Food recalls in EU – Week 6/2015

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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: - Additives and flavourings: undeclared sulphite (740 mg/kg - ppm) in dried apricots from Poland, following an official control on the market. Notified by United Kingdom; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella enteritidis in … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 6/2015

Food recalls in EU – Week 20 – 2014

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This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have four recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notification: - Heavy metals: mercury in frozen sliced swordfish, following an official control on the market. Origin Spain, notified by Italy; - Heavy metals: mercury in frozen swordfish fillets, following an official control on the market. Origin Portugal, notified by Italy; - Composition: risk of … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 20 – 2014