7612, validated 6 October 2025.
More: all notifications on products from the Netherlands and meat other than poultry from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 24 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 13 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 17 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 69 | 48% |
| Information for follow up | 47 | 33% |
| Information for attention | 27 | 19% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 76 | 53% |
| Potentially serious | 13 | 9% |
| Potential risk | 20 | 14% |
| Not serious | 10 | 7% |
| Undecided | 24 | 17% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Salmonella | 47 | 33% |
| Other finding | 19 | 13% |
| Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) | 14 | 10% |
| Veterinary medicine residues | 12 | 8% |
| Foreign bodies | 9 | 6% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 8 | 6% |
| Undeclared soy | 7 | 5% |
| Labelling faults | 6 | 4% |
| Undeclared gluten | 4 | 3% |
| Cadmium | 3 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beef | 33 |
| Sausages | 22 |
| Minced meat | 15 |
| Pork | 13 |
| Horse meat | 10 |
| Meat products | 5 |
| Ham | 3 |
| Kebab meat | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 94 | 66% |
| Belgium | 15 | 10% |
| Germany | 11 | 8% |
| Sweden | 11 | 8% |
| France | 4 | 3% |
| Italy | 3 | 2% |
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