Metal in chocolate and deadly bacteria: why it’s good news that our food watchdog had to intervene almost 400 times in 2025

From the cans of Coca-Cola, bags of Lay’s chips and Suzy waffles in your pantry to blueberries from the supermarket for breakfast: last year many products turned out not to be so innocent after all. The Federal Food Agency (FAVV) then had to intervene no fewer than 378 times with a recall or a warning. That is an increase of 8% compared to a year earlier and the highest figure in three years, according to figures obtained by HLN consumer expert Safia Yachou. How come? “Problems now come to light much faster,” says spokeswoman Hélène Bonte

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