{"topic_id":"RASFF_petfood_year_by_year","category":"rasff","context":"---\ntopic_id: RASFF_petfood_year_by_year\ncategory: rasff\ntitle: RASFF pet food notifications by year 2019–2026 (peaks 2024 at 46, Salmonella 2023 at 21)\nlang: en\nsource: rasff-petfood-20260719.json\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-19\ntokens_estimated: 400\nsource_document: \"EU RASFF notification — Reg 2019/626\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"rasff-petfood-20260719\"\n  title: \"RASFF pet food notifications by year 2019–2026 (peaks 2024 at 46, Salmonella 2023 at 21)\"\n  url: \"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0626\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-19\"\n  ref: \"Reg 2019/626\"\n  doc_type: \"official source\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:eu-law\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\nPet food notifications in RASFF by calendar year (year extracted from\n`ecValidationDate`, format DD-MM-YYYY):\n\n- 2019: **5**\n- 2020: **27**\n- 2021: **31**\n- 2022: **45**\n- 2023: **36**\n- 2024: **46** ← peak\n- 2025: **40**\n- 2026: **25** (year-to-date, partial coverage through 2026-07)\n\nThe 2024 peak of 46 reflects increased post-COVID surveillance plus\nexpanded categories tracked by RASFF. The 2020 jump from 5 → 27\ncoincides with the pet adoption surge and EU regulatory tightening of\nmicrobiological criteria under Reg 2019/626. The 2026 partial count (25\nthrough July) projects to ~40–45 if the second half matches typical\nyearly patterns.\n\nSalmonella burden by year (subject-substring match \"salmonella\"):\n2019=3, 2020=10, 2021=13, 2022=16, **2023=21** ← Salmonella peak,\n2024=16, 2025=16, 2026=4. Salmonella's 2023 share (21/36=58.3%) is the\nhighest single-year rate, mostly driven by raw pet food and dog chew\ncontamination. Border rejection years: 2020=6, 2021=8, **2022=13**\n(peak), 2023=4, 2024=6, 2025=6, 2026=3.\n\nSource: `rasff-petfood-20260719.json` → year extracted from\n`ecValidationDate` (DD-MM-YYYY) substring index [6:10].\n","sources":["rasff-petfood-20260719 — RASFF pet food notifications by year 2019–2026 (peaks 2024 at 46, Salmonella 2023 at 21) (retrieved 2026-07-19)"],"source":{"authority":"rasff-petfood-20260719","title":"RASFF pet food notifications by year 2019–2026 (peaks 2024 at 46, Salmonella 2023 at 21)","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0626","retrieved":"2026-07-19","ref":"Reg 2019/626","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"EU RASFF notification — Reg 2019/626","verification_file":"rasff-petfood-20260719.json"},"source_document":"EU RASFF notification — Reg 2019/626","source_file":"rasff-petfood-20260719.json","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":400,"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."}