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In this article, we repeat important alerts from the European Commission's RASFF system from the past month.
The table is even clearer. We sort the notifications by product group, using the headings in the RASFF system and the countries of origin in the second column as a guide. You know your raw materials, products and their origins best. This enables you to swiftly determine whether any notifications in the rapid alert system are relevant to you. We have classified notifications marked as 'serious' as relevant in the system.
We generally refrain from repeating measured values and comparing maximum permissible levels of individual contaminants. In addition, we will largely stop issuing warnings about microbiological contamination in the following product groups: meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fish and seafood, and milk and milk products. For ten years, there have been recurring reports on known pathogenic germs every month. Furthermore, these perishable foods are usually unavailable by the time our report is published.
We continue to list notifications concerning dried and processed fruit and vegetables (excluding frozen goods) under 'Food Notifications'. However, we group all seafood and algae together in one product group, deviating from the RASFF product group classification system.
You can easily evaluate the RASFF page yourself using the various filter options to limit the notifications to those of direct interest to your company.
DECEMBER 2025
Chemical Hazards:
| Product Group | Origin | Hazard | Notification |
| Cereals and bakery products | Argentina | Allergens | Undeclared allergen (soya) in raw popcorn maize |
| Belgium | Mineral oil residues | MOAH in Waffles | |
| France | Mycotoxins | Ergot alkaloids above the maximum level in wheat flour (T65) | |
| Germany | Mycotoxins | Ergot sclerotia in rye | |
| Italy | Mycotoxins | Deoxynivalenol in Whole Grain Corn Cakes | |
| Rwanda | Biotoxins | Tropane alkaloids (scopolamine) in Sorghum flour | |
| Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea | India | Biotoxins | Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in black tea |
| Spain | Heavy metals | Cadmium in chocolate | |
| Germany | Mycotoxins | Ochratoxin A in coffee | |
| Poland | Pesticides | Chlorpyrifos +) and Phosmet +) in orange tea | |
| Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods | Austria | Trace elements | Increased iron and aluminum levels in food supplements |
| Czech Repuböic | Unauthorised ingredients | High THC content and presence of CBD in syrups | |
| France | Allergens | Undeclared allergen mustard in wheat protein | |
| France | Unauthorised ingredients | Presence of Melaleuca Cajéputii and Melaeuca Alternifolia in food supplement | |
| Germany | Vitamins | high vitamin D content in a food supplement | |
| India | Pesticides | Ethlyene oxide +)residues in food supplement | |
| Netherlands | Unauthorised ingredients | Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and unauthorised novel food ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) in CBD oil | |
| Sweden | Vitamins | Too high vitamin D content in a food supplement | |
| USA | Unauthorised ingredients | Too high vitamin D content in a food supplement | |
| Dried fruits (nuts see below) |
Argentina | Mycotoxins | Ochratoxin A in dried, diced apricots |
| Spain | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins in dried figs (Aflatoxin B1 63 µg/kg (!) (6 µg/kg)) | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A in dried figs | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins in dried (oranic) figs (11 (!)) | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Ochratoxin A in organic dried vine fruits | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Presence of ochratoxin A in dried figs (28 (!)) | |
| Fats and oils | Germany | Unauthorised ingredients | THC in hemp oil |
| Fish, crustaceae, bivalve molluscs, cephalo-& gastropods and product thereof | China | Biogenic amines | Histamine in Mahi Mahi fillets |
| India | Nitrate | unauthorised nitrates in vacuum-packed Yellowfin Tuna loin | |
| Indonesia | PAH | in smoked fish (2) | |
| Indonesia | PAH | in smoked shrimps Benzo(a)pyrene 15µg/kg (2 µg/kg), PAH-4 (sum) 49 µg/kg (12 µg/kg) | |
| Italy | Biogenic amines | Histamine levels above legal limits in anchovy sauce | |
| Spain | Biogenic amines | Scombroid syndrome / suspected tuna | |
| Sri Lanka | Biogenic Amines | Exceedance of histamine in skinless tuna fillet | |
| Vietnam | Veterinary drug residues | Leucomalachite Green in Vannamei shrimps | |
| Herbs and spices | Egypt | Mineral oil residues | MOAH 17.7 mg/kg (!) (0,5 mg/kg) in dried parsley |
| India | Biotoxins | Maximum content of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in cumin powder exceeded | |
| Italy | Biotoxins | Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 9670 µg/kg (!!!) (75 µg/kg) in herbal infusions intended for infants and young children | |
| Lebanon | Biotoxins | Pyrrolizidine alkaloids 5237,3 µg/kg (!) & 8745,4 µg/kg) (!) (400 µg/kg) in ground cumin (2) | |
| Turkey | Biotoxins | Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in dried oregano | |
| Ethiopia | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins in spice mix | |
| Uganda | Mineral oil residues | MOAH 9.5 mg/kg (!) (0,5 mg/kg) in vanilla bean | |
| Honey and royal jelly | Poland | Biotoxins | 35 different pyrrolizidine alkaloids in total 1081 µg/kg in pollen |
| Meat and meat products (other than poultry) | Belgium | Heavy metals | Cadmium in beef |
| Milk and milk products | Italy | Biogenic amines | Histamine in hard cheese |
| Nuts, nut products, pulses and seeds | Afghanistan | Cyanides | Cyanic acid 157 mg/kg (20 mg/kg) in apricot kernels |
| Argentina | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxin in Groundnut Runner Raw Split | |
| Argentina | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxine B1 in groundnuts (3) | |
| Brazil | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxin B1 and Total aflatoxins in groundnuts kernels | |
| Czech Repuböic | Biotoxins | Morphine and codeine in blue poppy seed | |
| Egypt | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxin B1 in unshelled peanuts | |
| Georgia | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels (8) | |
| India | Pesticides | Chlorpyrifos +) in hulled sesame seeds | |
| Iran | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxin B1 and total in unshelled pistachios | |
| Nigeria | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins (aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxins in total) in ground nut | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins B1 in shelled hazelnuts | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Ochratoxin A in sunflower seeds (2) | |
| Turkey | Mycotoxins | Ochratoxin A in Turkish pistache nuts | |
| UAE | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins exceed permitted limits in shelled pistachios (3) | |
| USA | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins in almond kernels (2) | |
| USA | Mycotoxins | High levels of aflatoxins in shelled pistachios (2) | |
| USA/Turkey | Mycotoxins | Aflatoxins above permitted limits in pistachios in shell from Türkiye, origin USA (2) | |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | China | Mineral oil residues | MOAH in cup noodles |
| Spain | 3-MCPD | High levels of 3-MCPD and 3-MCPD fatty acid esters detected in chickpea chips |
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MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times
Microbiological Hazards:
| Product Group | Origin | Notification |
| Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods | Poland | Presence of Salmonella spp. in a food supplement |
| Eggs and egg products | Netherlands | Eggs from a Dutch stable that tested positive for Salmonella |
| Fish, crustaceae, bivalve molluscs, cephalo-& gastropods and product thereof | Italy | Escherichia coli above legal limits and Salmonella in mussels produced in Italy with raw material from Spain |
| France | Escherichia coli in clams | |
| France | E.coli in mussels | |
| France | Listeria monocytogenes on smoked salmon | |
| Herbs and spices | Belgium | Salmonella in frozen (dried) herbs |
| Unknown | Salmonella spp. in porcini mushroom powder (notifed by Germany) |
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger, AGROLAB GROUP
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