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Number of incidents reported to global food safety network has increased sharply

INFOSAN handled almost 450 incidents over 2 years

Number of incidents reported to global food safety network has increased sharply
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The number of incidents involving a global food safety network reached almost 450 over a period of two years.

In 2024 and 2025, the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) received 442 notifications, 273 of which were reported by the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), highlighting the active reporting by countries in Europe. 

The network was involved in 197 incidents in 2023 and 198 in 2022. There were 248 events in 2021, 127 in 2020 and 84 in 2019.

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