Category Archives: Food Toxin

Hong Kong – Do not consume a batch of fruit jam with possible presence of Mould

CFS

Issue Date 10.9.2024
Source of Information The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the European Commission
Food Product Fruit jam
Product Name and Description Product name: Double Fruit Spread Garden Strawberry (70% Fruit) [Naturrein 70% Fruchtreich Garden Erdbeere]

Brand: Darbo

Place of origin: Austria

Net weight: 200 grams

Best-before date: June 21, 2026

Batch/lot number: 0422616 – L 173 4

Importer: Goodwell Sam Cheong Grocery Company Limited

Reason For Issuing Alert The CFS received a notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission that the above-mentioned product might contain mould and is being recalled.
Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety Upon learning of the incident, the CFS immediately contacted the local importer concerned for follow-up. A preliminary investigation found that the above-mentioned importer had imported into Hong Kong the affected batch of product concerned.

For the sake of prudence, the importer concerned has stopped sales, has removed the affected product from shelves and has initiated a recall according to the CFS’s instructions.

The CFS will alert the trade to the incident, and continue to follow up and take appropriate action. An investigation is ongoing.

Advice to the Trade The trade should stop using or selling the product concerned immediately if they possess it.
Advice to Consumers Not to consume the affected product if they have bought any.
Further Information The CFS press release

Members of the public may call the importer’s hotline at 3972 8980 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.

Enclosed photo is for reference only.Example of product affected for reference only

Iceland – Mycotoxins in brown beans

MAST

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

SAP

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.

New Zealand – All Good brand Barista Oat Milk – Bacillus cereus

MPI

10 September 2024: All Good Bananas Ltd is recalling a specific batch of its All Good brand Barista Oat Milk due to the possible presence of Bacillus cereus.

Product identification
Product type Oat milk
Name of product (size) All Good brand Barista Oat Milk (1 Litre)
Batch marking 234806
Date marking BBD 04/02/2025 and BBD 05/02/2025
Package size The product is sold in a 1 litre carton.
Distribution The product is imported from Sweden.

The product is sold at selected supermarkets and retail outlets throughout New Zealand.

The product has not been re-exported.

Notes This recall does not affect any other All Good brand products.

Point of sale notice for retailers

If you are a retailer of the product in this recall, download a copy of the point of sale notice. You need to display it in your store for one month.

Point of sale notice – All Good brand Barista Oat Milk [PDF, 111KB]

Consumer advice

Customers are asked to check the batch and date marking on the back of the product.

Affected product should not be consumed. There have been no reports of associated illness, however if you have consumed this product and have any concerns about your health, seek medical advice.

France – SARDINE FILLET – Histamine

Gov France

  • Product Category Food
  • Product subcategory Fishery and aquaculture products
  • Product brand name Unbranded – TRAD super U department beaune la rolande
  • Model names or references SARDINE FILLET 40/60 P.ANE – 2KG – Lot 43020900244 – FR29158504CE
  • Product identification
    GTIN Batch
    020488000000 see list of products in attachment
  • Packaging variable weight bag, sold in the traditional fishmonger’s section
  • Start/End of marketing dateFrom 03/09/2024 to 06/09/2024
  • Storage temperatureProduct to be kept in the refrigerator
  • Health markFR29158504CE
  • Additional informationProducts sold only in the traditional fishmonger’s section
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors SUPER U – BEAUNE LA ROLANDE

Czech Republic – DONUT worry be happy Donut with chocolate flavour – Visable Mold/Mould

Potravinynapranyri

Ilustrační fotografie č. 2

Místo kontroly:
Klášterec nad Ohří (Budovatelská 488, 431 51 Klášterec nad Ohří)
ID: 28013492
Skupina potravin: Pekařské výrobky Jemné pečivo

DONUT worry be happy Donut with chocolate flavor
Category: Dangerous foods
Invalid parameter:

fungi visible to the eye

There were colonies of green mold on the surface of the food. Food is not considered safe if it shows signs of spoilage.

Unsuitable storage temperatures of this product were not detected during the inspection. 

Packaging: PP “5”
Quantity of the product in the package: 56 g
Date of sample collection: 20.06.2024
Referenční číslo: 24-000396-SZPI-CZ
Vzorek byl zjištěn úřední kontrolou Státní zemědělské a potravinářské inspekce.

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Dried Figs – Corn Flour – Hazelnut Meal -Peanuts – Groundnuts -Almond Kernels – Peanut Butter

RASFF

Exceedance of aflatoxin B1 at the level of 21.62 +/- 3.46 µg/kg and the sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 at the level of 26.35 +/- 4.6 µg/kg in dried figs from Greece in Poland and Germany.

RASFF

Aflatoxins in corn flour from Colombia in Spain

RASFF

Aflatoxins in hazelnut meal from Georgia in Germany and Bulgaria

RASFF

Aflatoxins in peanuts from USA in Bulgaria

RASFF

Aflatoxin in groundnuts from the United States in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany

RASFF

Aflatoxins in almond kernels from the United States in Italy and Germany

RASFF

Border rejection notification on peanuts due to presence of aflatoxins from India in Denmark

RASFF

Aflatoxins in peanut butter from United States in Belgium

RASFF Alert- Ochratoxin – Dried Raisins

RASFF

Exceeding the MRL for ochratoxin A (17.4 µg/kg +/- 4.2 µg/kg) in dried raisins from Afghanistan, supplier from Turkey in Poland

France – Ready to cook sardines – Histamine

Gov France

Product Category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishery and aquaculture products
Product brand name
Unbranded
Model names or references
Ready-to-cook sardines sold in the fishmonger’s department, traditional stand
Product identification
GTIN Batch
00000000000000 No lot sold at the traditional stand
Packaging
On customer request in different weights
Start/End of marketing date
From 08/16/2024 to 08/19/2024
Storage temperature
Product to be kept in the refrigerator
Additional information
The product was sold in the fishmonger’s stand between 08/16/2024 and 08/19/2024 inclusive
Geographic area of ​​sale
Regions: Hauts-de-France
Distributors
Leclerc Noeux-Les-Mines

RASFF Alerts – Ochratoxin A – Raisins – Organic Buckwheat – Dried Figs -Capsicum Powder

RASFF

Too high content of ochratoxin A in capsicum pepper from China in Germany and Switzerland

RASFF

Ochratoxin A in organic buckwheat from Poland in Netherlands and Germany

RASFF

Ochratoxin-A in Turkish dried figs in Germany and the Netherlands

RASFF

Ochratoxin in raisins from China via Lithuania in Latvia, Estonia and Poland