# EU RASFF Food & Feed Safety Alerts Scraper (`scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper`) Actor

Scrape EU RASFF food, feed and product safety alert notifications. Extract reference, date, notifying country, subject, hazard, product category, risk decision, action taken, distribution and origin countries. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $10.20 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU RASFF Food & Feed Safety Alerts Scraper

> Track EU-wide food, feed and food-contact-material safety alerts from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) — the official early-warning network of the European Commission and its member states.

**📥 [Input](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper/input-schema) · 📤 [Output](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper/output-schema) · 💰 [Pricing](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper/pricing) · ▶️ [Examples](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper/examples)**

### What you get

A clean, deduplicated feed of RASFF notifications, one row per alert, with the fields compliance and food-safety teams actually need:

- **Reference number** and **notification date**
- **Notifying country** and **product country of origin**
- **Subject / product** and **product category** and **product type** (food, feed, food-contact material)
- **Hazard / reason** description (e.g. pathogenic micro-organisms, mycotoxins, allergens, foreign bodies, residues)
- **Risk decision** (serious, potentially serious, not serious, …) and **notification classification** (alert, border rejection, information)
- **Action taken** (withdrawal, recall, seizure, import rejection, …)
- **Distribution status** and **countries concerned** (where the product was distributed)
- **Notification basis**, **status**, **involved organizations** and — where published — an **authority contact email**
- A direct **link** back to the notification

### Who is it for

- Food & beverage manufacturers, importers and retailers monitoring supplier and ingredient risk
- QA / regulatory / compliance teams tracking recalls and border rejections across the EU
- Insurers, auditors and consultancies building food-safety risk intelligence
- Researchers and journalists analysing food-safety trends

### How to use it

1. Set a **Subject / keyword** (e.g. `salmonella`) and/or pick **hazard categories**, **countries**, **product categories** or a **date range**.
2. Choose how many alerts to collect with **Max Alerts To Scrape**.
3. Run it. Export the results to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, or pull them via the Apify API.

You never pay for a failed or empty run — billing only ever applies to real alert records returned.

### FAQ

**Which alerts are covered?** EU-wide RASFF notifications across food, feed and food-contact materials, including alert notifications, border rejections and information notifications.

**How fresh is the data?** Each run fetches the latest notifications live at run time; sort newest-first to see the most recent.

**Can I filter by hazard or country?** Yes — filter by hazard category, notifying country, origin country, distribution country, product category, risk decision, classification and date range.

### Related actors

- openFDA Food Recall & Enforcement Scraper (USA)
- USDA FSIS Meat & Poultry Recalls Scraper (USA)

***

*This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the European Commission or RASFF. It collects publicly available information for lawful compliance and research use.*

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Free-text search over the alert subject (e.g. 'salmonella', 'aflatoxin', 'listeria').

## `hazardCategories` (type: `array`):

Filter by hazard / reason category, e.g. 'pathogenic micro-organisms', 'mycotoxins', 'allergens', 'foreign bodies', 'residues'. Names are matched case-insensitively; numeric ids also accepted.

## `notifyingCountries` (type: `array`):

Filter by the country that raised the alert. Accepts ISO alpha-2 codes (e.g. DE, FR, IT) or country names.

## `originCountries` (type: `array`):

Filter by product country of origin. Accepts ISO alpha-2 codes or country names.

## `distributionCountries` (type: `array`):

Filter by countries where the product was distributed. Accepts ISO alpha-2 codes or country names.

## `productCategories` (type: `array`):

Filter by product category, e.g. 'nuts, nut products and seeds', 'meat and meat products', 'dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods'.

## `riskDecisions` (type: `array`):

Filter by risk decision, e.g. 'serious', 'potentially serious', 'not serious', 'undecided', 'no risk'.

## `notificationClassifications` (type: `array`):

Filter by classification, e.g. 'alert notification', 'border rejection notification', 'information notification for follow-up'.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Only alerts validated on or after this date.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Only alerts validated on or before this date.

## `year` (type: `string`):

Convenience shortcut: restrict to a single calendar year (e.g. 2026). Ignored if Date From/To are set.

## `sortMode` (type: `string`):

Order alerts by validation date.

## `withHazardDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Enrich each alert with hazard description, action taken, distribution/countries concerned and contact details. Leave on for the complete record.

## `maxAlerts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of alert notifications to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "salmonella",
  "sortMode": "Newest first",
  "withHazardDetails": true,
  "maxAlerts": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keyword": "salmonella",
    "maxAlerts": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keyword": "salmonella",
    "maxAlerts": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keyword": "salmonella",
  "maxAlerts": 50
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapers_lat/eu-rasff-food-alerts-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tloIFEW8q2uRx6Rqb/builds/uBKG44kv0fEdNjC76/openapi.json