39 notifications on meat other than poultry from Romania since 1 January 2020. That is 14% of all EU notifications on products from Romania and 3% of all notifications on meat other than poultry from any origin; Romania ranks 10 of 58 origins for this category. 10 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, up 43%.
Most reported: cadmium (13), Salmonella (10) and Listeria monocytogenes (8). 0% were border rejections (7% for meat other than poultry from all origins) and 64% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were horse meat (13), sausages (7) and pork (5).
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 Romania
The newest 25 of 39, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Romania: Salmonella in sausages from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8879, validated 7 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: pesticide residues and cadmium in horse meat from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8155, validated 15 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Sweden: a finding outside our word list in meat from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6877, validated 3 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4669, validated 28 May 2026.
- Alert notified by Romania: Salmonella in meat from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4556, validated 22 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: cadmium in horse meat from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4481, validated 20 May 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Romania: Salmonella in meat from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2774, validated 31 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: labelling faults for beef from Romania, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2415, validated 20 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Slovakia: undeclared soy in meat products from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2162, validated 16 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: Salmonella in sausages from Romania and Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0914, validated 3 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in sausages from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8458, validated 30 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: pesticide residues and cadmium in horse meat from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6774, validated 3 September 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in sausages from Romania, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2933, validated 18 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Italy: Listeria monocytogenes in pork from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2777, validated 14 April 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: Listeria monocytogenes in beef from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.1499, validated 3 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: cadmium in horse meat from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9451, validated 20 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: Enterobacteriaceae in meat from Romania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8449, validated 15 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: Salmonella in minced meat from Belgium and Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4948, validated 27 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in pork from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3826, validated 15 May 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: Salmonella in sausages from Hungary and Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4255, validated 23 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: Salmonella in meat from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4002, validated 14 June 2023.
- Alert notified by Romania: Listeria monocytogenes in meat from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7283, validated 14 December 2022.
- Alert notified by Belgium: cadmium in horse meat from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7061, validated 5 December 2022.
- Alert notified by Belgium: cadmium in horse meat from Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5457, validated 20 September 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: Salmonella in minced meat from Hungary and Romania, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4660, validated 10 August 2022.
More: all notifications on products from Romania and meat other than poultry from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 10 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 18 | 46% |
| Information for follow up | 7 | 18% |
| Information for attention | 14 | 36% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 25 | 64% |
| Potentially serious | 7 | 18% |
| Potential risk | 5 | 13% |
| Not serious | 1 | 3% |
| Undecided | 1 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cadmium | 13 | 33% |
| Salmonella | 10 | 26% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 8 | 21% |
| Foreign bodies | 2 | 5% |
| Pesticide residues | 2 | 5% |
| Enterobacteriaceae | 1 | 3% |
| Labelling faults | 1 | 3% |
| Microbial contamination or high bacterial counts | 1 | 3% |
| Other finding | 1 | 3% |
| Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Horse meat | 13 |
| Sausages | 7 |
| Pork | 5 |
| Beef | 4 |
| Minced meat | 2 |
| Meat products | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 20 | 51% |
| Belgium | 5 | 13% |
| Italy | 5 | 13% |
| Germany | 4 | 10% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
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