What are the most common safety problems with meat & poultry?

5884 EU alerts have been issued for this category to date. Common reasons: chemical risks, mechanical defects, choking parts, electrical issues, mislabelling.

How can I check if a meat & poultry product is recalled?

Search by brand or product name on this page, or browse the chronological list below. Newest alerts are at the top.

Where does this meat & poultry recall data come from?

Directly from EU Safety Gate, EU RASFF, EMA, and national authorities (BASG, DGCCRF, NVWA, etc.). We re-fetch continuously throughout the day.

Meat & poultry — EU Safety Watch

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Serious risk 🇫🇷 COMOROS GABON 🇳🇱 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

chloramphenicol detected in chilled chicken from the UK

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Origin: United Kingdom · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Fallos en el CSO en carne de pollo congelada de EEUU // Failures in the health certificate for frozen chicken meat from USA

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Origin: United States · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Falllos en el certificado sanitario para sus crofa domesticus de EEUU // Failures in the health certificate for their crofa domesticus from the USA

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Poland · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Deficiencies in the traceability of meat rotating skewers from Germany

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Detection of Salmonella ENTERITIDIS on chicken meat

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: Salmonella enteritidis - {pa…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Missing TRACES documentation for pork products from Romania

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Romania · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇪 🇳🇱 UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Salmonella Typhimurium Detected in Chicken Products from Ireland

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: Salmonella typhimurium - {pathogenic micro-organ…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Deficiente de etichetare , congelare si valabilitate la carnea de vita congelata

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Rom…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Excessive water content in frozen chicken thighs

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: France

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Listeria Monocytogenes in leverkaas from Belgium

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogenic micro-…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Noticeable slaughter findings in turkeys from the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Misuse of PDO "Jabugo"

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: France · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Campylobacter coli in chicken wings from the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: Campylobacter coli - {pathogenic micro-…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Terrine de Sanglier - misleading information

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: France · Notifier: Austria

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Misuse of PGI - "Sobrasada de Mallorca"

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Estonia · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

food - company's own check - DUCK RAW FAT LIVER - Salmonella Enteritidis - Hungary

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: Salmonella enteritidis - {pa…

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Microbiological abnormalities in French female duck breast from France

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: Campylobacter coli - {pathogenic micro-…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Possible breakage of the cold chain by accident during the transport of half carcasses of pigs from Spain to Germany

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: United States · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇨🇿 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Sodium glutamate (E621) in kebab from Germany

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Czechia

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

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Deficiencies in labeling, freezing and shelf life of frozen beef

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Deficient labeling. The change in the thermal state of the product compared to the one established by the manufacturer

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: United States · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇵🇱 🇨🇿 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

residue level above MRL for monensin (12 µg/kg - ppb) in chilled poultry meat from Poland

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: monensin - {feed additives}…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Argentina · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Labelling deficiencies in goat meat from the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Deficiente de etichetare , congelare si valabilitate la carnea de vita congelata

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Listeria monocytogenes in salami from Italy

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogen…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇨🇿 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Abscess in the pork collar from Poland

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Poland · Notifier: Czechia

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Italy *** Netherlands · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Deficiente de etichetare, congelare si valabilitate la carnea de vita congelata

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Romani…

3 years ago See more →

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Low risk 🇵🇹 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

illegible health mark on chilled sheep and goats carcases from Greece unfit for human consumption

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Greece · Notifier: Po…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and expiration date

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Argentina · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇷🇴 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

deficiencies in labeling, freezing, shelf life for refrigerated beef

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: United States · Notifier: Romania

3 years ago See more →

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Low risk 🇵🇱 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

beef meat from a head slaughtered during the grace period - from Poland

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Poland · Notifier: Po…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Mould on salami from Italy

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry ⚠ Industrial contaminants

Dioxin-like PCBs in goose breast from Poland

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: dioxins suspicion - {environmental…

3 years ago See more →

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Serious risk 🇩🇰 resolved

📂 Meat & poultry

Blue plastic in "cotto" ham

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Origin: Sweden · Notifier: Denmark

3 years ago See more →

Meat & poultry

chloramphenicol detected in chilled chicken from the UK

Fallos en el CSO en carne de pollo congelada de EEUU // Failures in the health certificate for frozen chicken meat from USA

Falllos en el certificado sanitario para sus crofa domesticus de EEUU // Failures in the health certificate for their crofa domesticus from the USA

Deficiencies in the traceability of meat rotating skewers from Germany

Detection of Salmonella ENTERITIDIS on chicken meat

Missing TRACES documentation for pork products from Romania

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Salmonella Typhimurium Detected in Chicken Products from Ireland

Deficiente de etichetare , congelare si valabilitate la carnea de vita congelata

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Excessive water content in frozen chicken thighs

Listeria Monocytogenes in leverkaas from Belgium

Noticeable slaughter findings in turkeys from the Netherlands

Misuse of PDO "Jabugo"

Campylobacter coli in chicken wings from the Netherlands

Terrine de Sanglier - misleading information

Misuse of PGI - "Sobrasada de Mallorca"

food - company's own check - DUCK RAW FAT LIVER - Salmonella Enteritidis - Hungary

Microbiological abnormalities in French female duck breast from France

Possible breakage of the cold chain by accident during the transport of half carcasses of pigs from Spain to Germany

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and expiration date

Sodium glutamate (E621) in kebab from Germany

Deficiencies in labeling, freezing and shelf life of frozen beef

Deficient labeling. The change in the thermal state of the product compared to the one established by the manufacturer

residue level above MRL for monensin (12 µg/kg - ppb) in chilled poultry meat from Poland

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and extended a expiration date

Labelling deficiencies in goat meat from the Netherlands

Deficiente de etichetare , congelare si valabilitate la carnea de vita congelata

Listeria monocytogenes in salami from Italy

Abscess in the pork collar from Poland

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and expiration date

Deficiente de etichetare, congelare si valabilitate la carnea de vita congelata

illegible health mark on chilled sheep and goats carcases from Greece unfit for human consumption

beef meat not properly labeled with a change in condition and expiration date

deficiencies in labeling, freezing, shelf life for refrigerated beef

beef meat from a head slaughtered during the grace period - from Poland

Mould on salami from Italy

Dioxin-like PCBs in goose breast from Poland

Blue plastic in "cotto" ham

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