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Raw pet food (BARF-style) notifications in RASFF 2019–2026 (35 records, 13.7%)

RASFF_petfood_raw_BARF_recalls

rasff 430 tok en 2026-07-19

Subject substring matching on "raw" (catching both "raw petfood" and "raw pet food") identifies 35 of 255 records (13.7%) as raw pet food / BARF-style product notifications across 2019–2026. The dominant hazard is Salmonella at 24 of 35 (68.6%) — far above the dataset overall rate of 38.8% — confirming regulatory expectation that raw meat pet food is the highest-risk product category microbiologically.

Notification volume is concentrated in one issuer country: Belgium (BE) issues 21 of 35 (60.0%), followed by Croatia (HR) 6 and Slovenia (SI) 3 — small set of countries that actively inspect BARF imports. By classification, raw pet food is overwhelmingly handled as information notification for follow-up at 26 of 35 (74.3%) rather than as alerts (8 records) or attention (1 record).

Top origins: Netherlands (NL) 17, Germany (DE) 4, Great Britain (GB) 3, Belgium (BE) 2, France (FR) 2, China (CN) 2. The overrepresentation of NL origin reflects the dense cross-border EU pet food trade and Dutch exporters' large raw pet food shipments. Risk-wise, most raw pet food notifications are "not serious" but Salmonella prevalence justifies formal follow-up under Reg 2017/625.

Source: rasff-petfood-20260719.json → filter subject contains "raw" (case-insensitive), 35 hits.

Sources

  • rasff-petfood-20260719.json