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:
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (positive) in camembert cheese from France, following an official control on the market. Notified by Germany;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria monocytogenes (6700 CFU/g) in raw sheep’s milk cheese from France, following company’s own check. Notified by France, distributed also to Belgium and United Kingdom;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella Rissen (presence/25g) in organic chlorella powder from China, via the United Kingdom, following an official control on the market. Notified by Ireland, distributed also to Slovenia.
2. Information for attention/for follow up followed by a recall from consumers:
– Residues of veterinary medicinal products: residue level above MRL for dexamethasone (>3 µg/kg – ppb) in slaughter calves from Spain, following an official control on the market. Notified by Italy.
3. Alerts followed by a withdrawal from the market:
– Biotoxins: Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins (7166 µg/kg – ppb) in cockles, following an official control on the market. Notified by United Kingdom;
– FCM – Composition: migration of aluminium (2.1 mg/l) from green ceramic bowls from China, via Belgium, following an official control on the market. Notified by France;
– Food poisoning suspected to be caused by mussels from Spain. Notified by France;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: too high count of Escherichia coli (1300 MPN/100g) in rope mussels (Mytilus Edulis) from Ireland, following company’s own check. Notified by France;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria monocytogenes (50 CFU/g) in raw milk cheese from France, following company’s own check. Notified by France, distributed also to Belgium, Germany, Italy and Netherlands.
4. Seizures:
None
5. Border rejections:
- aflatoxins (B1 = 21.8; Tot. = 26.1 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio from Iran
- aflatoxins (B1 = 23.1; Tot. = 24.3 µg/kg – ppb) in chilly powder and in red pepper ground (Capsicum spp) (B1 = 6.181 µg/kg – ppb) from India
- aflatoxins (B1 = 3.1; Tot. = 4 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from China
- arsenic (11.7 mg/kg – ppm) and lead (8.3 mg/kg – ppm) in, attempt to illegally import calabash chalk from Ghana
- attempt to illegally import live oysters and mussels from Senegal
- chlorpyrifos (0.71 mg/kg – ppm) and buprofezin (0.19 mg/kg – ppm) in Sichuan green tea from China
- formetanate (0.274 mg/kg – ppm) in sweet peppers from Turkey
- improper import declaration (product not heat-treated) for frozen cooked clams from Vietnam
- FCM: migration of formaldehyde (19.7 mg/kg – ppm) from melamine kitchen and melamine plates (46.9 mg/kg – ppm) from China
- FCM: migration of primary aromatic amines (2.02 mg/kg – ppm) from polyamide kitchenware from China
- poor temperature control of mackerel and other fish products from India
- prohibited substance chloramphenicol (210 µg/kg – ppb) in enzyme powder from India
- Salmonella Kentucky (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in hulled sesame seeds from India
- Salmonella spp. (presence), Salmonella Mbandaka (presence /25g) and Salmonella Orion (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India
- Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen meat preparations and in frozen turkey meat preparations from Brazil
- Salmonella spp. in frozen salted chicken breast meat from Thailand
- thiophanate-methyl (0.53 mg/kg – ppm) and unauthorised substance carbendazim (0.15 mg/kg – ppm) in fresh chilli peppers (Capsicum) from the Dominican Republic
- unauthorised irradiation of red yeast rice extract from China
- unauthorised substance dichlorvos (10.8 mg/kg – ppm) in dried beans from Nigeria
- unauthorised substance tolfenpyrad (0.079 mg/kg – ppm) in green tea from China
- unauthorised use of colour E 110 – Sunset Yellow FCF (98 mg/l) in mirinda soft drink
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