Food recalls in EU – Week 23 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have two recalls from consumers in EU in the information for attention notifications: - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in sliced bamboo, following company's own check. Origin China, notified by Germany; - Heavy metals: cadmium in frozen whole squids, following a border control. Origin Argentina, notified by France. Between the alert notifications, followed by a withdrawal from … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 23 – 2014

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