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Warnmeldungen aus dem europ. Schnellwarnsystem (RASFF) für Lebensmittel (außer Obst & Gemüse - siehe separater Beitrag)

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In diesem Beitrag wiederholen wir wesentliche Warnmeldungen aus dem RASFF-System der Europäischen Kommission des vergangenen Monats.

 

Wir verzichten darauf, sämtliche Mykotoxin- und Salmonellen-Grenzwertüberschreitungen zu wiederholen, sondern zeigen nur eine Auswahl, um die Risiken zu verdeutlichen. Wir möchten Sie jedoch darauf aufmerksam machen, dass in zahlreichen Fällen fehlende Allergeninformationen als schwerwiegend eingestuft wurden und ebenfalls zu Grenzwertverstößen führten.

Sie können die RASFF-Seite mit Hilfe verschiedener Filteroptionen bequem selbst auswerten und die Meldungen auf diejenigen beschränken, die für Ihr Unternehmen von direktem Interesse sind Link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/search

 

Wir bitten um Verständnis, dass wir Ihnen die folgende Tabelle nur auf Englisch präsentieren.

 

DEZEMBER 2024

 

Chemical Hazards: Product Origin
3-MCPD & Glycidylesters 3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) 3.530 µg/kg (2.500 µg/kg) in palm oil  with raw material from the Netherlands Poland
Biogenic amines Histamine  in average 2.698 mg/kg (!) (200 mg/kg) in chilled tuna Sri Lanka, notfied by Italy
Histamine 841,5 µg/kg (400 µg/kg) in sardinella fillets Marocco, notified by Germany
Biotoxins Amnesia toxins (ASP) 28,6 µg/kg & 53,37 µg/kg (20 µg/kg) in shellfish  France
Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBS 4,94 pg TEQ/g (2,5 pg TEQ/g) in beef kidney fat  Netherlands
Dyes +) Orange II +)  >125 µg/kg in chili powder  Ghana, notfied by Belgium
Rhodamin B +) 337 (!) µg/kg in chili powder Bangladesh, notified by Belgium
Heavy and toxic metals Arsenic (inorganic) 0,12 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) in baby food (cream rice) Italy
Cadmium >2 mg/kg (1 mg/kg) in Moroccan cuttlefish Spain
Cadmium 2,567 mg/kg (1 mg/kg) in frozen squid Portugal
Cadmium 1,8 mg/kg (1 mg/kg) and Lead 0,79 mg/kg (0,2 mg/kg) in beef kidneys UK, notified by France
Lead (>0,05 mg/kg)  in biscuits for infants with spelt milk and eggs free Italy
Mercury 6,6 mg/kg (1,0 mg/kg) in frozen slices of porbeagle (Isurus oxyrinchus)  Ecuador, notified by Spain
Mercury 1,6 mg/kg (1,0 mg/kg) in frozen/thawed sword fish Spain
Copper 85% and Zinc 14,7% in edible gold foil China 
Hydrocyanic acid, cyanides Hydrocyanic acid (HCN) 217 mg/kg (150 mg/kg) in organic flaxseed, from Kazakhstan, via Czech Republic Netherlands
Iodine  65,31 mg/kg in dried seaweed China, via Netherlands
472 µg/kg & 317 µg/kg (200 µg/kg) in roasted seaweed (2) South Korea (2)
Mycotoxins Aflatoxin B1 32,7 (!) µg/kg (2 µg/kg) &  suspicion of presence GMO in maize Romania
Aflatoxin B1 13,5; 21; 22,7; 26; 33; 44; 131 (!); 180 (!) µg/kg (6 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total)  23,9; 24; 25,8; 29; 35,1; 101 (!); 199 (!); 210 (!) µg(kg (10 µg/kg)  in dried figs (8) Turkey (8)
Aflatoxin B1 64 (!) µg/kg (6 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total)  180 (!) µg/kg (10 µg/kg)  in dried figs Spain
Aflatoxin (total)  23,1 µg/kg (10 µg/kg)  in dried figs Turkey
Aflatoxin B1 25,2 (!) µg/kg (2 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total) 28,8 µg/kg (4 µg/kg) in shelled peanuts Egypt, notified by Italy
Aflatoxin B1 9; 11;  11,8; 12,1 µg/kg (6 µg/kg)  in dried figs (4) Turkey (4)
Aflatoxin B1 16,3 µg/kg in pistachio cream Germany
Aflatoxin B1 21,9; 24,4; 56; 62,32 µg/kg (8 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total)  30; 26,4; 61,8; 68,51 µg/kg (10 µg/kg) in pistachios (4) Turkey (4)
Aflatoxin B1 21,5 µg/kg (5 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total) 22,7 µg/kg (10 µg/kg) in shelled pistachios Iran
Aflatoxin B1 34,5 µg/kg (8 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total)36,5 µg/kg (10 µg/kg) in pistachios Iran
Aflatoxin B1 12,3 µg/kg (5 µg/kg) in hazelnut kernels Azerbaijan
Aflatoxin B1 17,9  µg/kg (8 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total) 20,7 µg/kg (10 µg/kg) in shelled pistachios USA, via Turkey
Aflatoxin B1 38,9  µg/kg (8 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total) 41,4 µg/kg (10 µg/kg) in shelled pistachios USA
Aflatoxin B1 25,6  µg/kg (8 µg/kg), Aflatoxins (total) 28,7 µg/kg (10 µg/kg) in shelled pistachios Turkey
