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Denmark – Mold growth in sugar syrup

Posted on December 6, 2021 by | Leave a comment

DVFA

Sorring Bær ApS is recalling ØKO Sukkersirup due to mold growth in the products. Updated on 03.12.2021 with new products.

Recalled Foods , Published: October 26, 2021

Modified December 3, 2021

Which foods:
ECO sugar syrup, 240ml
Net content: 240ml
Production date: 09.11.2020
Best before: 09.05.2022
Lot number: 09.05.2022 – 1A, 09.05.2022 – 2A
EAN bar code no .: 5703413001231

ECO sugar syrup, 240ml
Net content: 240ml
Production date: 08.04.2021
Best before: 08.04.2023
Lot number: 08.04.2023
EAN bar code no .: 5703413001231

ECO sugar syrup, 240ml
Net content: 240ml
Production date: 08.06.2021
Best before: 08.06.2023
Lot number: 08.06.2023-1A, 08.06.2023-2B
EAN bar code no .: 5703413001231

ECO sugar syrup, 240ml
Net content: 240ml
Production date: 16.0. 2021
Best before: 16.06.2023
Lot number: 16.06.2023-1A, 16.06.2023-2B, 16.06.2023-3C
EAN bar code no .: 5703413001231

ECO sugar syrup, 90ml – ONLY VIA SPIRITIUM COCKTAILS
Net content: 90ml
Production date: 27.02. 2021
Best before: 27.02.2023
Lot number: 27.02.2021 – 2A, L26022021-1A, L26022021-2A, L27022021-1A
EAN bar code no .: –

Sold in:
ECO Sugar Syrup, 240ml is sold in: Bar ‘Djus, Hedehusene; Volsted Distillery, Støvring; Friis Wood & Deli, Hadsund; Kiil vine, Nibe; Gadens Gourmet, Ulstrup.
ECO Sugar Syrup, 90ml is sold in: Spiritum Cocktails.

Company recalling:
Sorring Bær ApS, Thøger Larsens Vej 6A, 9200 Aalborg SV

Cause:
The company has found that there is a risk of mold growth in the product, which is manifested by black spots in the otherwise water-clear syrup.

Risk:
Mold growth makes the product unsuitable as food.

Advice for consumers: The Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.

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Denmark – Patulin in apple juice

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Rynkeby Foods A / S is recalling a batch of the apple juice “Brämhults Presset Æble” due to the finding of the toxin patulin in the product.

Recalled Foods , Published: December 3, 2021

What foods:
Brämhults Pressed Apple
Net Content: 850mL
Lot: 0000907074
Best before date: 12/17/2021

Sold in:
Irma stores Meny in Køge, Himmelev, Solrød Strand, Næstved and Kirke Hyllinge and on Coop.dk MAD

Company that recall:
Rynkeby Foods A / S, Vestergade 30, 5750 Ringe

Cause:
The company has found an excessive amount of the toxin patulin in the product, which is due to the use of damaged fruit.

Risk:
A health risk can not be ruled out.

Advice for consumers: The Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.

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Germany – Fig bread with plums, almonds and walnuts- Mycotoxins – Ochratoxin A

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LMW

Warning type:

Food

Date of first publication:

December 3rd, 2021

Product name:

“Fig bread with plums, almonds and walnuts, 200 g”

Product pictures:

Unnamed.PNG

Market notice

Manufacturer (distributor):

Distributor: The Frischebox GmbH

Reason for warning:

An increased content of mycotoxins (ochratoxin-A) was found in a random sample as part of a self-assessment.

Packaging Unit:

200 g

Durability:

Best before 15.10.2022

Lot marking:

L1756

Additional Information:

Reference is made to the company’s customer information sheet attached.

