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RASFF Alert – Histamine – Canned Tuna

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RASFF – histamine (370 mg/kg – ppm) in canned tuna from Turkey in Croatia

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RASFF Alert – Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Crushed Ice

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RASFF – Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1 CFU/ml) in crushed ice from Spain in Italy

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – DON – Wheat Bran

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RASFF – deoxynivalenol (DON) (1025.84 µg/kg – ppb) in wheat bran from Hungary in Hungary

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Dried Figs – Organic Chilli Powder – Shelled Almonds – Shelled Pistachios – Groundnuts

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 97.4; Tot. = 113 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in the Czech Republic

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 17.6; Tot. = 18.9 µg/kg – ppb) in organic chilli pepper powder from India in Sweden

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 19.4; Tot. = 20.9 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled almonds from the United States in Spain

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 50.27; Tot. = 58.89 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled pistachio kernels from the Czech Republic and the United States in Slovakia

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 12.7; Tot. = 15.1 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from the United States in Spain

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Grape Nectar

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (2.5 µg/kg – ppb) in grapes nectar from Estonia in Latvia

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RASFF Alert – Moulds – Truffles

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RASFF – truffles from Iran infested with moulds in Italy

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RASFF Alert – E.coli – Chilled Clams

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RASFF – Escherichia coli (1.3 to 4.5 MPN/100g) in chilled clams (Chamelea gallina) from Italy in Spain

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RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Animal Feed – Groundnuts

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 143 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts kernels from Argentina in the UK

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Moulds – Sunflower Seed Meal

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RASFF – sunflower seeds meal from Ukraine infested with moulds in Poland

RASFF – sunflower seed meal from Ukraine infested with moulds in Poland

 

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Bulgaria -Chicken meat infected with Salmonella from Poland

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At least 100 tons of chicken infected with salmonella has reached the Bulgarian market. Some of the meat, imported from Poland, has been seized and so far there are no reporters of consumers infected with salmonella. Poland is the major producer of poultry meat in the European Union. the majority of poultry meat exports are directed to the internal EU market.
This is not the first time that poultry products imported from Poland are contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella has been detected in 16 tons of poultry imported to the Czech Republic from Poland in April-May 2019.
In 2018 The EU has reported  almost 1,500 people sickened by Salmonella linked to Polish eggs in an outbreak that has lasted more than six years and affected 18 countries.

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