Food recalls in EU

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have one recall from consumers in EU in the alert notifications:

- Allergens: undeclared wheat in ice cream, following company’s own check. Origin Finland, notified by Finland, distributed also to Estonia.

Between the information for attention, followed by a recall from consumers:

- Foreign bodies: metal pieces in canned sardines in oil, following company’s own check. Origin Portugal, notified by France.

Between the alert notifications, followed by a withdrawal from the market of the product, we find:

- Pathogenic micro-organisms: suspicion of Clostridium Botulinum in pesto sauce with black truffles, following food poisoning. Origin Hungary, notified by Hungary, distributed also to Hong Kong and Slovakia;

- Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella enteritidis in frozen chicken leg, following an official control on the market. Origin Poland, notified by Latvia;

- Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella typhimurium in frozen chicken carcasses, following company’s own check. Origin France, notified by France, distributed also to Bulgaria, Guadeloupe, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Portugal, United Arab Emirates and Macedonia;

- Mycotoxins: aflatoxins in sunflower seeds, following an official control on the market. Origin Argentina (via United Kingdom), notified by Germany;

- Pathogenic micro-organisms: enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli in raw goat milk cheese, following an official control on the market. Origin France, notified by France, distributed also to Belgium, Gabon, Germany, Luxembourg, South Africa and Switzerland;

- Poor or insufficient controls: inadequate thermal processing on chilled liver sausage, following a consumer complaint. Origin Poland, notified by Poland, distributed also to Sweden;

- Pathogenic micro-organisms: foodborne outbreak caused by Salmonella enteritidis in deep frozen pork tenderloin, following food poisoning. Origin Hungary, notified by Slovakia;

- Residues of medicinal veterinary products: prohibited substance diethylstilbestrol in pork, following an official control on the market. Origin Denmark/Germany, notified by Germany, distributed also to Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States;

- Organoleptic aspects: unsuitable organoleptic characteristics in cocktail shrimps, following a consumer complaint. Origin India, notified by Germany, distributed also to Belgium, Netherlands and Poland.

Amongst border rejections we have Salmonella spp. in boneless bovine meat from Brazil and in frozen poultry preparation from Argentina, suspicion of shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in chilled boneless beef from Argentina, aflatoxins in groundnut kernels from China and chilli powder from India, absence of certified analytical report and of Common Entry Document (CED) for melon seeds from Nigeria, frozen cheese from the United States with defective packaging, illegal import of and Salmonella spp. in paan leaves from Bangladesh, unauthorised genetically modified papaya from Thailand, chlorpyriphos-methyl in chickpeas from Argentina, cypermethrin and cyhalothrin in chilli peppers from the Dominican Republic, formetanate in fresh peppers from Turkey, poor temperature control of frozen tuna from South Africa and frozen squid, mercury in frozen squid from Peru, benzo(a)pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in non-refined soybean oil from Ukraine, unauthorised substance sildenafil and novel food (Scutellaria elliptica & incana) in food supplement from the United States.

For feed, we don’t have any relevant notification this week.

For food contact materials we have a border rejection for migration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DOTP) from lid of jar containing garlic paste from Thailand.

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