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In this section we repeated alert notices from the RASFF system of the European commission issued in the previous month, which we thought to be noteworthy and of interest to our clients.
We will refrain from repeating the numerous reports on all mycotoxin and salmonella limit violations but show only a selection to pinpoint the risks. However, we like to put your attention to the fact that in numerous cases missing allergen information was categorized as serious and caused border rejections too.
You can analyse the RASFF-site conveniently by yourself using several filter options and limit the notification to those which are of direct interest to your business. Link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/search
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Chemical Hazards: |
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3-MCP-D, glycidyl esters & fatty acid ethyl esters |
Glycidyl esters 2561 µg/kg (MRL: 1000 µg/kg) and 3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) 4326 µg/kg (MRL: 2500 µg/kg) in biscuits |
Iran |
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Antibiotics, |
Aminoflubendazol 679 µg/kg (MRL: 400 µg/kg) in pork meat |
Netherlands |
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Nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ) >1 µg/kg in shrimps |
India |
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Ergot alkaloids |
Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) in barley flour 217 µg/kg (MRL: 150 µg/kg) |
Netherlands |
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Ethylene oxide / |
Ethylene oxide 5,68 mg/kg in seasoning paste and 0,633 mg/kg in seasoning sauce |
India |
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2-Chloro-ethanol 0,024 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in rice noodles |
Vietnam |
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2-Chloro-ethanol 37,4 (!) mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in food supplement |
India |
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Heavy and toxic metals |
Cadmium 1,8 mg/kg (MRL: 1 mg/kg) in cooked, frozen mussels (Mytilus chilensis) |
Chile |
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Cadmium 1.9 to 3.3 mg/kg (MRL: 1 mg/kg) in small octopus |
Italy |
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Mercury 2,3 mg/kg (MRL: 1 mg/kg) in smoked sword fish and 1,88 mg/kg in frozen swordfish |
Spain |
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Histamine |
in tuna 4950 mg/kg (!) (MRL: 200 mg/kg) |
Sri Lanka |
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in sardines 504 mg/kg -1599 mg/kg (MRL: 200 mg/kg) |
Belgium or France |
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Hydrogen cyanid |
in almonds 58,8 mg/kg |
Italy |
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Iodine |
in dried seaweed 365 mg/kg (!) (MRL: 20 mg/kg) |
South Korea |
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in dried seaweed 7241 mg/kg (!!!) (MRL: 20 mg/kg) |
China |
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Marine biotoxins |
Lipophilic toxins (DSP) 209,2 mg/kg in almendras de mar (Glycymeris glycymeris) |
Portugal |
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Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins - okadaic acid in cockles |
Portugal |
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Mycotoxins |
Aflatoxin B1 6,5 µg/kg (MRL: 2 µg/kg) & Aflatoxins total 6,9 µg/kg (MRL: 4 µg/kg) in husked-brown rice cargo or rice brun |
Pakistan |
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Fumonisins 3151 µg/kg (!!!) in popcorn |
Argentina notified by Poland |
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Ochratoxin A 730 µg/kg in astragalus extract powder (D: Tragant) used in food supplements from Croatia |
Germany |
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Ochratoxin A 20 µg/kg (MRL: 5 µg/kg) in rice (2) |
India (2) |
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Ochratoxin A (OTA) 5,3 µg/kg and 7,6 µg/kg in corn flour |
Poland |
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Zearalenone 75,9 µg/kg & 117 µg/kg and aflatoxin B1 in organic rice crackers |
Belgium |
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PAH |
Benzo[a]pyrene 27,7 µg/kg (!) (MRL: 2 µg/kg) and total PAHs 166,1 µg/kg (!) (MRL: 12 µg/kg) in smoked pork collar |
Latvia |
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Benzo[a]pyrene 22,3 µg/kg (MRL: 20 µg/kg) and total PAHs 102,8 µg/kg (MRL: 50 µg/kg) in ginger powder |
China |
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Benzo[a]pyrene 4,1 µg/kg (MRL: 2 µg/kg) and total PAHs 24,6 µg/kg (MRL: 11 µg/kg) in smoked dwarf catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in vegetable oil |
Ukraine |
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Pesticides |
Anthraquinone +) 0,11 mg/kg (MRL: 0,02 mg/kg) in star anise |
Vietnam |
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Chlorpyrifos +) 0,035 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in black-eyed beans |
Madagascar |
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Chlorpyrifos +) 0,071 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) and Dimethoate +) 0,038 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in dried beans |
Madagascar |
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Chlorpyrifos +) (no value) in black-eyed beans |
Turkey |
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Chlorpyrifos+) 0,11 (!) mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in coriander |
Cambodia |
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Chlorpyrifos +) 0,41 (!) mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) and Thiophanate-methyl 0,88 mg/kg (MRL: 0,1 mg/kg) in yellow raisins |
