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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
| Chemical Hazards: | Product | Origin |
| Acrylamide | 692 µg/kg (350 µg/kg) in cookies | Ukraine |
| Biotoxins | Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins 234 µg/kg (160 µg/kg) in mussels | France |
| Ethylene oxide (EO) / 2-chlorethanol (2-CE) +) | EO 0,15 mg/kg & 72 mg/kg (!) (0,1 mg/kg) in bay leaf | Turkey |
| EO 0,38 mg/kg (0,1 mg/kg) in turmeric extract (Curcuma Longa) | India | |
| Heavy and toxic metals | Lead 4,47 mg/kg, 20,3 mg/kg , & 289 mg/kg (3 mg/kg) and Mercury 867 mg/kg (!!!), 22.378 mg/kg (!!!!), 11.676 mg/kg (!!!!) & 18.735 mg/kg (!!!!) (0,1 mg/kg in Ayurvedic food supplements (4) | India (4) |
| Cadmium 2,3 mg/kg (1 mg/kg) in mussels | Chile, notified by France | |
| Mercury 3,03 mg/kg (1 mg/kg) in sword fish | Spain | |
| Mineral oil components (MOSH, MOAH) | Mineral oil components in sesame oil | Singapore via Netherlands |
| Morphine | 37 mg/kg in poppy seeds | Turkey |
| Mycotoxins | Aflatoxin B1 48,7 µg/kg (5 µg/kg) in Brazil nuts | Brazil |
| Ochratoxin A 570 µg/kg (!) (20 µg/kg) in organic dandelion root | France | |
| Pesticides | Chlorpyrifos +) 0,014 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg ) in dried black-eyed beans | Madagascar |
| Chlorpyrifos +) 0,048 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg ) in dried black-eyed beans | Madagascar | |
| Chlorate 5,27 mg/kg (!), 3,62 mg/kg, 3,03 mg/kg, 2,46 mg/kg 2,39 mg/kg, 2,18 mg/kg, 1,59 mg/kg & 1,1 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) in chicken meat preparation (8) | Thailand (8) | |
| Dithiocarbamates 0,236 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) in pickled vine leaves | Turkey | |
| Acetamiprid 0,21 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg), Chlorpyrifos +) 0,033 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg ) & lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,061 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) in black tea | Sri Lanka | |
| Chlorpyrifos +) 0,13 mg/kg (!) (0,01 mg/kg), Carbendazim +) 0,024 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) & Tricyclazole +) 0,034 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) in rice | Bangladesh | |
| Chlorpyrifos +) 0,12 mg/kg (!) (0,01 mg/kg), Thiamethoxam 0,046 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) & Tricyclazole +) 0,055 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg) in rice | India | |
| Chlorpyrifos +) 0,020 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg ) in Basmati rice | India | |
| Chlorpyrifos +) 0,033 mg/kg (0,01 mg/kg ) in rice | India | |
| Pyrrolizidine alkaloids | 3.292 µg/kg & 8.640 µg/kg (!) (400 µg/kg)) in dried oregano | Turkey (2) |
| 657 µg/kg (400 µg/kg) in peppermint herbal tea | Poland | |
| 32.579 µg/kg in the food supplement Tribulus Terrestris Extract (TT-040 Plus) | France | |
| Sudan dyes and other forbidden dyes +) | Sudan I 1.604,5 mg/kg (!) and Sudan IV 1.091,1 mg/kg (!) in paprika powder | Turkey, via Netherlands |
| Tropane alkaoids | Atropin 7,4 µg/kg & Scopolamine 7,4 µg/kg in buckwheat flour | France |
| Atropine 11,1 µg/kg and Scopolamine 3,3 µg/kg in organic sorghum flour | UK/Germany | |
| Veterinary drug reidues | Phenylbutazone +) 12 ng/g fat and Oxyphenbutazone +) >20 ng/g fat in equine meat | Ireland, notified by France |
+) application is prohibited
MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times
| Microbiological Hazards | Product | Origin |
| Bacillus cereus | in dip sauces | Netherlands |
| Listeria monocytogenes | in fresh salmon | Norway |
| in cheese | France | |
| in olive products (blackended olives) 47.000 cfu/g (!) | Germany | |
| in focaccia bread | Netherlands | |
| Mold | on the surface of dried plum with raw material from Serbia | Croatia |
| Pseudomonads | Pseudomonads and Acinetobacter in fresh low-fat milk | Germany |
| Salmonella | in white teff flour | Netherlands |
| in sugared egg yolk | Netherlands | |
| in basil | Egypt | |
| in sesame seeds (2) | Rep. Of Chad (1), India (1) | |
| in mussels (Mytilus edulis) | Netherlands | |
| in Mousse au Chocolat products (classic and whole milk) | Switzerland | |
| Vibrio cholerae | in frozen shrimps | Ecuador |
| Other Hazards | Origin |
| unauthorized novel food (Bambusa vulgaris shoots) (2) | China (2) | |
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger
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