Category Archives: Food Toxin

RASSF Alert – Shellfish Toxins – Tellins

Posted on October 6, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Presence of lipophyse toxins in a tellin fishing area in France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland

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Research – EU audits investigate Egypt and India’s Aflatoxin problem

Posted on October 5, 2023 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from two assessments looking at controls on aflatoxins in nuts in Egypt and India.

A DG Sante audit in Egypt in September 2022 was due to continuing Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notifications for aflatoxins in peanuts. There were 41 in 2021 and at least 34 in 2022. A few operators are behind the majority of rejections, said auditors. Local officials said the rise in alerts was related to increased exports.

Each consignment of peanuts originating in or coming from Egypt must be accompanied by a health certificate and results of official sampling and analysis verifying compliance with EU aflatoxin limits. Imports are also subject to checks at a frequency of 30 percent.

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France – Anchovy fillets salted in extra virgin olive oil – Histamine

Posted on October 3, 2023 by | Leave a comment

Gov france

  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Fishing and aquaculture products
  • Product brand name Constable
  • Model names or references 50g
  • Product identification
    GTIN Batch Date
    3263670008395 126550 Minimum durability date 04/03/2024
  • Packaging 50g metal box
  • Start/end date of marketing Since 06/08/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Health mark ES 12.10544/SS CE
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors E.LECLERC, AUCHAN, SYSTEM U, MONOPRIX, CORA, MAXIMO

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Luxembourg – Medium and large tellines sold in bulk on fish stalls – DSP

Posted on October 3, 2023 by | Leave a comment

SAP

Presence of lipophilic toxins (DSP) exceeding the regulatory health threshold

Name Medium and large tellina
Brand Bulk sale on Auchan fish market stall
Sales period 09/28/2023 – 10/02/2023

Danger  : Presence of lipophilic toxins (DSP) exceeding the regulatory health threshold

DSP toxins cause intoxication in consumers, the effects of which appear within 2 to 18 hours after ingestion of contaminated shellfish. The main symptoms are gastrointestinal: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and chills.

Click to access alva-affiche-client.pdf

Sale confirmed in Luxembourg by: Auchan on fish stall .

A sale by other operators cannot be excluded.

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New Zealand – Public health warning: shellfish biotoxin alert for Marlborough Sounds

Posted on September 29, 2023 by | Leave a comment

MPI

New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from part of Queen Charlotte Sound due to the possible presence of toxins.

“Routine tests on mussel samples taken from Okiwa Bay (The Grove) have shown levels of diarrhetic shellfish toxins more than 3.5 times the safe limit,” says New Zealand Food Safety specialist adviser Piers Harrison.

“The warning extends from The Grove up to a line from Dieffenbach Point across to West Head in the Marlborough Sounds.

“Please do not gather and eat shellfish from this area because anyone doing so is potentially at risk of getting sick.

“Cooking the shellfish does not remove the toxin, so mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles, scallops, catseyes, kina (sea urchin) and all other bivalve shellfish from this area should not be eaten.”

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RASFF Alert- Aflatoxin – Peanuts

Posted on September 29, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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

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RASFF Alerts – Bacillus cereus – Cheese Dips

Posted on September 29, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Bacillus cereus in dip sauses from Netherlands in  Austria (d)(ffup) Belgium (d)(op)(ffup) Czech Republic (d)(ffup) Denmark (d)(op)(ffup) Estonia (d)(ffup) Finland (d)(ffup) France (d)(ffup) Germany (d)(ffup) Greece (d)(ffup) Hong Kong (d)(op)INFOSAN (ffa) Iceland (d)(ffup) Ireland (d)(op)(ffup) Latvia (d)(ffup) Lithuania (d)(ffup) Luxembourg (d)(op)(ffup)(ffa) Malta (d)(ffup) Netherlands (o)(d)(op)(ffup)(ffa)Northern Ireland (d) Norway (d)(ffup) Poland (d)(ffup) Sweden (n)(d)(op)(ffup) Ukraine (d)(op)(ffup) United Kingdom (d)(ffup)