Iran |
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Dithiocarbamates 25,2 mg/kg (MRL: 5 mg/kg) in basil |
Ethiopia |
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Fenamidone 1,5 mg/kg (!!) (MRL: 0,02 mg/kg) in basil |
Israel |
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Acetamiprid 0,29 mg/kg (MRL: 0,05 mg/kg), Chlorpyrifos+) 0,23 (!) (0,01), Clothianidin 0,38 (0,05), Imidacloprid +) 0,13 (0,05), Thiamethoxam 0,22 (0,05) in cumin seeds |
India |
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Haloxyfop +) 0,025 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) and undeclared sulphite 3.247 mg/kg in dried apricots |
Iran |
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Acetamiprid 0,28 (!) mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg), Boscalid 5 (!!!) (0,01), Carbendazim +) 6,9 (!!!) (0,1), Chlorpyriphos +) 0,39 (!) (0,01), lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,16 (!) (0,01), Cypermethrin 0,18 (0,05), Difenoconazole 0,2 (0,05), Imidacloprid +) 0,052 (0,01), Lufenuron 0,26 (!) (0,01), Metalaxyl 0,023 (0,01), Propiconazole 0,41 (0,01), Pyraclostrobin 0,14 (0,02), Pyridalyl +) 1,4 (!!!) (0,01),Thiophanate-methyl 1,6 (!) (0,1) |
Egypt |
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Ethirimol +) 0,047 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) and hexythiazox 0,048 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in vine leaves in brine |
Turkey |
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Pentachlorphenol 0,14 mg/kg (!) (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) in licorice root extract |
India |
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Tricyclazole +) 0,37 mg/kg (!) (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg) and Carbendazim 0,31 (MRL: 0,01) in aromatic rice chinigura |
Bangladesh |
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Tricyclazole +) 0,11 mg/kg (!) (MRL: 0,01) in Ruchi Puffed Rice |
Bangladesh |
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Chlorpyrifos+) 0,095 mg/kg (MRL: 0,01 mg/kg), Tricyclazole +) 0,069 (MRL: 0,01) Thiamethoxam 0,041 (MRL: 0,01) in rice |
India |
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids |
in dried oregano 5591 µg/kg & > 2500 µg/kg (MRL: 1000 µg/kg) |
Turkey (2) |
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in ground cumin 4436 µg/kg (!) (MRL: 400 µg/kg) |
Turkey |
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Sudan dyes and other unauthorized colorants |
Malachite green & leucomalachite green |
Bangladesh |
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(Leuco)malachite green 205 µg/kg (!!!) (MRL: 2 µg/kg) in fish |
Vietnam |
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Sudan I 65 mg/kg, Sudan III, Sudan IV & Red B 76 mg/kg (MRL: 0,1 mg/kg) in chilli crushed with seed |
Unknown, notified by Germany |
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Sudan I 490 µg/kg & Sudan Orange G 170 µg/kg in ground sumac |
Turkey |
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Sulfur dioxide / sulphite |
in cooked fava (broad) beans 28 mg/kg (MRL: 10 mg/kg as allergen) |
Lebanon |
+) application is prohibited
MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times
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Microbiological Hazards |
Product |
Origin |
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E.coli |
Escherichia coli and Salmonella in live mussels |
France |
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in cockles |
France via Netherlands |
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EHEC/EPEC/STEC/VTEC |
STEC/VTEC/EHEC/EPEC in sheep fillet |
Australia, notified by Germany |
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EPEC in beef carpaccio |
Czech Republic |
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Listeria monocytogenes |
in filled, spun-curd cheese (burrata) |
Italy |
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in sliced salami Napoli |
Italy |
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in pancakes chocolat |
France |
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in herring filet |
France |
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in smoked salmon (from Norway) (2) |
Poland (2) |
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in hot smoked mackerel |
Netherlands |
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in chilled smoked bacon (in 3 out of 5 samples) |
Poland |
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Salmonella |
in sesame seeds (11) |
Nigeria (10), |
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in halva |
Turkey |
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in neutral gelatine |
Germany |
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in chorizo |
Spain |
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Salmonella thyphimurium in mussels |
Netherlands |
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Salmonella Agmeni in canned Mungo Bean Sprouts |
France |
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Salmonella C1 in sausage |
Poland |
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Staphylococci |
Staphylococcal enterotoxin (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in mozzarella |
Spain |
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Vibrio spp. |
Vibrio vulnificus in frozen raw shrimp (2) |
Ecuador (1), |
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Norovirus* |
in oysters |
France |
YOUR PLUS: Our laboratory AGROLAB Dr. Blasy-Dr. Busse is allowed to work with pathogenic food viruses and offers also analysis for Norovirus and Hepatitis A virus.
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger
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