Category Archives: Mold Toxin

USA – FDA issues warnings to water company over mold contamination and infant formula producer lacking Cronobacter testing

Food Safety News

The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has been given months to years to correct problems.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to Waiakea Bottling Inc. and Graceleigh, Inc., doing business as Sammy’s Milk, for serious violations of food safety regulations. The violations pose potential risks to public health, emphasizing the need for compliance with FDA regulations.

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.

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

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

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Peanut Butter – Peanuts – Groundnuts – Sunflower Meal

RASFF

Aflatoxins in peanut butter from United States in Belgium

RASFF

Aflatoxin B1 in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxins in peanuts from the United States in France

RASFF

Aflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from USA in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxins in Indian peanuts in the Netherlands and Switzerland

RASFF

Aflatoxins in Indian peanuts in the Netherlands and Switzerland

RASFF

Aflatoxin in USA groundnuts in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxin B1 in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxins in Chinese Organic Peanut Kernels in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxins in organic sunflower meal from Germany in France

RASFF

Aflatoxin in groundnut kernels from the USA in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxin B1 in groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from the USA in the Netherlands and Germany

Denmark – Risk of mold/mould in lemonade (updated with new point of sale)

Foedevarestyrelsen

Matr Copenhagen is recalling Organic Lemonade 25 cl, as there is a risk of mold growth in the product. Mold makes the lemonade unsuitable as food.

If you have the product, you should discard it or return it to the store where it was purchased.

Image of lemonades

Which food is recalled

Product: Matr Copenhagen Organic Sweet Lime & Ginger Lemonade, Matr Copenhagen Organic Lemon Lemonade, Matr Copenhagen Organic Danish Rhubarb Lemonade and Matr Copenhagen Organic Elderflower Lemonade.

Net content: 25 cl

Production date: 30-07-2024

Best before date: 20-01-2026

EAN barcode no.: 5712659004555, 5712659004517, 5712659004531, 5712659004579

Where is the product sold

Delidrop Foodlab in Torvehallerne, Frederiksborggade 21, 1362 Copenhagen.

Banks, Struervej 32, 7500 Holstebro

Why is the product being recalled?

There is a risk of mold growth in the product. Mold growth makes the product unsuitable as food. 

Read more about mold on food by clicking on the link here.

What should you do as a consumer?

If you have the product, you should discard it or return it to the store where it was purchased. 

Who recalls the product

Matr Copenhagen, Adilsvej 13, st.tv., 2000 Frederiksberg

USA – Authentik Fudge Recalls Fudge with Nuts Because of Potential Mold/Mould Growth

FDA

Image 1 – Labeling, Montreal Fudge, Chocolate Fudge with Nuts, Front of Package

Authentik Fudge of Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada, is recalling 840 units of Chocolate Fudge with Nuts branded MONTREAL FUDGE, due to potential mold growth contamination.

The recalled Fudge with nuts branded MONTREAL FUDGE were distributed on 2024-06-19 and 2024-06-20 through MARSHALLS and sold in the retail chains in the below states:

TJ MAXX: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

MARSHALLS: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming.

The product is packaged in a MONTREAL FUDGE gable box, Chocolate Fudge with nuts 5.6 Oz marked with the lot 0241500805 with expiration date of 2025/MR/01, lot 0241690105 with expiration date of 2025/MR/17, and lot 0241690205 with expiration date of 2025/MR/17, on the back of the box. No other products are impacted by this recall.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

We initiated this recall after a consumer complained about some mold pieces inside the purchased box and we found also some remaining unpacked sealed products at the manufactured place that had beginning signs of mold.

Consumers who have purchased those affected products are urged to destroy them or to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company AUTHENTIK FUDGE/MONTREAL FUDGE: info@authentikfudge.com or at phone number (450) 649-1331 / 1 877 313-1331 post 210 or 205.

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