395 notifications on soups, sauces and condiments since 1 January 2020, 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 64 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 60 in the 365 days before, up 7%. 19% were border rejections, against 30% across all products, and 47% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Italy (43), the Netherlands (42) and China (26). The findings reported most often were foreign bodies (46), missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (34) and ethylene oxide (25). The products named most often were sauces (112), soups and stock (44), pastes (25) 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 soups, sauces and condiments
The newest 25 of 395, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by France: a finding outside our word list in sauces from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9555, validated 27 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: ethylene oxide in chutneys and hot sauces from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9424, validated 22 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: foreign bodies in pesto from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9383, validated 21 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for sauces from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9285, validated 19 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: illegal import or unapproved establishment for a sauce or condiment from Peru, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9240, validated 17 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: foreign bodies in sauces of unknown origin, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9232, validated 16 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in a sauce or condiment from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8989, validated 9 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Denmark: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in ketchup from Denmark, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8829, validated 6 October 2026.
- Alert notified by France: aluminium in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8760, validated 2 October 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared gluten and undeclared soy in a sauce or condiment from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8470, validated 24 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in soups and stock from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7538, validated 26 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: undeclared celery in soups and stock of unknown origin, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6895, validated 14 August 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: foreign bodies in pesto from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7194, validated 13 August 2026.
- Alert notified by France: flonicamid in a sauce or condiment from France, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7051, validated 7 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: an unauthorised additive and unauthorised novel food in a sauce or condiment from Japan, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6947, validated 5 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: labelling faults for salt from Belarus, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6525, validated 23 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: microbial contamination or high bacterial counts in sauces from the Netherlands, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6373, validated 17 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovakia: undeclared lupin in soy sauce from Czechia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6379, validated 17 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: sulphites above the permitted level in chutneys and hot sauces from Colombia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6391, validated 17 July 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared tree nuts in a sauce or condiment from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6363, validated 16 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in pastes from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6321, validated 16 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: labelling faults for salt from Uzbekistan, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5870, validated 9 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: foreign bodies in pastes from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6061, validated 8 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovakia: undeclared peanut in sauces from the United States, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6020, validated 7 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: undeclared tree nuts in pesto from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5871, validated 2 July 2026.
Origins with their own page for soups, sauces and condiments: Italy (43), Netherlands (42), China (26), Belgium (25), United Kingdom (24), France (24), India (20), Germany (19).
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 |
| 2021 | 48 |
| 2022 | 45 |
| 2023 | 63 |
| 2024 | 80 |
| 2025 | 59 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 54 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 74 | 19% |
| Alert | 167 | 42% |
| Information for follow up | 110 | 28% |
| Information for attention | 44 | 11% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 187 | 47% |
| Potentially serious | 36 | 9% |
| Potential risk | 37 | 9% |
| Not serious | 105 | 27% |
| Undecided | 25 | 6% |
| No risk | 5 | 1% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Sauces | 112 |
| Soups and stock | 44 |
| Pastes | 25 |
| Pesto | 25 |
| Chutneys and hot sauces | 23 |
| Mayonnaise | 16 |
| Ketchup | 12 |
| Mustard | 12 |
| Dressings | 10 |
| Soy sauce | 9 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 43 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 42 | 11% |
| China | 26 | 7% |
| Belgium | 25 | 6% |
| France | 24 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 24 | 6% |
| India | 20 | 5% |
| Germany | 19 | 5% |
| United States | 14 | 4% |
| Türkiye | 12 | 3% |
| Vietnam | 12 | 3% |
| Spain | 11 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 46 | 12% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 34 | 9% |
| Ethylene oxide | 25 | 6% |
| Undeclared mustard | 23 | 6% |
| Other finding | 19 | 5% |
| An undeclared allergen | 17 | 4% |
| Migration from a food contact material | 14 | 4% |
| Preservatives (benzoic or sorbic acid) | 14 | 4% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 13 | 3% |
| Labelling faults | 12 | 3% |
| Undeclared milk | 12 | 3% |
| Undeclared sulphites | 10 | 3% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 86 | 22% |
| Italy | 43 | 11% |
| Belgium | 35 | 9% |
| Spain | 32 | 8% |
| Germany | 30 | 8% |
| France | 27 | 7% |
| Ireland | 19 | 5% |
| Denmark | 16 | 4% |
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