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Data read on 8 November 2026 from the EU RASFF Window

Cereals and bakery products: EU food safety alerts

Every EU notification in the category cereals and bakery products, by origin and finding.

2,069
notifications since 2020
282
in the last 365 days
17
in the last 30 days
28%
border rejections

2,069 notifications on cereals and bakery products since 1 January 2020, 6% of all EU notifications in that time. 282 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 345 in the 365 days before, down 18%. 28% were border rejections, against 30% across all products, and 47% had a serious risk decision.

The origins named most often were Pakistan (311), India (304) and France (155). The findings reported most often were aflatoxins (191), foreign bodies (160) and ethylene oxide (130). The products named most often were rice (484), biscuits (197), basmati rice (186) and 1 more.

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 cereals and bakery products

The newest 25 of 2,069, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.

  1. Information for follow up notified by Latvia: trans fat above the legal limit in biscuits from Russia, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9869, validated 6 November 2026.
  2. Border rejection notified by Italy: unauthorised genetically modified material in rice products from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9828, validated 4 November 2026.
  3. Information for follow up notified by Sweden: a substance not authorised in the EU in biscuits from Iran, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9781, validated 4 November 2026.
  4. Information for follow up notified by Italy: moulds in bread from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9750, validated 3 November 2026.
  5. Alert notified by Denmark: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in rice products from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9682, validated 30 October 2026.
  6. Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten in biscuits from Canada, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9687, validated 30 October 2026.
  7. Border rejection notified by Cyprus: unauthorised colours in rice from Malaysia, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9512, validated 26 October 2026.
  8. Information for attention notified by Slovenia: moulds in a cereal or bakery product from Serbia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9465, validated 23 October 2026.
  9. Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ergot sclerotia or ergot alkaloids in wheat from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9454, validated 23 October 2026.
  10. Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A in rice from India, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9434, validated 22 October 2026.
  11. Border rejection notified by Italy: labelling faults for cakes and pastries from Peru, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9371, validated 21 October 2026.
  12. Alert notified by France: foreign bodies in flour from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9252, validated 19 October 2026.
  13. Information for follow up notified by Sweden: a substance not authorised in the EU in biscuits from Iran, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9188, validated 16 October 2026.
  14. Information for attention notified by Poland: ochratoxin A in flour from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9208, validated 16 October 2026.
  15. Information for follow up notified by Sweden: a substance not authorised in the EU in biscuits from Iran, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9136, validated 14 October 2026.
  16. Alert notified by Poland: ochratoxin A in flour from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9084, validated 13 October 2026.
  17. Information for follow up notified by Poland: ochratoxin A and pesticide residues in flour from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9048, validated 12 October 2026.
  18. Information for follow up notified by Germany: insects or pest damage in rice from Thailand, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8899, validated 8 October 2026.
  19. Border rejection notified by France: thiamethoxam and clothianidin in rice from Pakistan, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8831, validated 6 October 2026.
  20. Border rejection notified by Poland: ochratoxin A in rice from Pakistan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8830, validated 6 October 2026.
  21. Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: foreign bodies in biscuits from Switzerland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8816, validated 6 October 2026.
  22. Information for follow up notified by Denmark: insects or pest damage in barley from Denmark, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8790, validated 5 October 2026.
  23. Alert notified by Spain: undeclared gluten in grains from Spain, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8788, validated 5 October 2026.
  24. Alert notified by Luxembourg: foreign bodies in bread from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8804, validated 5 October 2026.
  25. Alert notified by Estonia: foreign bodies in cakes and pastries from Estonia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8653, validated 30 September 2026.

Origins with their own page for cereals and bakery products: Pakistan (311), India (304), France (155), Netherlands (145), Italy (135), Germany (132), Belgium (106), China (68), Spain (66), Poland (61), Türkiye (40), United Kingdom (39), Ukraine (31), United States (30), Vietnam (26), Czechia (24), Thailand (21), Sweden (19), Denmark (19), Serbia (17), Bangladesh (17), Hungary (16), Iran (16), Austria (16), Lithuania (15), Philippines (15).

The numbers

Notifications per year, cereals and bakery products
YearNotifications
2020223
2021251
2022277
2023339
2024406
2025336
2026 (to 8 Nov 2026)237
By type of notification
TypeNotificationsShare
Border rejection58528%
Alert79238%
Information for follow up41620%
Information for attention27613%
By risk decision
Risk decisionNotificationsShare
Serious96747%
Potentially serious25512%
Potential risk27913%
Not serious30515%
Undecided20910%
No risk543%
Products named most often
ProductNotifications
Rice484
Biscuits197
Basmati rice186
Bread162
Flour162
Cakes and pastries99
Wheat77
Maize76
Rice products68
Breakfast cereals56
Countries of origin named most often
OriginNotificationsShare
Pakistan31115%
India30415%
France1557%
Netherlands1457%
Italy1357%
Germany1326%
Belgium1065%
China683%
Spain663%
Poland613%
Origin not given452%
Türkiye402%
What was found most often
FindingNotificationsShare
Aflatoxins1919%
Foreign bodies1608%
Ethylene oxide1306%
Chlorpyrifos1276%
Tricyclazole1266%
Ochratoxin A1035%
Pesticide residues985%
Thiamethoxam955%
Moulds874%
Insects or pest damage643%
Undeclared gluten623%
Unauthorised genetically modified material523%
Countries that notified most often
Notifying countryNotificationsShare
Netherlands34617%
Germany26513%
Belgium1939%
France1779%
Italy1738%
Spain1316%
Denmark1025%
Poland703%

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