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China · 12 Nov 2026

Unauthorised novel food or GMO in food from China: food safety notices

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Products

Cereals and bakery31Food supplements27Fruit and vegetables8Herbs and spices7Beverages6Sauces and seasonings6Tea, coffee and cocoa5Additives and flavourings5Nuts and seeds4Dairy1Fish1Confectionery and cocoa1

Producers named

Fuzhou Wuling 1

Australia and Japan name the producer or shipper of each rejected consignment.

Notices

DateSourceProductHazardType
11 Nov 2026EUUnauthorized Genetically Modified Organisms in BBQ-Flavored Rice Crackers from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMO
nachweisbar ///Unofficial translation: detectable (limit nic
Border rejection · serious
11 Nov 2026EUUnauthorized novel food Nettle Extract (Urtica fissa E. Pritz) from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · not serious
11 Nov 2026EUUnauthorized novel food (Perilla frutescens y Angelica dahurica) in frozen money bags fromUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
9 Nov 2026EUUnauthorised genetic modification in rice from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMO
nachgewiesen (limit 0)
Border rejection · potential risk
4 Nov 2026EUpresenza di OGM non autorizzati (promotore 35S e del terminatore NOS) in crackers di riso Unauthorised novel food or GMO
presence of the 35S promoter and the NOS terminator (limit a
Border rejection · potential risk
21 Oct 2026EUExceeded amount of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) equivalent in organic hemp seeds Unauthorised novel food or GMO
4,95 ± 0,89 (limit 3) mg/kg - ppm
Border rejection · potentially serious
8 Oct 2026EUUnauthorised novel food eagle fern (Pteridium aquilinum) from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMO
Pteridium aquilinum
Information · potentially serious
24 Sep 2026EUNon-authorized GMO events in rice cakes originating from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMO
detected (limit 0)
Border rejection · potential risk
23 Sep 2026EUUnauthorized GMO in spicy puffed rice cakes of Chinese originUnauthorised novel food or GMO
Nel campione è stata riscontrata la presenza del Terminatore
Border rejection · potential risk
8 Sep 2026EUunauthorized GMO 35 S terminator Nos in rice sticksUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
26 Aug 2026EUUnauthorised novel foods—Platostoma palustre and Lonicera japonica—in a herbal beverage frUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
6 Aug 2026EUpresenza OGM (TERMINATORE NOS) non autorizzato in crackers di riso (rice hot crackers) dalUnauthorised novel food or GMO
presenza//detected (limit Assenza//not detected)
Border rejection · potential risk
3 Aug 2026EUpresenza OGM non autorizzato in crackers di riso (rice hot crackers) dalla Cina/presence oUnauthorised novel food or GMO
RILEVATA PRESENZA (limit PRESENZA/ASSENZA)
Information · potential risk
17 Jul 2026EUNuevo alimento en bebida de China // Novel food in drink product from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potentially serious
13 Jul 2026EUHydrolysed Rice Flour China GMOUnauthorised novel food or GMO
P35S and T NOS detected in 2 x 100 mg
Border rejection · potential risk
6 Jul 2026EUMiso Paste China GMO Cry1Ab/AcUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
23 Mar 2026EUUnauthorized novel food (Cordyceps militaris) from China, via the NetherlandsUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
16 Mar 2026EUFood supplements with unauthorized novel food (turkesterone) from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
20 Jan 2026EUUnapproved novel food Cordyceps fungus from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
11 Dec 2025EUFood supplement with novel food ingredients from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
11 Dec 2025EUFood supplement with novel food ingredient from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
9 Dec 2025EUUnauthorised novel food ingredient Trametes versicolor in food supplement from China via UUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
17 Nov 2025EUUnauthorised novel food ingredient Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) in food supplemeUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
12 Nov 2025EUunauthorized Novel Food Turkey Tail Trametes in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
4 Nov 2025EUnieautoryzowana nowa żywność Clitoria ternatea w herbatach sprzedawanych przez Internet///Unauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
17 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Artemisia annua L.) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
10 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Cistanche tubulosa) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
6 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Xanthoparmelia scabrosa) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
3 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Hoodia gordonii) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
1 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Fadogia agrestis) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
1 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Epimedium) in food supplementsUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
1 Oct 2025EUNovel food (Cistanche deserticola) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
26 Sep 2025EUDetectado OGM prohibido en pasta de arroz de China//GMO detected in rice cake from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
7 Aug 2025EUUnauthorised gmo-rice in misopaste from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
18 Jul 2025EUnuevos alimentos no autorizados Artemisa annua y Aesculus chinensis de China / Novel foodsUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
26 Jun 2025EUUnauthorised gmo-rice in misopaste from China.Unauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
20 Jun 2025EUUnauthorized novel food ingredients perilla seeds in walnut cookies from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
