Category Archives: Animal Feed

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Ergot Alkaloids – Triticale

Posted on April 21, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) in triticale from France in Belgium and Poland

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RASFF Alerts – Mold/Mould – Corn – Hulled Sunflower Seeds – Feed Material

Posted on April 21, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Corn – mould from Ukraine in Poland

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Sunflower meal from hulled sunflower seeds – mold from Ukraine in Poland and Lithuania

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Mould in feed material from Ukraine in Poland

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RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Salmonella

Posted on April 21, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Salmonella spp. in rapeseed cakes from Germany in the Netherlands

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Austria – Pets – Fiffy meadow hay 700g – Mold/Mould

Posted on April 14, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Miscellaneous Recall

AGES informs about a recall of the company SPAR. On April 14th, 2023, the company initiated a recall of the product Fiffy meadow hay 700g:
©AGES
recall reason
Mold
Marketed by
SAVE
Manufacturer
SAVE
Expiry Date
02.2025
Batch number
No. 156 (Best before 11/24) / No. 161 (Best before 02/25)

SPAR continuously controls the products of the SPAR brands to ensure the highest quality – not only for food, but also for items for pets, for example. During a routine quality control, a microbiological deviation (mold formation) was found in the product “Fiffy Wiesenheu 700g” of batches no. 156 (best before 11/24) and no. 161 (best before 02/25). For this reason, SPAR is recalling the product with the above batch numbers. This warning does not imply that the nonconformity was caused by the producer, manufacturer, importer or distributor.

Customers are asked not to use the “Fiffy Wiesenhay 700g” with the batch numbers 156 and 161 for their pets due to a microbiological deviation (mold formation). All other Fiffy products or meadow hay of other brands are not affected by this recall.

All customers who have bought a product with the batch numbers mentioned can of course return it to the nearest SPAR, EUROSPAR or INTERSPAR store or Maximarkt. Customers are reimbursed the purchase price even without a receipt.

Customers who have questions about this are welcome to contact customer service at office@spar.at or call the freephone number 0800 / 22 11 20 .

original recall

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Pet Food – Organic Sunflower Press Cake

Posted on April 14, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Salmonella in pet food from Netherlands in Belgium

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Salmonella spp. in organic sunflower press cake from Bulgaria in Germany

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RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Organic sun cake expeller

Posted on April 7, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Aflatoxins in organic sun cake expeller from Italy in Denmark

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RASFF Alert- Animal Feed – Enterobacteriaceae – Fish Meal

Posted on April 7, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (360 CFU/g) in fish meal from Morocco in Spain

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed- Salmonella -Soybean Meal – Sunflower Meal – Granulated Wheat Bran

Posted on April 6, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Salmonella in soybean meal from the Netherlands in Finland

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Salmonella in sunflower meal extracted from Serbia in Austria

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Salmonella Enteritidis in granulated wheat bran from Ukraine in Poland

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Research – Extensive literature searches on bromine and Ochratoxin A in feed

Posted on April 1, 2023 by | Leave a comment

EFSA

Two Extensive Literature Searches (ELSs) by using PubMed, Web of Science (WoS) and SciFinder for relevant studies on Ochratoxin A (OTA) and bromine, bromate and bromide (BRs) in feed were performed. Search queries allowed to obtain a total number of 8,953 and 34,183 references for OTA and BRs, respectively. The relevance analysis of the documents was performed by screening titles and abstracts against inclusion and exclusion criteria. Relevant references accounted in each Area, for OTA and BRs, were respectively: Area 1 (Information on analytical techniques for quantification) 117 and 117 documents, respectively; Area 2 (Information on occurrence/concentrations and formation) 176 and 176 documents, respectively; Area 3 (Information on exposure of farm and companion animals) 31 and 3 documents, respectively; Area 4 (Information on toxicokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) in farm and companion animals) 37 and 8 documents, respectively; Area 5 (Information on toxicity of OTA/BRs in farm and companion animals) 249 and 23 documents, respectively; Area 6 (Information on the transfer of OTA/BRs from feed to animal derived food) 18 and 4 documents. A total number of 618 and 100 relevant non‐redundant documents was found for OTA and BRs, respectively. Those results were obtained after the full text analysis of all the document previously labelled as relevant.

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RASFF Alert – Animal Feed- Aflatoxin – Sunflower Seeds

Posted on March 31, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Aflatoxin B1 in sunflower seeds from Egypt in Spain

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