22 notifications on meat other than poultry from Uruguay since 1 January 2020. That is 63% of all EU notifications on products from Uruguay and 2% of all notifications on meat other than poultry from any origin; Uruguay ranks 17 of 58 origins for this category. 6 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 100%.
Most reported: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) (15), Salmonella (4) and microbial contamination or high bacterial counts (2). 32% 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 beef (19), horse meat (2) and game meat (1).
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 Uruguay
The newest 22 of 22, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: veterinary medicine residues in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2146, validated 13 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1834, validated 5 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1833, validated 5 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1832, validated 5 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10299, validated 22 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10130, validated 17 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Lithuania: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8647, validated 6 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7477, validated 30 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1935, validated 17 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: Listeria monocytogenes in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3146, validated 18 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: Salmonella in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1508, validated 2 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Sweden: Salmonella in beef from Uruguay, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1505, validated 1 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in horse meat from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3356, validated 19 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in horse meat from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3354, validated 19 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2022.6798, validated 22 November 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4949, validated 26 August 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: Salmonella and Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in game meat from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5533, validated 13 October 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4977, validated 17 September 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4118, validated 3 August 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4053, validated 30 July 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in beef from Uruguay, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3248, validated 12 August 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: Salmonella in beef from Uruguay, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.1348, validated 24 March 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Uruguay and meat other than poultry from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 4 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 7 | 32% |
| Alert | 4 | 18% |
| Information for follow up | 3 | 14% |
| Information for attention | 8 | 36% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 14 | 64% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 9% |
| Potential risk | 5 | 23% |
| Not serious | 1 | 5% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) | 15 | 68% |
| Salmonella | 4 | 18% |
| Microbial contamination or high bacterial counts | 2 | 9% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 1 | 5% |
| Veterinary medicine residues | 1 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beef | 19 |
| Horse meat | 2 |
| Game meat | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 11 | 50% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 23% |
| Italy | 2 | 9% |
| Lithuania | 2 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |
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