RASFF pet-food notifications — 2025 full year vs 2026 year-to-date
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) publishes pet-food and feed notifications. This article cross-tabs the two most recent slices in the in-repo dataset: 2025 (full calendar year, n=40) and 2026 year-to-date (n=27, EC validation dates January–July 2026). The source is the first-hand RASFF consolidated-search backend (productCategory = pet food id 18429, productType = feed id 282). All figures are derived counts over those records, not verbatim quotes.
By notification type
| Type | 2025 (n=40) | 2026 YTD (n=27) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information notification for follow-up | 23 | 19 |
| Alert notification | 8 | 3 |
| Border rejection notification | 6 | 3 |
| Information notification for attention | 3 | 2 |
Follow-up notifications dominate both years (57.5% of 2025, 70.4% of 2026 YTD). Alerts fall from 8 to 3 — but 2026 YTD is a partial year, so the alert rate (3/27 = 11.1%) stays within the 2025 range (8/40 = 20.0%).
By origin country (top movers)
The Netherlands leads 2025 (8) but drops to 3 in 2026 YTD; Germany is the only top-tier origin present in both years (6 each); Italy (0 → 3) and Belgium (0 → 2) newly enter the top ranks. China sits at 5 then 3; Thailand holds steady at 2 then 2.
By hazard category
Salmonella's share collapses from 16/40 (40.0%) in 2025 to 4/27 (14.8%) in 2026 YTD — the single largest shift. Physical hazards hold roughly steady, but plastic rises to lead the physical group (3 in 2026 YTD vs 2 in 2025). "Unclassified" grows to 17/27 (63.0%) in 2026 YTD, reflecting more subjects without a discrete hazard descriptor early in the year.
By notifying country
Belgium remains the top issuer in both years (12 then 6), but the 2026 YTD concentration shifts toward the Netherlands (3 → 7) and Italy (2 → 5). Denmark (4 → 0) and Austria (2 → 0) drop out of the top ranks.
Caveat
2026 YTD is a partial year (through July 2026) and its counts are not annualized; year-over-year comparisons are directional, not rate-equivalent. Full-year 2026 data will revise these slices.
Sources
rasff_petfood_2025_2026_ytd— derived_from_dataset cross-tab of EU RASFF pet-food notifications: 2025 (n=40) vs 2026 YTD (n=27) by notification type, origin country, hazard category, and notifying country, with the partial-year caveat.