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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Groundnuts- Melon Seeds – Pistachios – Dried Figs

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Aflatoxin in Argentine groundnuts in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxins and Salmonella group E in ground melon seeds from Ghana, via the Netherlands in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland Romania, Sweden

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Aflatoxin B1 and Total in Pistachio nuts from Turkey in Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Romania

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Aflatoxin in Brazilian groundnuts in the Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine

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Aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey in Sweden

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Aflatoxins beyond the maximum permitted limits in Pistachios in shell from Iran in Italy

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RASFF Alert – Salmonella – Polish Chicken Products – Melon Seeds – Sesame Seeds – Annatto Seeds – Black Pepper – Sesame Paste – Irish Chicken Products – Eggs

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Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter spp. in frozen chicken mid wings from Poland in Lithuania

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Aflatoxins and Salmonella group E in ground melon seeds from Ghana, via the Netherlands in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland Romania, Sweden

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Salmonella in annatto seeds from Côte d’Ivoire in Spain

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Salmonella spp. in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in sesame paste “Tahin” from the Republic of Sudan, via Turkey in Germany

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Detection of Salmonella ENTERITIDIS on chicken meat from Poland in France

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Salmonella Typhimurium Detected in Chicken Products from Ireland in the Netherlands

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Salmonella in sesame seeds from Nigeria in Greece

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Salmonella in sesame seeds from Nigeria in Turkey and Greece

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Salmonella in sesame seeds from Nigeria in Greece

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Salmonella entritidis in eggs from the Netherlands in Germany and Belgium

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SALMONELLA SPP IN SESAME PASTE FROM EGYPT in Cyprus

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RASFF Alert – Campylobacter – Polish Chicken

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Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter spp. in frozen chicken mid wings from Poland in Lithuania

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RASFF Alert – Histamine – Tuna Loins

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Histamine in Tuna loins from Sri Lanka in Austria, Germany, Lithuania and Netherlands

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – French Cheese – Crumbled Blue Cheese – Leverkaas – Polish Chicken

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Listeria monocytogenes in cheeses from France in Belgium

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Listeria monocytogenes in crumbled blue cheese from Denmark in Portugal and Spain

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Listeria Monocytogenes in leverkaas from Belgium in the Netherlands and Spain

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Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter spp. in frozen chicken mid wings from Poland in Lithuania

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RASFF Alert – STEC E.coli – Frozen Organic Herb mix

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Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC) in frozen organic herb mix from France

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Nutmeg – Shelled sunflower Seeds – Chopped Dried Figs

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Ochratoxin A in nutmeg from Indonesia in the Netherlands

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Ochratoxin A in shelled sunflower seeds from China, packaged in Denmark in Poland

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Ochratoxin A in Turkish chopped dried figs in the Netherlands

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Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey in Germany

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Belgium – Sesame cream – EXTRA Tahine from the Mira brand – Salmonella

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AFSCA

Communication from the FASFC
Product: Sesame cream – EXTRA Tahine from the Mira brand.
Problem: Possible presence of Salmonella.

The FASFC is today recalling consumers of the product “sesame cream – EXTRA Tahine” from the Mira brand.

This recall follows a notification via the RASFF system (European Food and Feed Rapid Alert System) due to the possible presence of Salmonella.

The AFSCA asks not to consume this product and to bring it back to the point of sale where it was purchased.


Product description:

Name: sesame cream – EXTRA Tahine
Brand: Mira
Expiry date (BDD): 16/12/2023
Batch number: 003
Weight: 18kg

The product was sold via various points of sale in Belgium.

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

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France – Italian cassata – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Prepared meals and snacks
  • Product brand name Unbranded
  • Model names or references Italian cassata
  • Identification of products
    Batch
    1
  • Packaging Italian Cassata sold to take away in plastic trays.
  • Marketing start/end date From 01/16/2023 to 01/22/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Further information Italian Cassata sold to take away in plastic trays.
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors Quadrifoglio

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Mascarpone used for Italian Cassata contaminated with listeria.
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)
    Poisoning

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Hong Kong – Trade instructed to suspend importing and selling of raw oysters produced by Earl Huitres Geay in France – Norovirus?

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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 31) instructed the trade to suspend the import of raw oysters produced by Earl Huitres Geay FR 17.452.121 CE in France. The trade should also stop using or selling the product concerned immediately should they possess it.

A spokesman for the CFS said, “The CFS was notified by the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of three food poisoning cases which involved consumption of raw oysters at one restaurant in Quarry Bay and two restaurants in Tsim Sha Tsui. The CFS conducted investigations at the restaurants concerned and found that the three restaurants had sold raw oysters which had been produced by Earl Huitres Geay FR 17.452.121 CE in France. For the sake of prudence, the CFS has immediately instructed the trade to suspend the import into and sale within Hong Kong of all raw oysters produced by Earl Huitres Geay FR 17.452.121 CE in France.”

The CFS has also instructed the supplier and restaurants concerned to stop supplying and selling the affected raw oysters immediately, and is tracing the distribution of the affected product. The trade should also stop using or selling the product concerned immediately should they possess it.

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