Click to access Marktaushang+Endkunden.pdf

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RASFF Alerts – E.coli – Mussels – Clams

Posted on December 3, 2021 by | Leave a comment

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Escherichia coli oltre i limiti in vongole (Camelea gallina) dall’Italia //too high count of Escherichia coli in clams (Camelea gallina) from Italy in Italy and Spain

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Escherichia coli in mussels from Netherlands in Belgium

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Escherichia coli in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – STEC E.coli – Boneless Beef – Dough for Cookies

Posted on December 3, 2021 by | Leave a comment

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STEC stx2 in Chilled boneless beef from Brazil in Belgium and Netherlands

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VTEC/STEC in ready dough for cookies from Germany in Austria

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RASFF Alert- Bacillus cereus – Organic Barley Grass Powder

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Bacillus cereus in organic barley grass powder from Hungary in Germany

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Dried Figs – Pistachios – Hazelnuts – Peanuts –

Posted on December 3, 2021 by | Leave a comment

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High Aflatoxin values in shell hazelnuts from Georgia in Italy

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Aflatoxins in pistachios in shell from Iran in Poland

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Aflatoxin B1 in hazelnuts from Turkey in Germany

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Aflatoxins in dried organic figs from Turkey in Germany

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Aflatoxins in pistachios from Turkey in Germany

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Aflatossine in fichi secchi/aflatoxins above legal limit in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

RASFF

AFLATOSSINE OLTRE I LIMITI MASSIMI CONSENTITI IN ARACHIDI IN GUSCIO DA EGITTO/ Peanuts in Italy

RASFF

Aflatossine in fichi secchi dalla Turchia in Italy

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Aflatoxinas en cacahuete molido de Paraguay/ Afltatoxins in peanuts from Paraguay in Spain

RASFF

Alto contenuto di aflatossine in fichi secchi dalla Turchia//high content of aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

RASFF

Excessive levels of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin in unshelled peanuts from Egypt in Germany and Italy

RASFF

Aflatoxin and clothianidin in californian pistachio meal in France

RASFF

Alto contenuto di aflatossine in fichi secchi dalla Turchia/ aflatoxins above legal limit in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

RASFF

AFLATOXINS IN RAW PISTACHIO FROM TURCIA in Romania

RASFF

Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan

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RASFF Alert – EPEC E.coli – China Rose Spouts

Posted on December 3, 2021 by | Leave a comment

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Presence of EPEC in China Rose sprouts from Netherlands in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

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UK – Chef sentenced after one killed and 31 left ill by undercooked shepherd’s pie

Posted on December 2, 2021 by | Leave a comment

The Guardian

A church harvest supper at a village pub ended in tragedy when one of the congregation was killed and 31 others suffered food poisoning after eating a shepherd’s pie filled with mince that had been incorrectly prepared by a rushing chef.

Elizabeth Neuman, 92, repeatedly vomited after eating the pie and died while other parishioners became “unpleasantly ill” and three of those attending only escaped because they were vegetarians, Reading crown court heard.

The cook, John Croucher, who at the time was head chef at the Crewe Arms in the Northamptonshire village of Hinton-in-the-Hedges, was given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting a charge of contravening food regulations.

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Tanzania – 3 Children Die After Consuming Sea Turtle Meat, 22 People Hospitalised – Algal Toxins?

Posted on November 29, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Republic World

Three children lost their lives after consuming sea turtle flesh on Pemba Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar. On November 27, police reported that all of the children who died belonged to the same family. According to Juma Sadi, the regional police chief for Pemba North, 22 additional individuals have been brought to hospitals after eating sea turtle flesh on Friday, Xinhua reported.

The police added that samples of the sea turtle flesh have been delivered to the appropriate authorities for testing to examine the cause of the fatalities. “Two of the people admitted to hospital are children and they are in critical condition,” Juma Sadi was quoted by Xinhua as saying. He further highlighted that the sea turtle flesh is suspected of being poisonous.

Algae on the seafloor are known to discharge deadly poisons between the months of November to March when the nation’s temperatures rise and during these months, sea turtles, as well as over 20 kinds of fishes, feast on toxic algae at the bottom of the seafloor. Further, the poisons in the plants eventually seep into the flesh of the organisms that consume them. It has the potential to be lethal if eaten.

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