Category Archives: RASFF

RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Fish Meal – Tallow Ball

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RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in fish meal from Morocco in Spain

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Leeuwarden (presence /25g) in tallow ball from Bulgaria in Sweden

UK – Europe – Brexit – Food safety issues unclear as UK nears Brexit

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The United Kingdom will lose access to RASFF after Brexit and Britain’s future relationship with EFSA remains unclear, says the British public health minister. Britain’s future trade with US food companies is also uncertain, with some in the UK saying certain food safety practices in the United States are unacceptable.

Questioned by the British Parliament’s Energy and Environment Committee this week, Minister Steve Brine, MP, confirmed the UK would not be able to vote in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed or have access to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) after the UK’s exit from the European Union later this month.

Brine admitted it is not known what the UK’s relationship with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will be, and whether Britain will retain access to food safety risk assessment work.

Lord Robin Teverson, chair of the committee, has said the lack of clarity is deeply concerning in the scenario that an agreement is reached and there is a transition period.

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Hazlenuts – Groundnuts – Brazil Nuts – Basmati Rice

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 49.6; Tot. = 57 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnuts from Georgia in Bulgaria

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 35; Tot. = 41.8 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts in shell from China in Lithuania

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 10.3; Tot. = 24) in brazil nuts from Brazil in Spain

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 =6.8; Tot. = 23 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnuts from Turkey in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 43 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 26; Tot. = 40 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 62; Tot. = 69.2 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from India in Greece

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 19.9; Tot. = 21.6 µg/kg – ppb) in basmati rice from Pakistan in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 6.8 µg/kg – ppb) in basmati rice from Pakistan in Belgium

RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Frozen Smoked Salmon – Chilled Cod Fillets

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RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (in 5 out 5 samples, < 10 CFU/g) in frozen smoked salmon from Estonia in Italy

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (260 CFU/g) in chilled cod fillets (Gadus morhua) from Denmark in France

RASFF Alerts – STEC E.coli – E.coli O157 – Raw Milk Cheese

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RASFF – shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (O157:H7 stx+ eae+) in raw milk cheese from France in France

RASFF – shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in raw milk cheese from France in Germany

RASFF Alerts – Moulds – Sweet and Hot Peppers

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RASFF – sweet and hot peppers from Egypt infested with moulds in Slovenia

RASFF – peppers from Egypt infested with moulds in Slovenia

RASFF Alerts – Ochratoxin A – Soy Chunks – Raisins

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (44 µg/kg – ppb) in soychunks from India, via the United Kingdom in the Netherlands

RASFF – ochratoxin A (25.19 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Pakistan in Romania

RASFF Alert – Histamine – Frozen Skipjack Tuna

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RASFF – histamine (>800 mg/kg – ppm) in frozen skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus [Euthynnus] pelamis) from the Maldives in Spain

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Beef Trimmings – Minced Meat Skewer – Chilled Chicken – Salted Chicken – Sesame Seeds – Black Pepper – White Sesame Seeds – Live Mussels – Peppered Turkey Breast -Turkey Meat Preparation – Chicken Thighs – Chilled Mince Meat –

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RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in beef trimmings from the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen minced meat skewer from Germany in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in chilled chicken from Slovakia, processed in Poland in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the UK

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Montevideo (present /25g) in white sesame seeds from India in Croatia

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in live mussels from the Netherlands in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen peppered turkey breast from Chile in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Agona (presence /25g) in frozen turkey meat preparation from Chile in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled chicken thighs from Poland in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (presence /25g) in chilled minced meat from the Netherlands, packaged in Denmark in Finland

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (presence in 1 out of 5 samples /250g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (presence in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (presence in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in whitish sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Morehead (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Glostrup (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella (presence in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (presence in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Rape Seed Meal – Fish Meal – Pet Food

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RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Münster (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Tennessee (presence /25g) in rape seed meal from Russia in Finland

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Telelkebir (presence /25g) in fish meal from the United States in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Haelsingborg (presence /25g) in fish meal from the United States in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Derby (presence /25g), Salmonella enterica ser. Dublin (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (presence /25g) in pet food from Germany in Sweden