RASFF – High count of Escherichia coli (330 MPN/100g) in chilled mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis from Spain in italy
RASFF – Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in chilled boneless beef (Bos taurus) from Argentina in Germany
RASFF – Too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (<10; <10; <10; 5000;<10 CFU/g) in duck meal from France in Belgium
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 32.1 µg/kg – ppb) in maize from Ukraine in the Netherlands
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An ad-hoc request was received from the European Commission to provide data on levels of aflatoxins
(sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2) in food samples of cereals and cereal-derived products from the
EFSA chemical occurrence database.
A total of 2183 food samples collected between 2007 and 2012, and with analytical data on the four
aflatoxins of interest, were available in the database. Among the samples, 1341 corresponded to
cereals and their milling products and 842 to processed cereal products. Rice (636 samples) and
breakfast cereals (346 samples) were the categories with the highest number of samples reported.
Some 1964 samples (90%) did not report quantified values for any of the four aflatoxins.
For cereals and their milling products, the maximum mean value at Lower Bound (LB) was found in
samples of unspecified grain milling products (2.21 μg/kg) while the maximum mean value at Upper
Bound (UB) was found in oat milling products (2.60 μg/kg). For processed cereal products the
maximum mean value at the LB was found in fine bakery wares (0.45 μg/kg), while the maximum
mean value at the UB was found in raw pasta (1.87 μg/kg).
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 15; Tot. = 28 µg/kg – ppb) and ochratoxin A (19 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in the Netherlands
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 25.69; Tot. = 27.24 µg/kg – ppb) in pisatchio nuts from Turkey in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 10.8; Tot. = 11.5 µg/kg – ppb) in raw pistachios from Turkey, via Syria in Italy
RASFF – Aflatoxins (20.1 <–> 46.8 µg/kg – ppb) in single feed maize from Romania and Bulgaria in Germany
RASFF – Salmonella typhimurium (presence /25g) in frozen turkey breasts from Poland in Denmark
RASFF – Histamine (346 mg/kg – ppm) in frozen cobia (Rachycentron candum) from Indonesia in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 7.4; Tot. = 7.8 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from India, via the Netherlands in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 117.5 / B1 = 102.5 µg/kg – ppb) in maize from Hungary in Germany
RASFF – Ochratoxin A (38.6 µg/kg – ppb) in paprika powder from China in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 54.4; Tot. = 60.6 / B1 = 6.9; Tot. = 7.8 µg/kg – ppb) in almonds with shell from the United States in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 30.23 µg/kg – ppb) in maize grains from Italy
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 14.0; Tot. = 14.8 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from India, via the Netherlands in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 36.7 / µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts for birdfeed from Argentina in GB
RASFF– Ochratoxin A (31.5 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Iran in Slovakia
RASFF– Aflatoxins (B1 = 38.9; Tot. = 53.9 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut paste from Ghana in Belgium
RASFF– Aflatoxins (B1 = 15.44; Tot. = 16.69 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Tunisia in Germany
RASFF– aflatoxins (B1 = 31.20; Tot. = 35.12 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio bars from Turkey in Germany
RASFF– Ochratoxin A (13 µg/kg – ppb) in organic rye snack from Estonia in Finland
BULGARIA – A heightened content of Aflatoxin M1 in a sample of raw milk has been found during regular control carried out by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency in farming centers for collecting raw milk, announced the Agency.
In a farming center in the northwestern town of Vidin the Agency found Aflatoxin M1 content that is a little bit higher than the maximum level allowed in Europe per a kilogram of raw milk. Heightened contents of the aflatoxin were established also in farming centers in the districts of Gabrovo and Sofia. It is banned to sell the whole amount of milk and it will be destroyed. The farming centers are prohibited from trading in milk until there are negative aflatoxin lab tests.
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RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 9.21 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted pistachios from Turkey in Austria
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 16.5 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Austria
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 3.9; Tot. = 14.1 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in Austria
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 12.2; Tot. = 12.2 µg/kg – ppb) in coated peanuts from Turkey in Italy
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 19.2; Tot. = 20.5 / B1 = 13.2; Tot. = 14 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio kernels from Turkey, with raw material from Syria in Italy
RASFF – Ochratoxin A (39 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted coffee from Kenya in Finland
RASFF – Ochratoxin A (10 µg/kg – ppb) in milling rye in bulk from Latvia, via Lithuania in Finland
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High levels of a cancer-causing fungus has been found in raw milk from a western German farm. The authorities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) suspect contaminated cow feed from Serbia.
Before being pasteurised, milk from the farm had twice as much aflatoxin – produced by the Aspergillus species of mould – than national standards allow.
There was a possibility that the contaminated raw milk had already been sent to dairies for processing, the state Consumer Protection Ministry said. Until the milk has levels below 50 nanogrammes of aflatoxin per kilogramme of milk it may not be sold. Current levels were around 100 nanogrammes.
Milk from cows which have ingested aflatoxin – one of the strongest naturally occurring carcinogens – is “particularly dangerous,” said Udo Paschedag from Lower Saxony’s Agriculture Ministry.
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