20 Jun 2025EUOrganic mushroom products do not meet the safety requirements for Novel FoodsUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
19 Jun 2025EUGenetically modified organism Cry1Ab/Ac detected in Chinese organic rice noodlesUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
6 Jun 2025EUUnauthorised gmo-rice in misopaste from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
4 Jun 2025EUUnauthorized novel food ingredients Coriolus versicolor in food supplements (capsule) TurkUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · not serious
28 Mar 2025EUUnauthorized novel food Chrysanthemum Extract (Chrysanthemum morifolium)Unauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · no risk
27 Dec 2024EUUnauthorised genetically modified white rice cakes from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
10 Dec 2024EUUnauthorised novel food Dihydromyricetin in food supplementUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
25 Nov 2024EUGMO China Rice noodleUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
19 Nov 2024EUPresence of genetically modified enzymes and traces of genetically modified micro-organismUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
8 Oct 2024EUNovel Food L-theanine and use of unauthorized claimsUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · not serious
4 Oct 2024AUOrganic mushroom coffee powder (Focus), mushroom cocoa powder (Cocoa flavour), mushroom Co
Fuzhou Wuling
Unauthorised novel food or GMO
n/a
Border rejection
9 Sep 2024EUGenetically modified organism Cry1Ab/Ac detected in miso from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
5 Sep 2024EUnon approved GMO in rice noodlesUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
2 Sep 2024EUUnauthorised novel food ingredient Tongkat-ali (Long Jack extract) in food supplement fromUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
27 Aug 2024EUGenetically modified organism T-NOS detected in organic Thai rice noodles from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · not serious
22 Aug 2024EUGenetically modified organism Cry1Ab/Ac in rice noodles from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
24 Jul 2024EUUnauthorized novel food (Rhizoma pinelliae praeparate) in food supplement from China, via Unauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
16 Jul 2024EUGenetically modified organism T-NOS_SYBR_COSYPS in white rice cake from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
10 Jul 2024EUUnauthorised novel food ingredient Angelica dahurica in spice mix from China via GermanyUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
29 May 2024EUGenetically modified organism CrylAb/CrylAc in miso pasta from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
24 May 2024EUNovel food in coffee powder from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
26 Apr 2024EUUnauthorized novel food ingredient Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) from China, via GermUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
17 Apr 2024EUNot approved novel food NMN (nikotinamidnukleotid) in food supplementsUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potentially serious
27 Mar 2024EUUnauthorised novel food Job's tears seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) offered for sale from ChiUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
21 Mar 2024EUUnauthorised novel food ingridients (Clavaria militaris, Cordyceps, Inonotus obliquus, ChaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
8 Mar 2024EUUnauthorised novel food- extract of mushrooms Trametes VersicolorUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
4 Mar 2024EURice Noodle China GMOUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
26 Feb 2024EUNovel food Tongkat Ali (eurycoma longifolia) in food supplementUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
13 Feb 2024EUunauthorised novel food ingredients Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s mane), Inonotus obliquus (CUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
12 Feb 2024EUOrganic Black Rice Noodles China GMOUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
16 Nov 2023EUUnauthorised novel food (Cordyceps sinensis) in food supplement from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
12 Oct 2023EUprodotti contenenti bambù della specie Bambusa vulgaris, novel food/novel food cooked bamUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
20 Sep 2023EUNovel food bamboo shoots (Bambusa vulgaris) imported from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
20 Sep 2023EUnovel food non autorizzato (Germogli di Bambusa vulgaris ) dalla Cina///unauthorized novelUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
8 Sep 2023EUNovel food L-alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine (alpha-GPC) in food supplements from GermanyUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
1 Sep 2023EUNOVEL FOOD TRAMETES VERSICOLORUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
30 Aug 2023EUNOVEL FOOD - Angelica sinensis origin China imported in Italy from Hong KongUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
30 Aug 2023EUImportazione di NOVEL FOOD - Codonopsis pilosulaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
25 Jul 2023EUUnlabelled GMO (maize) in frozen crunchy fish fillet products from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · not serious
11 Jul 2023EUunauthorized novel food (castanea mollissima) in chestnut jam and from ChinaUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
13 Apr 2023EUUnauthorised novel food Chrysanthemum morifolium in herbal tea drink from China via NetherUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk
11 Apr 2023EUNuevo alimento no autorizado (Hemerocallis citrina) de China // Unauthorised novel food (HUnauthorised novel food or GMOBorder rejection · potential risk
17 Feb 2023EUUnauthorized novel food (5HTP from Griffonia simplicifolia extract) in food supplement froUnauthorised novel food or GMOInformation · potential risk