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Data read on 8 November 2026 from the EU RASFF Window

Confectionery: EU food safety alerts

Every EU notification in the category confectionery, by origin and finding.

786
notifications since 2020
148
in the last 365 days
10
in the last 30 days
15%
border rejections

786 notifications on confectionery since 1 January 2020, 2% of all EU notifications in that time. 148 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 188 in the 365 days before, down 21%. 15% were border rejections, against 30% across all products, and 45% had a serious risk decision.

The origins named most often were the Netherlands (77), Czechia (68) and Türkiye (61). The findings reported most often were THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) (94), an unauthorised additive (83) and titanium dioxide (E 171) (75). The products named most often were jelly sweets (168), sweets (127), chocolate (79) 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 confectionery

The newest 25 of 786, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.

  1. Information for attention notified by Switzerland: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in confectionery from Hong Kong, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9758, validated 3 November 2026.
  2. Alert notified by Switzerland: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in confectionery of unknown origin, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9716, validated 2 November 2026.
  3. Alert notified by Slovenia: undeclared peanut in chocolate from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9621, validated 29 October 2026.
  4. Alert notified by Austria: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in jelly sweets from Czechia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9599, validated 28 October 2026.
  5. Information for follow up notified by Germany: 3 MCPD and glycidyl esters in confectionery from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9529, validated 26 October 2026.
  6. Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten in chocolate from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9429, validated 22 October 2026.
  7. Information for attention notified by Germany: nicotine in sweets from the United States, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9338, validated 20 October 2026.
  8. Information for follow up notified by Germany: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and cannabidiol (CBD) in sweet bakery products from Czechia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9325, validated 20 October 2026.
  9. Alert notified by Norway: undeclared tree nuts in chocolate from Sweden, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9114, validated 14 October 2026.
  10. Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in confectionery from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9093, validated 13 October 2026.
  11. Information for follow up notified by Germany: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and labelling faults in chocolate from Slovenia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8975, validated 9 October 2026.
  12. Information for follow up notified by Austria: cannabidiol (CBD) in jelly sweets from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8901, validated 8 October 2026.
  13. Border rejection notified by Croatia: mould toxins (not named) in sweet bakery products from Bosnia and Herzegovina, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8871, validated 7 October 2026.
  14. Alert notified by France: Salmonella in confectionery from Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8840, validated 6 October 2026.
  15. Alert notified by Czechia: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in jelly sweets from the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8744, validated 2 October 2026.
  16. Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: a substance not authorised in the EU in confectionery from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8694, validated 1 October 2026.
  17. Information for follow up notified by Germany: fraud or adulteration for confectionery from Czechia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8626, validated 29 September 2026.
  18. Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in jelly sweets from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8545, validated 25 September 2026.
  19. Information for follow up notified by Hungary: foreign bodies in chocolate from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8315, validated 18 September 2026.
  20. Information for follow up notified by Estonia: foreign bodies in sweets from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7960, validated 18 September 2026.
  21. Information for attention notified by Ireland: titanium dioxide (E 171) in confectionery from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8261, validated 17 September 2026.
  22. Information for attention notified by Austria: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in confectionery from the United States, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8218, validated 16 September 2026.
  23. Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sweet bakery products from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8117, validated 14 September 2026.
  24. Information for attention notified by Slovenia: undeclared milk in confectionery from Bosnia and Herzegovina, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8094, validated 14 September 2026.
  25. Alert notified by Germany: chlorpyrifos in confectionery from Bulgaria, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7981, validated 9 September 2026.

Origins with their own page for confectionery: Netherlands (77), Czechia (68), Türkiye (61), China (60), Ukraine (47), United States (41), Taiwan (38), Russia (23), Germany (23), France (22), Poland (22), Italy (18), United Kingdom (18), Syria (16), Spain (16).

The numbers

Notifications per year, confectionery
YearNotifications
202083
202159
202265
2023130
2024132
2025190
2026 (to 8 Nov 2026)127
By type of notification
TypeNotificationsShare
Border rejection11415%
Alert32441%
Information for follow up20626%
Information for attention14218%
By risk decision
Risk decisionNotificationsShare
Serious35345%
Potentially serious12216%
Potential risk15720%
Not serious11415%
Undecided365%
No risk4under 1%
Products named most often
ProductNotifications
Jelly sweets168
Sweets127
Chocolate79
Sweet bakery products51
Nougat or halva31
Lollipops21
Chewing gum11
Liquorice2
Countries of origin named most often
OriginNotificationsShare
Netherlands7710%
Czechia689%
Türkiye618%
China608%
Ukraine476%
United States415%
Taiwan385%
Origin not given253%
Germany233%
Russia233%
France223%
Poland223%
What was found most often
FindingNotificationsShare
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)9412%
An unauthorised additive8311%
Titanium dioxide (E 171)7510%
Cannabidiol (CBD)719%
Foreign bodies506%
Unauthorised colours506%
Trans fat above the legal limit405%
A risk of choking or injury395%
Other finding375%
Salmonella365%
Labelling faults314%
Unauthorised novel food314%
Countries that notified most often
Notifying countryNotificationsShare
Germany18223%
Spain598%
Sweden496%
Lithuania456%
France395%
Netherlands385%
Ireland324%
Latvia304%

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