Food Safety Alerts from Europe, Week 23
Reason: Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) toxins – domoic acid (73.83 mg/kg – ppm)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0765
Date: 04/06/2012
DENMARK, frozen leaf spinach from Belgium
Reason: rodent (fragments of)
Notification Basis: consumer complaint
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0777
Date: 06/06/2012
NETHERLANDS, table grapes from Chile
Reason: methomyl (0.1 mg/kg – ppm)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0787
Date: 07/06/2012
FRANCE, BELGIUM, chili powder from China
Reason: aflatoxins (B1 = 9.4 pg/kg)
Notification Basis: company’s own check
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0779
Date: 06/06/2012
DENMARK, whole black pepper from Brazil, via the Netherlands
Reason: Salmonella spp. (presence /25g)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0782
Date: 07/06/2012
SLOVAKIA, acacia honey from Poland
Reason: sulfamethoxazole (10.2 µg/kg – ppb) unauthorised
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0780
Date: 07/06/2012
FRANCE, GERMANY, raw milk cheese from France
Reason: Listeria monocytogenes (1 out of 5 samples /25g)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0772
Date: 06/06/2012
ITALY, UHT milk from Slovenia
Reason: coagulation of and too high count of mesophiles
Notification Basis: consumer complaint
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0776
Date: 06/06/2012
GERMANY, AUSTRIA, soft cheese preparation made with gorgonzola and cream from Italy
Reason: Listeria monocytogenes (4700 CFU/g)
Notification Basis: company’s own check
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0781
Date: 07/06/2012
NETHERLANDS, tahini liquid from Syria
Reason: Salmonella spp. (presence /25g)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0768, 2012.0769, 2012.0770
Date: 06/06/2012
LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE, GERMANY, mini chicken paprika skewer from France
Reason: Salmonella Mbandaka (presence /10g)
Notification Basis: company’s own check
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0767
Date: 04/06/2012
Food Contact Materials
CYPRUS, kitchen utensils from China
Reason: migration of primary aromatic amines (aniline: 12; 4,4′-MDA: 1300 µg/l)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0759
Date: 04/06/2012
CYPRUS, plastic spatulas from China
Reason: migration of primary aromatic amines (aniline: 113; 4,4′-MDA: 13.9 µg/l)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0761
Date: 04/06/2012
CYPRUS, plastic kitchen spoon from China
Reason: migration of primary aromatic amines (aniline: 88; 4,4′-MDA: 4916 µg/l)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0763
Date: 04/06/2012
CYPRUS, plastic black spoon for pasta kitchen tool from China
Reason: migration of primary aromatic amines (aniline: 195 µg/l)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0764
Date: 04/06/2012
LUXEMBOURG, kitchen set from Slovakia, via Belgium
Reason: migration of formaldehyde (136 mg/kg – ppm) and of melamine (260 mg/kg – ppm)
Notification Basis: official control on the market
RASFF reference No.: 2012.0773
Date: 06/06/2012