Category Archives: Aspergillus Toxin

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxins – Dried Figs – Peanuts – Groundnuts

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Aflatoxins in dried figs from dried figs in Denmark and Bulgaria

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Aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye in Italy and Bulgaria

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Aflatoxin in dried figs from Türkiye in Germany and Bulgaria

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Aflatoxins in peanuts from China in France

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Aflatoxin in dried figs from Türkiye in Germany and Bulgaria

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Aflatoxin B1 and total in Groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

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High levels of aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye in Bulgaria and Germany

RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Peanuts – Almonds – Groundnuts – Organic Chestnut Flour – Nuts – Dried Figs – Hazelnuts

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Aflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin B1 in almonds from Australia in the Netherlands and the UK.

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Aflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from Argentina in the USA and Netherlands

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Aflatoxins in organic chestnut flour from Italy in  Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden.

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Aflatoxin in nuts from Bolovia in the Netherlands and Boliva.

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Aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkiye in France

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Aflatoxin in USA groundnuts in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxins in raw hazelnuts kernels from Türkiye in Netherlands

RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Aflatoxin – Corn

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Aflatoxin B1 in corn in Spain and France

RASFF Alerts- Aflatoxin – Groundnut Kernels – Groundnuts

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Aflatoxin B1 and total in Groundnut Kernels from United States in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin B1 and total in Groundnut Kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxine in groundnuts from Nicaragua in the Netherlands

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Brown Beans – Peanuts – Groundnuts

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Aflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin B1 in Groundnut kernels from the United States in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin B1 in Groundnuts from Argentina via Spain in the Netherlands

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Mycotoxin – Aflatoxin -Brown Beans from Ghana via UK –  Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom.

RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Rice

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Ochratoxin in basmati rice, from Pakistan in the Netherlands

RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Ergot Alkaloids – Wheat Gluten

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Ergot alkaloids in wheat gluten from Belgium in France, Germany and Netherlands.

Belgium – “brown beans” MP people’s choice brand brown beans – Aflatoxin

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Following a notification via the RASFF system (European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed), the AFSCA is withdrawing the product “brown beans” from the MP people’s choice brand due to its high aflatoxin content.

The AFSCA asks that you do not consume this product and return it to the point of sale where it was purchased.

Product Description:

  • Product name: “brown beans”
  • Brand: MP people’s choice                                   
  • Expiration date (DDM): 01/30/2026
  • Lot: MP 012024

The product was distributed through various points of sale.

For any further information, you can contact the AFSCA contact point for consumers: 0800/13.550 or pointdecontact@afsca.be.

Iceland – Mycotoxins in brown beans

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The Swedish Food Agency warns against the consumption of MP-people’s choice brown beans from Ghana, which Fiska.is imports from the UK, due to aflatoxin. The company has, in consultation with the health authorities of Garðabær, Hafnarfjörður, Kópavog, Mosfellsbær and Seltjarnarnes (HEF), recalled the product.

The Swedish Food Agency received information about the product through Europe’s RASFF rapid alert system for food and feed.

The recall only applies to the following production batches:

  • Brand: MP – People’s Choice
  • Product name: Brown beans 910g
  • Manufacturer: MacPhilips Foods Ltd
  • Importer: Lagsmaður ehf / Fiska.is
  • Country of manufacture: Ghana
  • Batch number/best before dates: 30-01-2026
  • Storage conditions: Dry product – at room temperature.
  • Distribution: Fish

Consumers who have purchased the product are advised not to consume it, throw it away or take it to a Fiska.is store for a refund.

Luxembourg – Brown beans from the MP brand – Aflatoxin

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The following product is recalled in Luxembourg:

Name Brown beans
Brand MP
Minimum durability date (MDD) 01/30/2026
Batch MP 012024

Danger  : Too high aflatoxin content

Aflatoxins are mycotoxins produced by certain species of  Aspergillus moulds  that thrive when the temperature and humidity of the food are high. Aflatoxins are considered genotoxic and carcinogenic by the European Food Safety Authority and can be dangerous at high and repeated consumption.

The product can be distributed by different points of sale in Luxembourg.