Food Recalls: Malta Food Safety Alerts Made Easy to Follow

The Challenge

Official food safety notices exist, but scanning the EU RASFF Consumers portal for what matters in Malta is slow and easy to miss. Consumers need a simple way to see active recalls, understand severity, and follow official guidance when a product is affected.

What Was Built

Food Recalls was built as a personal interest project — an independent convenience layer over EU RASFF data, focused on Malta-relevant alerts. It includes:

• A clear list of active recalls with severity and status
• Filters for active, inactive, and all notices
• Extra product detail and images when RASFF links to a national notice
• An installable PWA with optional notifications for new recalls

Brand identity for the site was designed by Karl Grech.

The Outcome

The site is live at foodrecalls.mt. It is not a government site — always follow the linked official guidance — but it makes Malta-relevant recall information easier to find and act on.

Conclusion

Not every useful product starts as a client brief. Food Recalls came from a simple question: can official alerts be easier to follow for people in Malta? The result is a focused public-interest tool you can check anytime — or pin to your home screen and get notified when something new appears.