Reports on non-compliance with EU food law and agri-food fraud: June 2026
- Feed safety
- Food safety
- Labelling
- Food safety controls
- Official controls
Summary
The European Commission publishes monthly overviews of foods that are not compliant with European Union (EU) food law. The June 2026 report includes notifications concerning the following 21 AGRINFO partner countries: Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Syria, 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: June 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 June 2026 report includes notifications concerning the following 21 AGRINFO partner countries: Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Syria, 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
Almonds (sugar coated), baby food, biscuits, black pepper, Boswellia serrata extract powder, cane sugar, canned peaches, cheesecakes, chocolate, chocolate candies, dates, dried fruits, dressing (lemon), dumplings, fish crumbs, fish gelatin, food supplements, garlic pickled in oil, herbal honey paste, herbal infusions, honey, jaggery palm (Caryota urens), kitchenware, matcha powder, noodles, palm oil, pangasius fillets (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), pasta, protein bars, rice (organic, basmati), Saponaria officinalis root extract, sauces, shrimps (Penaeus vannamei), spreadable fat, surimi preparation, sweets, tea, turmeric powder
Latest notifications
The June 2026 report includes notifications involving the following 21 AGRINFO partner countries:
Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Syria, 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 June 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 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing entry into the EU of certain goods from third countries
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
Sources
European Commission: June 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Tables & Figures
Table 1: Product and record tampering
| Country | Products | Issue | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Cheesecakes | Misdeclared sugar content | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| Fish (crumbs) | Pollachius pollachius instead of Gadus macrocephalus | Adulteration (species substitution) | |
| Food preparation based on crab-flavoured surimi (frozen) | Sardinella spp. instead of Nemipterus virgatus | ||
| Food supplements | Ethylene oxide | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Food supplements | Misleading origin (“Made in the EU”) | Product-related dates, records, and information | |
| Honey | Pollen deficiency, atypical sensory characteristics (caramel-like aroma) | Adulteration (dilution) | |
| Peaches (canned) | Erythorbic acid (E 315) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Surimi (frozen) | Polyphosphates (E 452) | Not compliant with EU MLs | |
| Sweets | Agar (E 406), carrageenan (E 407), pectins (E 440) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Carmin (E 120) | Not compliant with EU MLs | ||
| Konjac (E 425) | Unapproved enhancement | ||
| Ecuador | Shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) (frozen) | Sulfur dioxide (E220) | Not compliant with EU MLs |
| Ghana | Palm oil | Sudan 4 | Unapproved enhancement |
| Guatemala | Cane sugar | Sulfite ammonia caramel (E 150d) | Unapproved enhancement |
| India | Black pepper | Ethylene oxide | Unapproved enhancement |
| Boswellia serrata extract powder | |||
| Rice (organic, basmati) | |||
| Sauces | |||
| Jordan | Dates | Not specified | Nutrition and health claims |
| Lebanon | Turmeric powder | Misdeclared net weight | Quantity (net, gross, weight, volume) |
| Pakistan | Garlic (pickled in oil) | Misdeclared salt content and sugar content | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| Rice (organic) | Ethylene oxide | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Sri Lanka | Noodles | Tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (E 319) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Syria | Almonds (sugar coated) | Erythrosine (E 127) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Türkiye | Dressing (lemon) | Glycerol esters of wood rosin (E 445) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Spreadable fat | Misdeclared fat content and water content, advertised “as butter”, traceability defects | Adulteration (substitution) | |
| Sweets | Misleading picturing (pistachio, carrots), ingredient order inconsistent with real composition | Product-related dates, records, and information | |
| Ukraine | Protein bars | Genetically modified organism (GMO) (undeclared) | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| Viet Nam | Fruits (dried) | Sulfites (E 200–228) | Undeclared enhancement |
| Pangasius fillets (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) (frozen) | Water addition, misdeclared fish meat content | Adulteration (substitution) |
MLs, Maximum limits.
Source: based on June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | Food products (various) | Illegal import, traceability defects (absence of labelling) | Smuggling |
| China | Dumplings | Pork, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Fish gelatin | Illegal import | ||
| Kitchenware | Improper declaration of conformity | Other (implicit claim violations) | |
| Matcha powder | Attempt to illegally import | Smuggling | |
| Pasta | Illegal import | ||
| Sweets | Milk ingredient, illegal import | ||
| Egypt | Biscuits | Illegal import | Smuggling |
| Honduras | Food products (various) | Illegal import | Smuggling |
| India | Chocolate candies | Milk ingredient, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Food supplements (e-marketed) | Calcined iron oxide | Not authorised in EU | |
| Mucuna pruriens | |||
| Food supplements | Attempt to illegally import | Smuggling | |
| Illegal import | |||
| Malaysia | Food supplements | Sildenafil | Not authorised in EU |
| Nigeria | Food products (various) | Illegal import, traceability defects (absence of labelling) | Smuggling |
| Pakistan | Tea | Milk ingredient, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Paraguay | Herbal infusions | Chenopodium ambrosioides, Baccharis trimera | Not authorised in EU |
| Peru | Food products | Attempt to illegally import | Smuggling |
| Sri Lanka | Biscuits | Illegal import | Smuggling |
| Jaggery palm (Caryota urens) | Unauthorised novel food | Not authorised in EU | |
| Syria | Herbal honey paste | Sildenafil, tadalafil | Not authorised in EU |
| Thailand | Food supplements (e-marketed) | Paracetamol, dexamethasone | Not authorised in EU |
| Türkiye | Baby food | Milk ingredient, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Chocolate | Sildenafil | Not authorised in EU | |
| Chocolate (e-marketed) | |||
| Food supplements | Sildenafil, tadalafil | ||
| Herbal paste | Sildenafil | ||
| Saponaria officinalis root extract | Not specified (product allowed to travel to destination under customs seals) | ||
| Sauces | Milk and egg ingredients, illegal import |
FCM: Food contact material.
