Category Archives: Aflatoxin

Denmark – Aflatoxin in popcorn corn

Posted on April 17, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Nordic Food Partners A/S is recalling Rema 1000 popmajs ØKO, Salling ØKO Popcorn Majs and ØGO Organic Popcorn Majs, as an excessively high content of the fungal toxin aflatoxin B1 has been found in the products. The products should be returned to the store where they were purchased or discarded.

Recalled foods , Published: April 13, 2023

Modified April 14, 2023

​​​​​​​​Which foods:

Rema 1000 pop corn ORGANIC
Net content : 400g
EAN code: 5705830008961
Best before date: 13.02.2024, Lot number: 35068
Best before date: 13.03.2024, Lot number: 35183

Sold in: Rema 1000 stores throughout the country.

Salling ØKO Popcorn majs
Net content: 400g
EAN code: 5712874018955
Best before date: 13.02.2024, Lot number: 35068
Best before date: 14.02.2024, Lot number: 35068
Best before date: 14.03.2024, Lot number: 35183

Sold in: Bilka, Føtex and Salling stores throughout the country.

ØGO Organic Popcorn Corn
Net content: 400g
EAN code: 5712872348313
Best before dates: 14.02.2024, 20.02.2024, 09.03.2024, 10.03.2024
Lot number: 35068

Sold in: Netto and Basalt stores throughout the country.

​Why are the products being recalled:

​An excessively high content of the fungus toxin aflatoxin B1 has been found in the products. A health risk cannot therefore be ruled out if you eat the products. The decisive thing is that you do not have too high an intake of aflatoxin over a long period of time. So it is not the individual meal that is decisive, but rather intake over a longer period of time. Therefore, you will not experience acute symptoms if you have eaten the products.

Read more about aflatoxin here

What should you do as a consumer:

​The Danish Food Agency advises consumers to return the products to the store where they were purchased, or to discard them.

Who is recalling the products:

Nordic Food Partners A/S
Ørslevklostervej 58A
7840 Højslev

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Pistachios and Hazelnuts

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Aflatoxin in Pistachio from Turkey in Italy

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Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia in Germany and Bulgaria

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Czech Republic – Albert Hazelnut kernels natural 200 g – Aflatoxins

Posted on April 11, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Place of inspection:
Hrádek nad Nisou ( Liberecká 642, 463 34 Hrádek nad Nisou )
ID: 44012373
Food group: Nuts / Nuts

albert Hazelnut kernels natural 200 g
Category: Dangerous foods
Invalid parameter:

aflatoxin B1
sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2
appearance

The maximum limit for aflatoxin content was exceeded several times in the food.

The kernels were brown inside and were found to contain live pests.

Batch: L22015
Best before date: 13/04/2023
Packaging: PP bag with print, sealed with welds
Quantity of the product in the package: 0.2 kg
Manufacturer: Ing. Bohumil Kratochvíl – IBK Trade, Dolanská 7/337, 161 00 Prague 6
Country of origin:  Georgia
Date of sample collection: 7/11/2022
Reference number: 23-000005-SZPI-CZ
The sample was detected by the official control of the State Agricultural and Food Inspection.

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Popcorn – Shelled Pistachios- Groundnuts

Posted on April 7, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Aflatoxin in popcorn in  Denmark, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden

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aflatoxins beyond the permitted limits in shelled pistachios from Iran in Italy

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Aflatoxin in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin in Indian groundnuts in the Netherlands and Switzerland

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxins – Dried Figs

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Mycotoxins (total aflatoxins, tenuazonic acid) in dried figs from Türkiye in France and Germany

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RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Organic sun cake expeller

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Aflatoxins in organic sun cake expeller from Italy in Denmark

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Finland – Mold toxins in corn kernels

Posted on April 6, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Midsona Finland Oy has announced that it has withdrawn from sale one lot of the product Urtekram Maize grain organic 400 g. The batch to be withdrawn can best be identified by the date before 25.07.2024. The batch in question has been found to contain aflatoxin, which is a mold toxin, exceeding the maximum amount defined in the legislation. In long-term use, it is harmful to health.

The product batch has been delivered this spring for sale to S and K group stores.

More information for consumers can be found on Midsona Finland Oy’s website. The company advises consumers for questions or to obtain possible product refunds to contact the consumer service by email: sättätäpalvelu@midsona.fi : “The email must include a picture of the product and the best before date. We will refund the price of the product, so please also include your contact information in the message.”

The matter is handled at the Food Agency by Chief Inspector Mika Varjonen, firstname.surname@ruokavirasto.fi .

Picture of the product
(Picture: Midsona Finland Oy)

Urtekram Corn grain organic 400 g.

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Denmark – Aflatoxin in pop corn

Posted on April 5, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Midsona Danmark A/S is recalling Urtekram Popcorn, as an excessively high content of the fungal toxin aflatoxin B1 has been found in the product. The product should be returned to the store where it was purchased or discarded.

Recalled foods , Published: April 5, 2023

​​​​Which food:

​Urtekram Popcorn ( see a picture of the product here )
Net content: 400g
EAN code: 5765228112533
​​Best before date: 25.07.2024

Sold in: Kvickly, SuperBrugsen, Løvbjerg and Helsam all over the country.

​Why is the food recalled:

​​​​​​An excessively high content of the fungal toxin aflatoxin B1 has been found in the product. A health risk cannot therefore be ruled out if you eat the product. It is important not to have too high an intake of aflatoxin over a long period of time. So it is not the individual meal that is decisive, but rather intake over a longer period of time. Therefore, you will not experience acute symptoms if you have eaten the product.

Read more about aflatoxin here

​What should you do as a consumer:

​The Norwegian Food Agency advises consumers to return the product to the store where it was purchased, or to discard it.

​Who is recalling the product:

Midsona Danmark A/S​

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France – Microwavable popcorn 90g – Aflatoxin

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Cereals and baked goods
  • Product brand name Anavieja
  • Model names or references Microphone popcorn
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    8437000299462 0316 Date of minimum durability 01/16/2024
  • Packaging 90g bags
  • Marketing start/end date From 02/20/2023 to 03/22/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Further information Batch number visible on the back of the bag.
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Departments: ESSONNE (91)
  • Distributors Peppermint
  • List of points of sale listing_code_customer_67416.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Aflatoxin detection
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Aflatoxins

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France – Sweet popcorn 50g – Aflatoxin

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Cereals and baked goods
  • Product brand name Anavieja
  • Model names or references Organic Palomitas Sweets
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    8437000299288 0713 Date of minimum durability 10/11/2023
  • Packaging 50g sachets
  • Marketing start/end date From 02/20/2023 to 03/22/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Further information Batch number visible on the back of the bag.
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Departments: GIRONDE (33), ISERE (38), HAUT-RHIN (68), PARIS (75)
  • Distributors Living water and Sobio
  • List of points of sale listing_code_customer_67410.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Aflatoxin detection

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