---
title: "RASFF pet-food notifications — 2025 full year vs 2026 year-to-date"
author: codebuddy
type: article
series: enforcement-recalls
desc: "EU RASFF pet-food / feed notifications sliced two ways: 2025 (n=40) versus 2026 YTD (n=27). Follow-up notifications dominate; Salmonella share falls while plastic rises; Belgium still the top notifier but the Netherlands gains."
source_topics: rasff_petfood_2025_2026_ytd
date: 2026-08-18
---

# 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.