MLs, Maximum limits.
Source: based on June 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: June 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 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. Those non-compliances are not confirmed fraud cases, but they contribute to alerting and triggering investigations by competent authorities of EU Member States.
The June 2026 report includes notifications involving the following 21 AGRINFO partner countries: Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Syria, 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 June 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 | Cheesecakes | Misdeclared sugar content | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| Fish (crumbs) | Pollachius pollachius instead of Gadus macrocephalus | Adulteration (species substitution) | |
| Food preparation based on crab-flavoured surimi (frozen) | Sardinella spp. instead of Nemipterus virgatus | ||
| Food supplements | Ethylene oxide | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Food supplements | Misleading origin (“Made in the EU”) | Product-related dates, records, and information | |
| Honey | Pollen deficiency, atypical sensory characteristics (caramel-like aroma) | Adulteration (dilution) | |
| Peaches (canned) | Erythorbic acid (E 315) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Surimi (frozen) | Polyphosphates (E 452) | Not compliant with EU MLs | |
| Sweets | Agar (E 406), carrageenan (E 407), pectins (E 440) | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Carmin (E 120) | Not compliant with EU MLs | ||
| Konjac (E 425) | Unapproved enhancement | ||
| Ecuador | Shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) (frozen) | Sulfur dioxide (E220) | Not compliant with EU MLs |
| Ghana | Palm oil | Sudan 4 | Unapproved enhancement |
| Guatemala | Cane sugar | Sulfite ammonia caramel (E 150d) | Unapproved enhancement |
| India | Black pepper | Ethylene oxide | Unapproved enhancement |
| Boswellia serrata extract powder | |||
| Rice (organic, basmati) | |||
| Sauces | |||
| Jordan | Dates | Not specified | Nutrition and health claims |
| Lebanon | Turmeric powder | Misdeclared net weight | Quantity (net, gross, weight, volume) |
| Pakistan | Garlic (pickled in oil) | Misdeclared salt content and sugar content | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| Rice (organic) | Ethylene oxide | Unapproved enhancement | |
| Sri Lanka | Noodles | Tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (E 319) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Syria | Almonds (sugar coated) | Erythrosine (E 127) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Türkiye | Dressing (lemon) | Glycerol esters of wood rosin (E 445) | Unapproved enhancement |
| Spreadable fat | Misdeclared fat content and water content, advertised “as butter”, traceability defects | Adulteration (substitution) | |
| Sweets | Misleading picturing (pistachio, carrots), ingredient order inconsistent with real composition | Product-related dates, records, and information | |
| Ukraine | Protein bars | Genetically modified organism (GMO) (undeclared) | Product-related dates, records, and information |
| Viet Nam | Fruits (dried) | Sulfites (E 200–228) | Undeclared enhancement |
| Pangasius fillets (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) (frozen) | Water addition, misdeclared fish meat content | Adulteration (substitution) |
MLs, Maximum limits.
Source: based on June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | Food products (various) | Illegal import, traceability defects (absence of labelling) | Smuggling |
| China | Dumplings | Pork, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Fish gelatin | Illegal import | ||
| Kitchenware | Improper declaration of conformity | Other (implicit claim violations) | |
| Matcha powder | Attempt to illegally import | Smuggling | |
| Pasta | Illegal import | ||
| Sweets | Milk ingredient, illegal import | ||
| Egypt | Biscuits | Illegal import | Smuggling |
| Honduras | Food products (various) | Illegal import | Smuggling |
| India | Chocolate candies | Milk ingredient, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Food supplements (e-marketed) | Calcined iron oxide | Not authorised in EU | |
| Mucuna pruriens | |||
| Food supplements | Attempt to illegally import | Smuggling | |
| Illegal import | |||
| Malaysia | Food supplements | Sildenafil | Not authorised in EU |
| Nigeria | Food products (various) | Illegal import, traceability defects (absence of labelling) | Smuggling |
| Pakistan | Tea | Milk ingredient, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Paraguay | Herbal infusions | Chenopodium ambrosioides, Baccharis trimera | Not authorised in EU |
| Peru | Food products | Attempt to illegally import | Smuggling |
| Sri Lanka | Biscuits | Illegal import | Smuggling |
| Jaggery palm (Caryota urens) | Unauthorised novel food | Not authorised in EU | |
| Syria | Herbal honey paste | Sildenafil, tadalafil | Not authorised in EU |
| Thailand | Food supplements (e-marketed) | Paracetamol, dexamethasone | Not authorised in EU |
| Türkiye | Baby food | Milk ingredient, illegal import | Smuggling |
| Chocolate | Sildenafil | Not authorised in EU | |
| Chocolate (e-marketed) | |||
| Food supplements | Sildenafil, tadalafil | ||
| Herbal paste | Sildenafil | ||
| Saponaria officinalis root extract | Not specified (product allowed to travel to destination under customs seals) | ||
| Sauces | Milk and egg ingredients, illegal import |
FCM: Food contact material.
MLs, Maximum limits.
Source: based on June 2026 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions
Disclaimer: Under no circumstances shall COLEAD be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of information available on this website or any link to external sites. The use of the website is at the user’s sole risk and responsibility. This information platform was created and maintained with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents do not, however, reflect the views of the European Union.