23 notifications on confectionery from Russia since 1 January 2020. That is 11% of all EU notifications on products from Russia and 3% of all notifications on confectionery from any origin; Russia ranks 9 of 73 origins for this category. 3 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 8 in the 365 days before, down 62%.
Most reported: trans fat above the legal limit (10), titanium dioxide (E 171) (7) and 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters (1). 35% were border rejections (15% for confectionery from all origins) and 26% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were sweets (10), sweet bakery products (6) and chocolate (4).
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 confectionery from Russia
The newest 23 of 23, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in sweets from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5215, validated 12 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from Russia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2128, validated 13 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Estonia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0591, validated 23 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in sweet bakery products from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5250, validated 10 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in chocolate from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.4410, validated 12 June 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in chocolate from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.4412, validated 12 June 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in sweet bakery products from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2277, validated 27 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in sweet bakery products from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.2274, validated 27 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.1175, validated 19 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: titanium dioxide (E 171) in chocolate from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0935, validated 10 February 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in chocolate from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0599, validated 29 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from Russia, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3280, validated 24 April 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: titanium dioxide (E 171) in sweets from Russia, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1122, validated 16 February 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: aflatoxins in sweets from Russia, risk decision serious, reference 2021.7032, validated 21 December 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: trans fat above the legal limit in sweets from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5506, validated 12 October 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sweets from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.5193, validated 28 September 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in sweet bakery products from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.1900, validated 16 April 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: trans fat above the legal limit in sweets from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.5522, validated 3 December 2020.
- Alert notified by Germany: undeclared sulphites in jelly sweets from Russia, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5123, validated 19 November 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: trans fat above the legal limit in sweets from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.4578, validated 27 October 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: acrylamide in confectionery from Russia, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3555, validated 3 September 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Latvia: a finding outside our word list in sweet bakery products from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.0679, validated 11 February 2020.
- Alert notified by Germany: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in sweet bakery products from Russia, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0245, validated 17 January 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Russia and confectionery from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 8 | 35% |
| Alert | 2 | 9% |
| Information for follow up | 3 | 13% |
| Information for attention | 10 | 43% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 6 | 26% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 4% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 17% |
| Not serious | 12 | 52% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trans fat above the legal limit | 10 | 43% |
| Titanium dioxide (E 171) | 7 | 30% |
| 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters | 1 | 4% |
| Acrylamide | 1 | 4% |
| Aflatoxins | 1 | 4% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 1 | 4% |
| Other finding | 1 | 4% |
| Undeclared sulphites | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sweets | 10 |
| Sweet bakery products | 6 |
| Chocolate | 4 |
| Jelly sweets | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 15 | 65% |
| Lithuania | 4 | 17% |
| Germany | 3 | 13% |
| Estonia | 1 | 4% |
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