What is RASFF Window?

The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) is a tool enabling quick and effective exchange of information between Member States and the Commission when risks to human and animal health are detected in the food and feed chain, and about the measures taken in response.

All Members of RASFF (EU-27, European Commission, EFSA as well as Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Switzerland as partial member) have a round-the clock service to ensure that urgent notifications are sent, received and responded to, in the shortest time possible.

This exchange of information helps EU countries to act more rapidly and in a coordinated manner to a health threat caused by food or feed.

RASFF Window is an online database of RASFF notifications classified as alert, information, border rejection or news notification.

One part of the application is public and accessible to any user, who have a “view-only” access to public information of the notifications. Details of the notifications are restricted to authorized users only.

To be able to access notification details, you need to request access (find more information on how to request access to RASFF on Registration).

For more detailed information on RASFF, please visit the following page: https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/rasff_en