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 soya and celery in canned vegetable ravioli in tomato & herb sauce from Belgium, following an official control on the market. Notified by United Kingdom;
– FCM (Food Contact Materials). Heavy metals: migration of cadmium (mean value 0.63 mg/item) and of lead (mean value: 5.6 mg/item) from tumblers from China, following an official control on the market. Notified by Poland, distributed also to Estonia, Russia and Ukraine;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella spp. (presence/25g) in sausages from Spain, following company’s own check. Notified by France.
2. Information for attention/for follow up followed by a recall from consumers:
– Food additives and flavourings: unauthorised use of colour E 127 – erythrosine (56 mg/kg – ppm) in cupcakes from South Africa, following an official control on the market. Notified by Belgium, distributed also to France, Luxembourg and Netherlands;
– Non pathogenic micro-organisms: cranberry juice from Denmark infested with moulds, following a consumer complaint. Notified by Denmark, distributed also to Germany, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
3. Alerts followed by a withdrawal from the market/from recipients:
– Allergens: undeclared milk ingredient, soya and lactose in acai ice covered with chocolate from Slovakia, following company’s own check. Notified by Netherlands, distributed also to Belgium;
– Allergens: undeclared milk ingredient (protein: 7.2; 13.5 mg/kg – ppm) in biscuits with orange jelly from Poland, following an official control on the market. Notified by Spain;
– Foreign bodies: glass fragments in chilled raw pork meat from Spain, following company’s own check. Notified by France
– Mycotoxins: fumonisins (B1: 2319.84; sum of FB1, FB2: 2642.47 µg/kg – ppb) in popcorn from Hungary, following an official control on the market. Notified by Slovakia;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria monocytogenes (140/g) in cheese with bacon from Spain, following an official control on the market. Notified by Netherlands, distributed also to Belgium;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria monocytogenes ( in raw milk cheese from France, following company’s own check. Notified by France, distributed also to Belgium and United Kingdom;
– Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella spp. (presence/25g) in chilled ham from France, following company’s own check. Notified by France, distributed also to Switzerland and United Kingdom.
4. Seizures:
– In Norway we had a seizure for unauthorised placing on the market of cod liver oil, following an official control on the market. Notified by Norway, distributed also to Denmark and Finland;
– In United Kingdom, we had a seizure for illegal import of mint from Vietnam, following a border control. Notified by United Kingdom.
5. Border rejections:
- acetamiprid (0.092 mg/kg – ppm) and dimethoate (0.34 mg/kg – ppm) in tea from China
- aflatoxins (B1 = 21.50; Tot. = 23.58 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Turkey and from Iran, via Turkey (Tot. = 47.5 µg/kg – ppb)
- aflatoxins (B1 = 251; Tot. = 284 µg/kg – ppb) in rice from Thailand
- aflatoxins (B1 = 4.5 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from China
- clothianidin (0.22 mg/kg – ppm) in chili peppers from the Dominican Republic
- dried apricots from Turkey infested with moulds
- fenamiphos (0.167 mg/kg – ppm) in sweet peppers from Turkey
- live insects in basmati rice from India
- mandipropamid (0.052 mg/kg – ppm) in fresh pea pods from Kenya
- FCM (Food Contact Materials): migration of chromium (6.2 mg/kg – ppm) and of manganese (2.2 mg/kg – ppm) from steel tools for barbecue from China
- FCM (Food Contact Materials) too high content of chromium (0.4 mg/kg – ppm) in tongs for spaghetti from China
- omethoate (0.03 mg/kg – ppm) in mangos from Brazil
- poor temperature control (>-12 °C) of frozen chicken from Ukraine
- Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in betel/paan leaves, sesame seeds and hulled sesame seeds from India
- shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx+ and eae+) in chilled boneless beef from Brazil
- unauthorised irradiation (thermoluminescence) of red rice extract from China
- unauthorised substance anthraquinone (0.047 mg/kg – ppm) in black tea from China
- unauthorised substance carbendazim (1.3 mg/kg – ppm) in dragon fruits
- unauthorised substance chlorfenapyr (0.017 mg/kg – ppm) in papayas from Brazil
- unauthorised substance dichlorvos (0.18 mg/kg – ppm) in dried beans from Nigeria
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