Reports on non-compliance with EU food law and agri-food fraud: August 2026
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Summary
The European Commission publishes monthly overviews of foods that are not compliant with European Union (EU) food law. The August 2026 report includes notifications concerning the following 12 AGRINFO partner countries: China, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Iran, Moldova, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Viet Nam.
These monthly overviews highlight ongoing and emerging risks of non-compliance that help agri-food exporters and competent authorities in non-EU countries to identify, monitor, and address risks that may affect trade. These non-compliances are not confirmed fraud cases, but they contribute to alerting and triggering investigations by competent authorities of EU Member States.
Latest EU overview of food found not to comply with EU law
European Commission: August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Update
The European Commission publishes monthly overviews of foods that are not compliant with European Union (EU) food law. The August 2026 report includes notifications concerning the following 12 AGRINFO partner countries: China, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Iran, Moldova, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Viet Nam.
These monthly overviews highlight ongoing and emerging risks of non-compliance that help agri-food exporters and competent authorities in non-EU countries to identify, monitor, and address risks that may affect trade. These non-compliances are not confirmed fraud cases, but they contribute to alerting and triggering investigations by competent authorities of EU Member States.
Impacted Products
Anchovy fillets with stuffed olives in brine, bakery products, blueberries, chicken meat, cocoa powder (organic), coconut (flakes), composite products, crab preparation, fish oil, food supplements, herbal drink, hot pepper (ground), macadamia nuts (coffee-flavoured), meat products (unspecified), pangasius fillets (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), pistachio kernels, sesame seeds, shrimps (Litopenaeus vannamei), snacks, soft drinks, sweets, tomatoes (sun-dried), tuna, wine, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Latest notifications
The August 2026 report includes notifications involving the following 12 AGRINFO partner countries: China, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Iran, Moldova, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Viet Nam.
These notifications concern:
- product and record tampering (Table 1)
- unauthorised foods, ingredients and origins, and residues not compliant with maximum residue levels (MRLs) (Table 2).
This report should be read in conjunction with RASFF notifications in August 2026. RASFF notifications that relate purely to consumer risk with no suspicion of fraud are not included in this report.
Timeline
These reports are issued every month.
Recommended Actions
Competent authorities in countries that are included in these monthly overviews should pay attention to any non-compliances identified in the reports. It is particularly important that the producers/export companies concerned are informed as soon as possible so that they can take action and prevent a recurrence. These incidents also potentially indicate a more widespread problem that may require a coordinated response by the food sector in the country concerned.
Background
These monthly reports compile information notified to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Network (RASFF), Administrative Assistance and Cooperation Network (AAC), and Agri-Food Fraud Network (FFN). The reports also include non-compliances with EU rules that do not present a risk but have triggered investigations by the competent authorities of individual importing EU Member States.
Resources
European Commission:
Regulation 2019/1873 on the procedures at border control posts for a coordinated performance by competent authorities of intensified official controls on products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and composite products
Regulation 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing entry into the EU of certain goods from third countries
Sources
European Commission: August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Tables & Figures
Table 1: Product and record tampering
| Country | Products | Issue | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA | Hot pepper (ground) | Chlorate | Unapproved enhancement |
| Sweets | Konjac powder | Unapproved enhancement | |
| ECUADOR | Shrimps (Litopenaeus vannamei) (frozen) | Sulfur dioxide (E 220) | Not compliant with EU MLs |
| GEORGIA | Wine | 3-methoxy-1,2-propandiol (3-MPD) | Unapproved enhancement |
| INDIA | Food supplements | Titanium dioxide (E 171) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Sesame seeds | 2-chloroethanol | Unapproved enhancement | |
| MOROCCO | Anchovy fillets with stuffed olives in brine (chilled) | Potassium metabisulfite (E 224) | Unapproved enhancement |
| THAILAND | Crab preparation | Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) (MON 87427, MON 810) (>0.9%) | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| TÜRKIYE | Tomatoes (sun-dried, diced) | Chlorate | Unapproved enhancement |
| VIET NAM | Coconut (flakes) | Sulfur dioxide (E 220) | Not compliant with EU MLs |
| Pangasius fillets (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) (frozen) | Irradiation (undeclared) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Tuna (frozen) | Carbon monoxide (undeclared) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) (frozen) | Nitrites (E 249–E 250) | Unapproved enhancement |
Source: based on August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Table 2: Unauthorised foods, ingredients, origins, and residues not compliant with maximum residue levels
| Country | Products | Issue | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Bakery products | Attempt to import illegally | Smuggling |
| Food products | Meat ingredients, illegal import | Smuggling | |
| Food supplements | Coriolus versicolor | Not authorised in EU | |
| Food supplements | Isatis tinctoria (root) (e-marketed) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Herbal drink | Lonicera japonica, Platostoma pallustre | Not authorised in EU | |
| Macadamia nuts (coffee-flavored) | Milk ingredient, attempt to import illegally | Smuggling | |
| Snacks | Genetically modified organism (GMO) (p35S) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Snacks | GMO (tNOS) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Soft drinks | Platostoma palustre, Lonicera japonica | Not authorised in EU | |
| India | Food supplements | Aloe-emodin, emodin | Not authorised in EU |
| Food supplements | Evodiamine, hordenine, yohimbine, yohimbine hydrochloride, yohimbe bark, Mucuna pruriens (e-marketed) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Snacks | Dairy ingredients, attempt to import illegally | Smuggling | |
| Iran | Food products | Meat, egg, and dairy ingredients, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Moldova | Food products | Attempt to import illegally, transport temperature | Smuggling |
| Peru | Cacao powder (organic) | Chlorpyrifos | Residue of pesticide(s) not approved for use in the EU |
| Türkiye | Composite products | Milk ingredients, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Fish oil | Unsuitable means of transport for bulk products | Others (implicit claim violations) | |
| Pistachio kernels | Illegal import | Smuggling | |
| Sweets | Senna alexandrina | Not authorised in EU | |
| Ukraine | Blueberries | Health certificate signed by a person other than the certifying official | Others (implicit claim violations) |
| Blueberries (frozen) | Health certificate signed by a person not authorised to act as the certifying official | Others (implicit claim violations) | |
| Chicken meat | Traceability defects (false destination) | Smuggling | |
| Food supplements | Aloin, aloe-emodin, emodin | Not authorised in EU |
Source: based on August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
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Latest EU overview of food found not to comply with EU law
European Commission: August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Latest notifications
The European Commission publishes monthly overviews of foods that do not comply with European Union (EU) food law, including potentially fraudulent practices that are identified and reported by EU Member State authorities.