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RASFF Alerts – Ochratoxin A- Organic Dandelion Root

Posted on September 29, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Ochratoxin A in organic dandelion root from France in Germany

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Germany – Brick, snack loaf, ore chunks, FichtelBERG cheese – STEC E.coli

Posted on September 27, 2023 by | Leave a comment

LMW

Alert type:

Groceries

Date of first publication:

September 26, 2023

Product name:

Brick, snack loaf, ore chunks, FichtelBERG cheese

Manufacturer (distributor):

Achim Uhl Mobile cheese dairy Hartensteiner Straße 105 OT Oberdorf 09366 Stollberg DE SN 10682 EG

Reason for warning:

The above-mentioned products are classified as harmful to health due to the detection of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in the brine and lubricating water used for production.

Packaging Unit:

1kg/piece, 1.5-1.8kg/piece

Durability:

Brick: 10/01/2023/ 05/06/07/08/10/2023/ 12/13/14/10/2023/ 19/10/2023; Vesper loaf: October 1st, 2023/ October 5th, 2023/ October 7th, 2023/ October 12th, 2023; Ore chunks: 10/01/2023/ 05/06/07/08/10/2023/ 12/13/14/10/2023; FichtelBERGkäse: 09/30/2023/ 10/01/2023/ 10/13/2023; FichtelBERG cheese (small): October 1st, 2023.

Additional Information:

An illness with verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli usually manifests itself within a week of infection with diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In particular, infants, small children, seniors and people with weakened immune systems can develop more severe illnesses with bloody diarrhea. Rarely, especially in small children, acute kidney failure can occur in a second attack a few days after the onset of diarrhea. People who have eaten this food and develop severe or persistent symptoms should seek medical attention and report a possible EHEC infection.

The above-mentioned cheeses may also have been sold differently from the manufacturer by other distributors (possibly partly direct marketers) and possibly also with different cheese names, so that identification should be carried out in particular using the identification mark (DE SN 10682 EG), or this can be done by the be asked from sellers.

Customers should definitely pay attention to the recall and not consume the affected products.

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Germany – Semi-hard cheese: “house brand spicy”, “house brand pepper” -STEC E.coli

Posted on September 27, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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Alert type:

Groceries

Date of first publication:

September 26, 2023

Product name:

Semi-hard cheese: “house brand spicy”, “house brand pepper”

Manufacturer (distributor):

Achim Uhl Mobile cheese dairy Hartensteiner Straße 105 OT Oberdorf 09366 Stollberg DE SN 10682 EG

Reason for warning:

The above-mentioned products are classified as harmful to health due to the detection of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in the brine and lubricating water used for production.

Packaging Unit:

1.7 – 2 kg/piece, 5 – 6 kg/piece (large)

Durability:

House brand spicy: October 1st, 2023/ October 5th, 2023/ October 7th/ October 8th, 2023/ October 12th, 2023/ October 19th, 2023/ October 22nd, 2023; House brand Pfeffer: October 1st, 2023/ October 7th, 2023/ October 12th, 2023/ October 14th, 2023/ October 22nd, 2023; House brand with pepper (large): October 13, 2023.

Additional Information:

An illness with verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli usually manifests itself within a week of infection with diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In particular, infants, small children, seniors and people with weakened immune systems can develop more severe illnesses with bloody diarrhea. Rarely, especially in small children, acute kidney failure can occur in a second attack a few days after the onset of diarrhea. People who have eaten this food and develop severe or persistent symptoms should seek medical attention and report a possible EHEC infection.

The above-mentioned cheeses may also have been sold differently from the manufacturer by other distributors (possibly partly direct marketers) and possibly also with different cheese names, so that identification should be carried out in particular using the identification mark (DE SN 10682 EG), or this can be done by the be asked from sellers.

Customers should definitely pay attention to the recall and not consume the affected products.

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