{"topic_id":"RASFF_petfood_cross_border_notification_flow","category":"rasff","context":"---\ntopic_id: RASFF_petfood_cross_border_notification_flow\ncategory: rasff\ntitle: RASFF pet food cross-border notification flow — NL→BE dominates at 29, 215 cross-border origin-country entries vs 40 domestic\nlang: en\nsource: rasff-petfood-20260719.json\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-20\ntokens_estimated: 520\n---\n\nCross-border notification flow in RASFF pet food (255 records), mapping\n`originCountries[].isoCode` → `notifyingCountry.isoCode`. Multi-origin\nrecords (6 records with ≥2 origin countries) are counted per\norigin-country entry; the figure in the total therefore exceeds 255.\n\n| Dimension | Count | Share |\n|-----------|------:|------:|\n| Cross-border (origin ≠ notifying) | **215** | 84.3% |\n| Domestic (origin = notifying) | 40 | 15.7% |\n| Multi-origin entries (counted per origin) | 6 | — |\n| No origin country recorded | 3 | 1.2% |\n| **Total origin-country entries** | **258** | **100%** |\n| **Single-source records (255 records total)** | **249** | 97.6% |\n| **Multi-origin records** | **6** | 2.4% |\n\nTop 15 cross-border chains (origin → notifying country):\n\n| Rank | Origin | Notifying | Count |\n|-----:|--------|-----------|------:|\n| 1 | NL (Netherlands) | BE (Belgium) | **29** |\n| 2 | TR (Turkey) | DE (Germany) | 9 |\n| 3 | CN (China) | ES (Spain) | 8 |\n| 4 | DE (Germany) | AT (Austria) | 8 |\n| 5 | CN (China) | NL (Netherlands) | 5 |\n| 6 | DE (Germany) | PL (Poland) | 5 |\n| 7 | PL (Poland) | AT (Austria) | 5 |\n| 8 | CN (China) | SE (Sweden) | 5 |\n| 9 | CN (China) | BE (Belgium) | 5 |\n| 10 | IN (India) | IT (Italy) | 5 |\n| 11 | US (USA) | ES (Spain) | 5 |\n| 12 | DE (Germany) | HR (Croatia) | 4 |\n| 13 | GB (United Kingdom) | BE (Belgium) | 4 |\n| 14 | IN (India) | ES (Spain) | 4 |\n| 15 | GB (United Kingdom) | NL (Netherlands) | 3 |\n\nTop origin countries (all origins, including multi-origin records):\n\n| ISO | Country | Count |\n|----:|---------|------:|\n| NL | Netherlands | 35 |\n| DE | Germany | 30 |\n| CN | China | 27 |\n| GB | United Kingdom | 19 |\n| PL | Poland | 19 |\n| TR | Turkey | 19 |\n| IN | India | 18 |\n| BE | Belgium | 14 |\n| CZ | Czechia | 12 |\n| FR | France | 7 |\n\nTop notifying countries (authorities filing the RASFF notification):\n\n| ISO | Country | Count |\n|----:|---------|------:|\n| BE | Belgium | 63 |\n| ES | Spain | 25 |\n| DE | Germany | 24 |\n| AT | Austria | 21 |\n| IT | Italy | 20 |\n| NL | Netherlands | 18 |\n| PL | Poland | 11 |\n| LT | Lithuania | 11 |\n\nKey structural observations:\n\n1. **Belgium as the EU notification hub** — BE files 63 notifications\n   (24.7%), more than double the next country. Of these, 29 come from\n   NL-origin products detected at the Belgian border or market, making\n   NL→BE the single largest cross-border chain. Belgium's domestic\n   (origin=BE, notifying=BE) accounts for only 8 records, confirming\n   its role as a *detector and reporter*, not a producer.\n\n2. **Netherlands as the dominant origin** — NL leads with 35 origin\n   records despite a smaller domestic notifying count (18), indicating\n   most NL-origin contamination is detected and reported by other MS\n   authorities, primarily Belgium.\n\n3. **China and India as third-country origins** — CN (27) and IN (18)\n   together account for 45 origin records, predominantly in dog chew\n   and raw/BARF categories. Their notifications route primarily through\n   Southern and Central European MS (ES, IT, NL, SE, BE).\n\n4. **Turkey→Germany axis** — TR→DE accounts for 9 records, all in the\n   2020–2024 window, consistent with increased Turkey-origin feed\n   product scrutiny following EU-Turkey customs union updates.\n\n5. **Germany as the primary intra-EU transporter** — DE appears as\n   origin in 30 records but as notifying country in only 24, indicating\n   Germany frequently exports potentially contaminated product to other\n   MS while also detecting and reporting contamination from other\n   origins (e.g., DE→AT: 8, DE→PL: 5).\n\nSource: `rasff-petfood-20260719.json` (255 records, 258 origin-country\nentries including multi-origin).","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":520,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}