| 29 Oct 2026 | EU | Glycidol in rice crackers from Japan | Process and environmental contaminants
504 +/- 126 µg/kg - ppb | Information · potentially serious |
| 30 Sep 2026 | EU | Residues of dinotefuran in teas from Japan | Other | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 21 Aug 2026 | EU | Pesticides residues in Japanese green tea | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 6 Aug 2026 | EU | Flunicamid, Tebuconazole, and unauthorized substance lufenuron in organic matcha powder fr | Additives (unauthorised or over limit) | Information · potential risk |
| 5 Aug 2026 | EU | Unauthorised novel food ingredient (Perilla frutescens) and unauthorized use of succinic a | Unauthorised novel food or GMO | Border rejection · not serious |
| 4 Aug 2026 | EU | Mecurio y cadmio en pescado procedente de Japón //Mercury and cadmium in fish from Japan | Mercury | Border rejection · serious |
| 14 Jul 2026 | EU | Clostridium in Tonburi jar from Japan | Other | Alert · serious |
| 3 Jul 2026 | EU | Thiametoxam (0,17±0.09 mg/kg) in green tea from Japan | Other | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 1 Jul 2026 | AU | Throat drops
Kanro Co., Ltd | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 5 Jun 2026 | EU | Przekroczenie pozostałości pestycydów w zielonej herbacie z Japonii // Excessive pesticide | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · serious |
| 21 May 2026 | AU | Hidaka sea vegetable (seaweed)
Daichu Food Co Ltd (Mie-Pref) | Excess iodine
3500 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 12 May 2026 | EU | Migration of cobalt from soup bowl from Japan, via the Netherlands | Migration from packaging | Information · potentially serious |
| 24 Apr 2026 | EU | Consignment furikake vegetable and instant miso soup from Japan passed the BCP Rotterdam w | Veterinary drug residues | Information · not serious |
| 7 Apr 2026 | EU | Unsatisfactory specific chromium migration in fixed blade knives from Japan | Migration from packaging | Information · potential risk |
| 18 Mar 2026 | EU | Pesticides in matcha tea from Japan | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · serious |
| 3 Mar 2026 | EU | Incomplete import procedures for green tea powder from Japan | Other | Information · potential risk |
| 27 Feb 2026 | EU | Pesticides in Matcha concentrate from Japan | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 19 Feb 2026 | EU | Risk of suffocation from consuming jelly candy from Japan, via the Netherlands | Other | Alert · serious |
| 15 Dec 2025 | AU | Prepared marinaded fish (amber jack)
Miyasho Co Ltd | Listeria monocytogenes
Detected/125g | Border rejection |
| 9 Dec 2025 | EU | Lack of documentation to support the Declaration of Conformity for food contact materials | Migration from packaging | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 8 Dec 2025 | AU | Green tea drink
Coca Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 8 Dec 2025 | AU | Soft drink
Suntory Beverage & Food Limited | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 8 Dec 2025 | AU | Soft drink
House Wellness Foods | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU | High levels of pesticide residues in tea | Pesticide residues | Information · potentially serious |
| 10 Nov 2025 | AU | Granola
Nissin Cisco Co., Ltd | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 10 Nov 2025 | AU | Fruit granola
Calbee Co., Ltd | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 8 Nov 2025 | EU | Absence of Veterinary certificate for food supplement from Japan | Veterinary drug residues | Border rejection · not serious |
| 25 Aug 2025 | EU | nowa żywność - L alpha-GPC w suplemencie diety pochodzącym z Japonii/// novel food - L alp | Unauthorised novel food or GMO | Information · potential risk |
| 5 Aug 2025 | EU | Unauthorised use of colour (E165) in candy from Japan | Colours | Information · not serious |
| 5 Aug 2025 | EU | Unauthorised use of colour (E164) in lemonade from Japan | Colours | Information · not serious |
