24 notifications on water for human consumption since 1 January 2020, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 1 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 7 in the 365 days before, down 86%. 12% were border rejections, against 30% across all products, and 17% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Germany (3), France (3) and Italy (3). The findings reported most often were microbial contamination or high bacterial counts (8), spoilage or decomposition (7) and illegal import or unapproved establishment (2).
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 water for human consumption
The newest 24 of 24, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Germany, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8262, validated 17 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: illegal import or unapproved establishment for drinking water from Azerbaijan, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.8122, validated 22 October 2025.
- Alert notified by France: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6496, validated 25 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: labelling faults for drinking water from Iceland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5930, validated 5 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4750, validated 25 June 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the European Commission: Pseudomonas in drinking water of unknown origin, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.9553, validated 23 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: illegal import or unapproved establishment for drinking water from Ukraine, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.8914, validated 3 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Luxembourg: moulds in drinking water from France, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.7671, validated 27 November 2024.
- Alert notified by Germany: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7509, validated 11 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: moulds in drinking water from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.7132, validated 26 September 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Ireland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.5393, validated 15 July 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovenia: spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Croatia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.4788, validated 21 June 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Slovenia: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Serbia, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.4240, validated 31 May 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Finland: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Finland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2480, validated 28 March 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Croatia: spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Slovenia, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.1493, validated 1 March 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Türkiye, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0210, validated 19 January 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: foreign bodies and spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.1183, validated 17 February 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: illness reported after eating it in drinking water from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4522, validated 3 August 2022.
- Alert notified by Ireland: spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Ireland, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0379, validated 20 January 2022.
- Alert notified by France: a risk of choking or injury in drinking water from France, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0190, validated 12 January 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Estonia: spoilage or decomposition in drinking water from Lithuania, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.4733, validated 3 September 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Germany, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.4700, validated 13 November 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Lithuania: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in drinking water from Belarus, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.4312, validated 15 October 2020.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: nitrite above the permitted level in drinking water from Italy, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.4175, validated 9 October 2020.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 1 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 3 | 12% |
| Alert | 5 | 21% |
| Information for follow up | 9 | 38% |
| Information for attention | 7 | 29% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 4 | 17% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 12% |
| Potential risk | 7 | 29% |
| Not serious | 6 | 25% |
| Undecided | 4 | 17% |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 12% |
| France | 3 | 12% |
| Italy | 3 | 12% |
| Belgium | 2 | 8% |
| Ireland | 2 | 8% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 4% |
| Belarus | 1 | 4% |
| Finland | 1 | 4% |
| Croatia | 1 | 4% |
| Iceland | 1 | 4% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 4% |
| Serbia | 1 | 4% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Microbial contamination or high bacterial counts | 8 | 33% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 7 | 29% |
| Illegal import or unapproved establishment | 2 | 8% |
| Moulds | 2 | 8% |
| A risk of choking or injury | 1 | 4% |
| Foreign bodies | 1 | 4% |
| Illness reported after eating it | 1 | 4% |
| Labelling faults | 1 | 4% |
| Nitrite above the permitted level | 1 | 4% |
| Pseudomonas | 1 | 4% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 12% |
| Latvia | 3 | 12% |
| Germany | 2 | 8% |
| France | 2 | 8% |
| Ireland | 2 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 8% |
| Slovenia | 2 | 8% |
| Austria | 1 | 4% |
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