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In this section we repeated alert notices from the RASFF system of the European commission issued in the previous month, which we thought to be noteworthy and of interest to our clients.
We will refrain from repeating the numerous reports on mycotoxin and salmonella limit violations here. It is always the same countries of origin and matrices that are affected. However, we like to put your attention to the act that in numerous cases missing allergen information was categorized as serious and caused border rejections too.
You can analyze the RASFF-site conveniently by yourself using several filter options and limit the notification to those which are of direct interest to your business.
We will screen the RASFF listing week by week also in future selecting challenging findings in our opinion.
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Chemical Hazards: |
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Cyanide |
in sweet apricot kernels 30 mg/kg (MRL 20) |
Afghanistan |
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Ergotalkaloids |
in rye flour 766 µg/kg (MRL 500) |
Belgium |
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Ethylene oxide / |
in sesame seeds 0,81 mg/kg (MRL 0,02) |
Netherlands |
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in bamboo extract used to manufacture food supplements 659 mg/kg |
Spain |
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in gluten |
Netherlands |
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in wheat gluten 0,21 mg/kg (MRL 0,02) |
France |
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in organic gluten-free crispy bread with quinoa |
Czech Republic |
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in food supplement |
France |
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in food supplement (8x) |
India |
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in organic turmeric |
Germany |
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in dried kaffir leaves powder |
Thailand |
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in barley grass powder |
China |
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in spice blends and spices (2x) |
India |
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in bacopa (Sutera cordata) |
India |
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in soup powder in Asian noodles (2x) |
Vietnam |
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Heavy and toxic metals |
Too high content of manganese and zinc in food supplement (Collagen) |
Japan |
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Mercury 1,61 mg/kg (MRL 1) in sword fish |
Spain |
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Histamine |
in tuna filet (sashimi) |
Netherlands |
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In frozen sardines 1695 mg/kg |
Portugal |
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Iodine |
too high content in dried seaweed |
South Korea |
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Mycotoxins |
Aflatoxins in rice (4x) and brown basmati rice (3x) up to 47 µg/kg (MRL 4) |
Pakistan |
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Aflatoxins 11,3 µg/kg (MRL 4) in spelt flour |
Belgium |
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Aflatoxins in nutmegs 23,5 µg/kg (MRL 5) |
Indonesia |
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Sum T-2 HT-2 toxins: 26,6 µg/kg (MRL 15) in organic corn snack with cheese and onion for babies |
Netherlands |
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Nitrofuran |
Prohibited substance nitrofuran (metabolite) nitrofurazone (SEM) in farmed crab |
Bangladesh |
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PAH |
in luteine powder 78,3 µg/kg ( MRL 50) |
China |
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Pesticides |
Unauthorised chlorpyrifos 0,43 mg/kg in Fenugreek leaves |
India |
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and in frozen parsley 0,18 mg/kg |
Turkey |
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and in black cumin oil 0,025 mg/kg (MRL 0,01) |
Germany |
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Unauthorised Permethrin 0,22 mg/kg (MRL 0,05), Chlorfenapyr 0,23 mg/kg (MRL 0,01) & Chlorpyrifos 0,14 mg/kg (MRL 0,01 (and cadmium) in frozen red chili |
Vietnam |
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Buprofezin 3,8 mg/kg (MRL 0,02) and chlorpyrifosethyl 2,6 mg/kg (MRL 0,01) in basil |
Thailand |
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Unauthorised substance tricyclazole 0,067 mg/kg (MRL 0,01) and thiametoxam 0,095 mg/kg (MRL 0,01) in rice |
India |
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Unauthorised substance tricyclazole 0,068 mg/kg (MRL 0,01) |
Bangladesh |
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids |
in cumin 1505.4 µg/kg (MRL 400) (2x) |
Turkey |
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Sudan dyes and other unauthorized colorants |
Sudan II (180 µg/kg), Sudan III (11 µg/kg) and Sudan Red G (880 µg/kg) in sweet pepper powder |
Russia |
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Sudan III in palm oil 1,5 mg/kg |
Guinea |
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Malachite green and leucomalachite green 14.6 µg/kg (MRL 2) in frozen red tilapia |
Vietnam |
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Tropanalkaloids |
atropine and scopolamine in soybean meal 56 µg/kg |
Austria |
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Microbiological Hazards |
Product |
Origin |
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Listeria monocytogenes |
in spread spicy tuna |
Belgium |
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in vegan organic cheese alternative |
France |
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in goat cheese balls with fig heart and in raw goat milk cheese and chilled raw milk cheese |
France |
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in gorgonzola piccante cheese |
Italy |
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in organic Emmental cheese |
Germany |
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in sliced ham |
Italy |
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in pâté |
Belgium |
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Salmonella |
in chocolate products distributed in EU |
Israel |
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in chocolate products distributed in EU (note: the Ferrero case) |
Belgium |
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in organic coriander |
unknown, via Italy |
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in ground cumin |
Netherlands |
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in black pepper (13x) |
Brazil |
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in organic Moringa powder |
Sri Lanka |
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in chia seeds |
Netherlands |
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in tomato-mozzarella wraps |
Netherlands, via Germany |
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in Mozarella cheese |
Netherlands & Switzerland |
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in spice and spice mix |
Netherlands |
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VTEC/STEC |
in sheep meet |
Italy |
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in beef tartare |
Poland |
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in sheep's cheese |
Greece |
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in pizza dough (STEC O145) |
Netherlands |
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Norovirus* |
in vongole veraci (Ruditapes philippinarum) |
Italy |
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Other Hazards |
Origin |
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Wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt and milk is not mentioned in the ingredient list of a biscuit (missing allergen information) |
Belgium |
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High content of vitamin B6 5228 mg/kg in food supplements |
Germany |
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Risk of mix-up as foodstuff due to lack of labelling, maximum level of erucic acid exceeded in mustard oil from Bangladesh, via Italy |
Bangladesh, via Italy |
YOUR PLUS: *Our laboratory AGROLAB Dr. Blasy-Busse is allowed to work with pathogenic food viruses and offers also analysis for Norovirus.
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