The August 2026 report includes notifications involving the following 12 AGRINFO partner countries: China, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Iran, Moldova, Morocco, Peru, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Viet Nam.
These notifications concern:
- product and record tampering (Table 1)
- unauthorised foods, ingredients and origins, and residues not compliant with maximum residue levels (MRLs) (Table 2).
The European Commission compiles these overviews of non-compliance based on information from the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Network (RASFF), Administrative Assistance and Cooperation Network (AAC), and Agri-Food Fraud Network (FFN). These monthly overviews help agri-food exporters and competent authorities in non-EU countries to monitor and address risks that may affect trade. The reports also include non-compliances with EU rules that do not present a risk but have triggered investigations by the competent authorities of individual importing EU Member States.
This report should be read in conjunction with RASFF notifications in August 2026. RASFF notifications that relate purely to consumer risk with no suspicion of fraud are not included in this report.
Actions
Competent authorities in countries that are included in these monthly overviews should pay attention to any non-compliances identified in the reports. It is particularly important that the producers/export companies concerned are informed as soon as possible so that they can take action and prevent a recurrence. These incidents also potentially indicate a more widespread problem that may require a coordinated response by the food sector in the country concerned.
Timeline
These reports are issued every month.
Tables & Figures
Table 1: Product and record tampering
| Country | Products | Issue | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA | Hot pepper (ground) | Chlorate | Unapproved enhancement |
| Sweets | Konjac powder | Unapproved enhancement | |
| ECUADOR | Shrimps (Litopenaeus vannamei) (frozen) | Sulfur dioxide (E 220) | Not compliant with EU MLs |
| GEORGIA | Wine | 3-methoxy-1,2-propandiol (3-MPD) | Unapproved enhancement |
| INDIA | Food supplements | Titanium dioxide (E 171) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Sesame seeds | 2-chloroethanol | Unapproved enhancement | |
| MOROCCO | Anchovy fillets with stuffed olives in brine (chilled) | Potassium metabisulfite (E 224) | Unapproved enhancement |
| THAILAND | Crab preparation | Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) (MON 87427, MON 810) (>0.9%) | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| TÜRKIYE | Tomatoes (sun-dried, diced) | Chlorate | Unapproved enhancement |
| VIET NAM | Coconut (flakes) | Sulfur dioxide (E 220) | Not compliant with EU MLs |
| Pangasius fillets (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) (frozen) | Irradiation (undeclared) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Tuna (frozen) | Carbon monoxide (undeclared) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) (frozen) | Nitrites (E 249–E 250) | Unapproved enhancement |
Source: based on August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Table 2: Unauthorised foods, ingredients, origins, and residues not compliant with maximum residue levels
| Country | Products | Issue | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Bakery products | Attempt to import illegally | Smuggling |
| Food products | Meat ingredients, illegal import | Smuggling | |
| Food supplements | Coriolus versicolor | Not authorised in EU | |
| Food supplements | Isatis tinctoria (root) (e-marketed) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Herbal drink | Lonicera japonica, Platostoma pallustre | Not authorised in EU | |
| Macadamia nuts (coffee-flavored) | Milk ingredient, attempt to import illegally | Smuggling | |
| Snacks | Genetically modified organism (GMO) (p35S) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Snacks | GMO (tNOS) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Soft drinks | Platostoma palustre, Lonicera japonica | Not authorised in EU | |
| India | Food supplements | Aloe-emodin, emodin | Not authorised in EU |
| Food supplements | Evodiamine, hordenine, yohimbine, yohimbine hydrochloride, yohimbe bark, Mucuna pruriens (e-marketed) | Not authorised in EU | |
| Snacks | Dairy ingredients, attempt to import illegally | Smuggling | |
| Iran | Food products | Meat, egg, and dairy ingredients, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Moldova | Food products | Attempt to import illegally, transport temperature | Smuggling |
| Peru | Cacao powder (organic) | Chlorpyrifos | Residue of pesticide(s) not approved for use in the EU |
| Türkiye | Composite products | Milk ingredients, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Fish oil | Unsuitable means of transport for bulk products | Others (implicit claim violations) | |
| Pistachio kernels | Illegal import | Smuggling | |
| Sweets | Senna alexandrina | Not authorised in EU | |
| Ukraine | Blueberries | Health certificate signed by a person other than the certifying official | Others (implicit claim violations) |
| Blueberries (frozen) | Health certificate signed by a person not authorised to act as the certifying official | Others (implicit claim violations) | |
| Chicken meat | Traceability defects (false destination) | Smuggling | |
| Food supplements | Aloin, aloe-emodin, emodin | Not authorised in EU |
Source: based on August 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
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