Food recalls in EU – Week 5 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have three recalls from consumers in EU, following an alert notification: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in smoked trout fillets, following company's own check. Origin Belgium (via Denmark), notification from France, distributed also to Luxembourg; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in gorgonzola cheese, following company's own check. Origin Italy, notification from Switzerland; - Mycotoxins: aflatoxins in blanched … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 5 – 2014

Food recalls in EU – Week 1- 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we don't have any recall from consumers in EU. Between the alert notifications, followed by a withdrawal from the market of the product: - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in chilled chocolate desserts, following a consumer complaint. Origin Belgium, notification from Germany; - Pesticides residues: ethephon in grapes, following company's own check. Origin Namibia, notification … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 1- 2014