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: -Β Industrial contaminants:Β benzo(a)pyrene (12.7 Β΅g/kg - ppb) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (57.42 Β΅g/kg - ppb) in sprats pate from Latvia, following an official control on the market. Notified by … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015
Mozambique: food safety issue or tribal vengeance? (Update 17.01.2015)
Probably what will be the most scaring and bizarre food safety issue of the year is coming from Mozambique, where few days ago at least 69 people died (and 196 were hospitalized) after drinking the traditional pombe beer during a funeral. The GovernmentΒ declared three days of national mourning. The beer was probably contaminated by crocodile's … Continue reading Mozambique: food safety issue or tribal vengeance? (Update 17.01.2015)
