This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications:
1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers:
– Allergens: undeclared celery in chicken and herb pie from the United Kingdom, following company’s own check. Notified by Ireland;
– Allergens: undeclared almond in paprika from Spain, via Germany, following company’s own check. Notified by Denmark, distributed also to Austria, Finland, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden;
– Composition: high content of iodine (33 mg/kg – ppm) in dried seaweed from China, via the Netherlands, following an official control on the market. Notified by Germany;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: foodborne outbreak (Staphylococcal enterotoxin) suspected to be caused by raw milk cheese from France, following food poisoning. Notified by France, distributed also to Belgium, Germany and Spain;
– Re-crystallised creatine in, suffocation risk and risk of mouth injury as a result of the consumption of chocolate and strawberry flavoured cyclone milk from Austria, following a consumer complaint. Notified by United Kingdom, distributed also to Ireland.
2. Information for attention/for follow up followed by a recall from consumers:
– Food additives and flavorings: too high content of E 210 – benzoic acid (6000 mg/kg – ppm) in salted radish from Thailand, following an official control on the market. Notified by Denmark.
3. Alerts followed by a withdrawal from the market:
– Mycotoxins: aflatoxins (B1 = 61.1; Tot. = 78.5 / B1 = 83.7; Tot. = 107.7 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from China, via Greece, following an official control on the market. Notified by Cyprus;
– Poor or insufficient controls: unauthorised operator for frozen chicken cuts from Poland, via Germany, following an official control on the market. Notified by France, distributed also to Denmark and Netherlands.
4. Seizures:
None
5. Border rejections:
- FCM: absence of certified analytical report for polyamide kitchenware from China
- absence of Common Entry Document (CED) for fig and hazelnut snacks from Turkey
- aflatoxins (B1 = 19.8; Tot. = 24.4 µg/kg – ppb) in nutmeg powder from India
- aflatoxins (B1 = 25.2; Tot. = 26.9 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran and in pistachios in shell (B1 = 170.7; Tot. = 186.6 µg/kg – ppb), via Turkey
- aflatoxins (B1 = 40.5; Tot. = 74.3 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from China
- aflatoxins (B1 = 50.5; Tot. = 64.4 / B1 = 70.2; Tot. = 90.5 µg/kg – ppb) in peanuts from the Gambia
- attempt to illegally import, absence of health certificate(s), absence of labelling on and of certified analytical report for roasted groundnuts from Ghana
- biphenyl (0.461 mg/kg – ppm) in lemons from Turkey
- clofentezine (0.072 mg/kg – ppm) in courgettes from Turkey
- cyproconazole (0.4 mg/kg – ppm) in ginger from Nicaragua
- ethephon (2.9 mg/kg – ppm) in red grapes from Peru
- formetanate (0.887 mg/kg – ppm) in gherkins from Turkey
- lead (0.38 mg/kg – ppm) in frozen raspberries from Ukraine
- FCM: migration of chromium (1.7 mg/kg – ppm) from set of knives and from barbecue sets (0.2 mg/kg – ppm) from China
- FCM: peeler from China unfit for use as food contact material (stainless steel AISI 201)
- Salmonella spp. (presence /25g), Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio Vulnificus in frozen shrimps (Penaeus monodon) from Vietnam
- Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen salted turkey from Brazil
- Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in paan leaves from India
- FEED: Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in soy cakes from Ukraine
- unauthorised novel food ingredient Epimedium in gingseng tonic from South Korea
- unauthorised substance carbendazim (0.04 mg/kg – ppm) in rice from India and in oranges (0.514 mg/kg – ppm) from Turkey
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