Category Archives: Mycotoxin

RASFF Alerts -Aflatoxin – Shelled Pistachios – Dried Figs – Peanuts – Groundnuts- Basmati Rice

Posted on February 11, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

AFLATOSSINE B1 E TOTALI OLTRE I LIMITI DI LEGGE.1881/2006 from the USA in Italy

High content of aflatoxins (total: 28.2 – B1:26.3 µg/kg) in shelled pistachios from Turkey origin Iran in Italy

Too high content of aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey in France

Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt in Germany

Aflatoxins in Brazilian peanuts in the Netherlands

Aflatoxins in Egyptian Organic Groundnuts in Germany and the Netherlands

Aflatoxin in Basmati rice from Pakistan in Finland, France and the Netherlands

Aflatoxins in Bolivian Peanuts in the Netherlands

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RASFF Alert- Ochratoxin A – Dates

Posted on February 11, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Ochratoxin A in dates from Tunisia in Belgium

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Fumonisins – Cornmeal

Posted on February 4, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Fumonisins in cornmeal from Peru in Spain

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Ochratoxin A – Dried Figs

Posted on February 4, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Ochratoxin-A in Turkish dried figs in the Netherlands

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Pistachios – Groundnuts – Peanuts

Posted on February 4, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Aflatoxins in pistachios inshell from Turkey in Greece

Aflatoxins in pistachios inshell from Turkey in Greece

Aflatoxin in Egyptian groundnuts in Germany and the Netherlands

Aflatoxin in USA groundnuts in the Netherlands

Aflatoxins in Egyptian Organic Peanut Kernels in the Netherlands

Aflatoxin in South African groundnuts in the Netherlands

Aflatossine oltre i limiti consentiti in Pistacchio in guscio da Iran/Aflatoxins beyond the allowed limits in Pistachio in shell from Iran in Italy

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France – ORGANIC red rice – Aflatoxin

Posted on January 31, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Identification information of the recalled product

Product category Food
Product subcategory Others
Product brand name BULK RADIUS
Model names or references ORGANIC red rice
Identification of products

GTIN Lot Dated

3701424000375 36674 Date of minimum durability 14/10/2022
Packaging Bulk, product in hopper on the BIO shelf
Marketing start/end date From 19/10/2021 to 29/11/2021
Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
Health mark Not concerned
Further information Bulk product found in the hopper in the BIO departments
Geographic area of sale Whole France
Distributors Carrefour Cora Auchan Leclerc Intermarché System U Organic time

Practical information regarding the recall

Reason for recall Aflatoxin B1 and B, G levels
Risks incurred by the consumer Aflatoxins

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Groundnuts

Posted on January 28, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Aflatoxins in groundnuts in shell from Egypt in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – Ochratoxin A – Dried Figs

Posted on January 28, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Ochratoxin A (31.0 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Finland

Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey in Germany

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Research – Role of climate change in increased mycotoxin levels

Posted on January 27, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Climate change is likely to be part of the reason for the increase in mycotoxin issues for the global animal feed business. And the trend is expected to continue and even accelerate over the next 5 years.

7 out of 10 analyses run last year found raw ingredients contaminated with mycotoxins, according to Cargill’s annual review. But reassuringly, just 35% of these reached performance risk thresholds, showing that positive analyses are not always concerning.

Last year’s study analysed more than 328,000 samples across more than 150 global feed plants, on-farm samplings and storage locations in 54 countries. The majority of these were corn (212,254), cereals (85,478), oilseeds (27,602) or others (3,632). It found 72% of analyses were contaminated with at least one mycotoxin showing that contamination is more likely than not across all ingredients.

Since mycotoxins are produced by moulds as a natural defence response to environmental factors, their occurrence is linked to climate conditions.

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A- Organic Mace

Posted on January 21, 2022 by KSW | Leave a comment

Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in organic mace powder from Sri Lanka in Germany

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