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Belgian service receives record number of food safety complaints

Belgian service receives record number of food safety complaints

More than 6,200 consumer complaints about food safety were submitted to a dedicated service in Belgium in 2025.

The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) consumer contact point received 6,268 complaints. This is up from 5,222 complaints in 2024 and 4,865 in 2023.

In 2025, 25 complaints per working day were received. FASFC said this demonstrates that food safety is a major concern for the public.

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