Food recalls in EU – Week 7 – 2014

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have one recall from consumers in EU in the alert notification: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in raw milk cheese coated with grape marc, following company's own check. Origin and notification from France, distributed also to United Kingdom. We have also one information for follow-up notification, followed by a recall: - Composition: carbon monoxide treatment in chilled tuna, … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 7 – 2014

Western corn rootworm withdrawal from the list of harmful organisms for plant

Two legal acts withdrawing the western corn rootworm from the list of regulated harmful organisms with quarantine status in the EU and repealing the related emergency measures to prevent the spread within the EU were published on 7th February 2014 in the Official Journal. The western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte) is a non-native insect … Continue reading Western corn rootworm withdrawal from the list of harmful organisms for plant