The latest EU Agri-Food Suspicions report, for April 2026, has been published here. FAN produce a rolling 3-month graphic to visualise the relative prevalence and trends in the main issues. I always read through the full report to pick out any subjective impressions not reflected in a numerical analysis. This month there seemed to be a return to more "traditional" forms of fraud - meat quality or substitution in kebabs, sausages, salami and pate, or substitution of expensive nut ingredients (pistachio in baklava) with cheaper (peanut) - a clear allergy risk. There is too little data to prove a causal link to general economic pressures but this is certainly one hypothesis. Bulking up the weight of frozen seafood with excessive glaze and water always features highly.
The EU AgriFood Suspicions reports are only one information source, presenting one approach to estimating fraud frequency. There are many other approaches, each looking at different data for different purposes. An overview can be found on FAN's "Incident Trends" page.
Our interpretation of the Agrifood suspicion reports is subjective. In order to show consistent trends we have excluded cases which appear to be unauthorised sale but with no intent to mislead consumers (e.g. unapproved food additives, novel foods which are declared on pack), we have excluded unauthorised health claims on supplements, and we have excluded residues and contaminants above legal limits. We have grouped the remaining incidents into crude categories. Our analysis is intended only to give a high-level overview
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