Aflatoxin B1 20 µg/kg (!) (2 µg/kg); Aflatoxins (total) 22 µg/kg; (4 µg/kg) in groundnuts USA
Fumonisins 3.260 µg/kg (1.000 µg/kg) in organic corn flour  Italy, widely distributed
Ochratoxin A 97,7 (!) µg/kg (5 µg/kg) A in roasted antep shelled pistachios Turkey
Ochratoxin A 20 µg/kg  (15 µg/kg) in ground nutmeg India
Ochratoxin A 10 µg/kg (3 µg/kg) in organic rye flour France
Ochratoxin A 14; 19,3; 21,92; >25 (2); 59,7; 87 (!); 94,1 (!); 172,5 (!); 227 (!); 390 (!) µg/kg (8 µg/kg) in dried figs (11) Turkey (11) !
Pesticides Chlorpyriphos +) 0,033 & 0,052 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) in ginger powder (2) India (2), notfied by Belgium
Cyproconazole 0,064 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) & Propiconazole 0,13 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) in ground coriander Poland
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,022 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg), Chlorfenapyr +) 0,07 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) & Lufenuron 0,013 mg/kg (0,01mg/kg) in black-eyed peas Madagascar
Ethylenoxide/ 2-Chlorethanol +) 2,1(!) & 1,7 (!) mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg)  in sesame seeds Guatemala , via UK & Netherlands
Fluazifop-P 0,023 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) in roasted paprika in infusion Greece
Acephate +) 0,45 mg/kg (!) (0,01 mg/kg) & Methamidophos +) 0,39 mg/kg (!) (0,01 mg/kg) in mung beans Brazil, notfied by Netherlands
Chlorpyriphos +) 0,021 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) in green tea  Russia, notfied by Germany
Acetamiprid +) 0,23 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg), Difenonazole +) 0,24 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg), Pyridaben +) 0,30 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) & Tolfenpyrad +) 0,23 mg/kg (!) (0,01 mg/kg) in green tea  China
PFAS Perfluorooctane sulphonic acid (PFOS) 3,2 g/kg (2 µg/kg) in carp (Cyprinus carpio)  Spain or Italy, notfied by France
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, Tropanalkaloids etc. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 6.156  µg/kg (1.000 µg/kg) in dried orgeano Turkey
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 920 µg/kg (400 µg/kg) in cumin with raw material from India UK, via Netherlands
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 4.235  µg/kg (1.000 µg/kg) in dried majoram Egypt, notified by Poland
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 869  µg/kg (400 µg/kg) in cumin Germany
Rye ergot 305 µg/kg (150 µg/kg) in organic spelt flour  France
Rye ergot sclerotia 0,03% & 0,19 %(0,02%) in wheat (2)
 France (2)
Sulfur dioxide, sulfites E220- sulfur dioxide 4.579 mg/kg (2.000 mg/kg) in dried apricots Afghanistan
Sulfites 506,7 mg/kg (150 mg/kg) in frozen shrimps Venezuela, notified by France
Veterinary drug residues Ivermectin+) 18 µg/kg  (!!!) (0,01 mg/kg) in frozen Broadhead catfish Vietnam, notified by Netherlands
Malachite green +) 5,6 µg/kg in catfish Vietnam
Nitrofuran metabolite furazolidone +)  1,54 µg/kg in frozen prawns India

+) application is prohibited

MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times

 

Microbiological Hazards Product Origin
E.coli    in mussels   Spain
E.coli (VTEC, STEC) in raw milk cheese (2) France (1), Italy (1)
in frozen beef carpaccio with meat from Argentina Germany, via Greece
Listeria monocytogenes in unsalted lactic butter Portugal, notified by Netherlands
in frozen tempeh cubes Netherlands
in gorgonzola (dolce) >100CFU Italy
in raw milk goat’s cheese France
Norovirus in dates Iran
in  chilled oysters Netherlands, via Sweden
Salmonella in  Eurostar (train) meal tray  Italy
in mussels from Spain Italy
in cumin Turkey
in black tea (2) China, notified by Poland (2)
in ground melon seeds Netherlands
foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by alfalfa sprouts in Norway, with alfalfa seeds from Italy Italy, Norway
in hulled sesame seeds Turkey
 in sesame seeds (2) Turkey (1), Uganda (1)
in prepared salmon with raw material from the Netherlands Italy
Vibrio spp Vibrio vulnificus in frozen raw whole shrimps Ecuador

 

Other Hazards Origin
Level of Vitamin D too high 250 µg/drop, caused severe hypercalcemia hypervitaminose D in food supplement Germany

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger