Food Alerts
Food Alerts are the FSA's way of letting local authorities and consumers know about problems associated with food and, in some cases, provide details of specific action to be taken.
They are issued under two categories:
- Food Alerts: for Action (replacing A, B and C)
- Food Alerts: for Information (replacing Category D)
Food Alerts are are also copied to Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, Trading Standards Officers and food trade organisations, to alert them to current food issues.
They are often issued in conjunction with a product withdrawal or recall by a manufacturer, retailer or distributor.
You can find our most recent Food Alerts listed below.
Because of the Agency's openness remit, we also archive ones that we've issued in the past. You can find them via the search box at the bottom of this page. In many cases the food issues they refer to will have been resolved.
Email updates
You can register to receive automatic notification of new food alerts published on this page.
You can also get food alert details sent direct to your mobile phone. To sign up to this free service, simply send the text message 'START FOOD' to the number 62372. To unsubscribe, just text 'STOP FOOD' to the same number.
A list of weekly updates of rapid alerts issued by the European Commission is available here.