| 28 Jul 2025 | EU | Przekroczenie pozostałości pestycydów zielona herbata MATCHA // Exceeding pesticide resid | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · potentially serious |
| 28 Jul 2025 | EU | Przekroczenie pozostałości pestycydów w zielonej herbacie z Japonii // Exceeding pesticide | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · potentially serious |
| 21 Jul 2025 | EU | Przekroczenie pozostąłości pestycydów zielona herbata liściasta Sencha (Kakegawa)/// Exce | Pesticide residues | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 18 Jul 2025 | EU | Tolfenpyrad in organic green tea powder from Japan | Other | Information · potential risk |
| 17 Jul 2025 | EU | consignment foodstuffs from Japan skipped veterinairy checks | Other | Information · potential risk |
| 9 May 2025 | EU | Mercurio por encima de los límites establecidos en atún congelado procedente de España//Me | Mercury | Alert · serious |
| 28 Apr 2025 | AU | Prepared halibut
Marine Foods Co Ltd | Listeria monocytogenes
Detected/125g | Border rejection |
| 24 Apr 2025 | EU | Unauthorised food additive titanium dioxide in food supplement from Japan | Additives (unauthorised or over limit) | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 27 Mar 2025 | AU | Cut wakame dried seaweed
Kousei Co., Ltd. | Excess iodine
3000 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 30 Jan 2025 | EU | Consignment of composite products from Japan skipped inspection at BCP Rotterdam | Other | Information · not serious |
| 13 Jan 2025 | AU | Frozen seasoned mackerel
Hamaue Suisan | Histamine
268 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 3 Jan 2025 | AU | Furugara cereal
Calbee | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 9 Dec 2024 | AU | Crab croquette
Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd | Colours
N/A | Border rejection |
| 4 Nov 2024 | EU | Jelly mini-cups containing E440 | Other | Alert · serious |
| 24 Oct 2024 | EU | Consignment of frozen Japanese composite products skipped veterinary controls in Border Co | Veterinary drug residues | Information · not serious |
| 10 Jul 2024 | EU | Phoxim in sesame seed oil from Japan | Other | Border rejection · potentially serious |
| 20 Jun 2024 | EU | Phoxim in sesame seed oil from Japan | Other | Information · potential risk |
| 14 Jun 2024 | AU | Full granola low carb berry & cacao taste (cereal)
Calbee Inc | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 15 Apr 2024 | EU | Consignment 3 frozen products (japanese sweet cakes and mochi ice) passed the BCP Rotterda | Documents and labelling | Information · not serious |
| 6 Feb 2024 | AU | Dried seaweed
Daichu Foods Co | Arsenic
74 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 18 Jan 2024 | AU | Roasted Japanese mackerel
Kokura Suisan Shokuhin Co Ltd | Histamine
340 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 4 Jan 2024 | AU | Granola breakfast cereal
Calbee | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 13 Dec 2023 | EU | Consignment of chips BBQ skipped veterinary checks in border control post Rotterdam | Veterinary drug residues | Information · not serious |
| 16 Nov 2023 | EU | consignment with 7 different sort of frozen pancakes skipped veterinary controls at BCP Ro | Veterinary drug residues | Information · not serious |
| 14 Nov 2023 | EU | composite products without mandatory documents and with labels only in Asian languages fro | Documents and labelling | Border rejection · serious |
| 9 Nov 2023 | EU | prodotti composti dal Giappone privi dei certificati obbligatori e con erichetta in lingu | Documents and labelling | Border rejection · serious |
| 11 Oct 2023 | AU | Shaved kombu
Touwa Shokuhin | Excess iodine
2660 mg/kg | Border rejection |
| 7 Sep 2023 | EU | Plaguicidas (fenbuconazol y ditiocarbamatos) en té verde Japón/ Pesticide residues (fenbuc | Pesticide residues | Information · potential risk |
| 15 Aug 2023 | AU | Frozen croquette
Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | Colours
N/A | Border rejection |
| 7 Jul 2023 | EU | Composite products (Non-alcoholic Beverages) from the United Kingdom | Other | Border rejection · potential risk |