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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Dried Figs – Rice -Groundnut Kernels – Hazlenuts

Posted on October 25, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 255.4 / B1 = 30.8 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 19 µg/kg – ppb) in rice from Myanmar in Portugal

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 20; Tot. = 23 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from the United States in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 13.4; Tot. = 33 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs garland from Turkey in Malta

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 12.44 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled hazelnuts from Turkey in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 20.4; Tot. = 22.1 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts with shell from the United States in Germany

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 30.12; Tot. = 31 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

 

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Frozen Pork Cheek – Chilled Whole Chicken – Frozen Poultry Meat Preparation -Frozen Turkey Breast – Frozen Kebab – MRM Chicken – Chicken Breast – Chicken Broiler – Black Pepper

Posted on October 25, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (presence) in frozen pork cheek from Poland in Estonia

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (present /25g) in chilled whole chicken from Poland, via Estonia in Latvia

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat preparation from the Netherlands in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Saintpaul (present /25g) in frozen turkey breast from Poland, packaged in the Czech Republic in the Czech Republic

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Agona (present /25g) in frozen kebab from Poland in the Czech Republic

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /10g) in chilled mechanically separated chicken meat from Belgium in Belgium

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen chicken breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (presence /25g) in chilled broiler from Poland in Latvia

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in ground black pepper from Vietnam, packaged in Poland in Poland

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RASFF Alert – Listeria monocytogenes – Frozen Red Kidney Beans

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RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in frozen red kidney beans used for ready-to-eat salad from China in the Netherlands

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RASFF Alert – Mould – Cream Yoghurt

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RASFF – bulging packaging of cream yogurt from Germany infested with moulds in Germany

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RASFF Alert – Bacillus cereus- Cinnamon and Curry

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RASFF – enterotoxin producing Bacillus cereus (6000 and 120000 CFU/g) in cinnamon and curry from the West Bank and Gaza Strip in Slovenia

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Raisins

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (95 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Turkey, packaged in Bosnia and Herzegovina, via Croatia in Slovenia

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

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

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

RASFF – Salmonella (O:7 /25g) in fish meal from the United States in Germany

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RASFF Alert – Moulds – Beet Pulp -Sunflower Seed Meal

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RASFF – dried beet pulp from Ukraine infested with moulds in Poland

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

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Enterobacteriaceae – Fish Meal

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RASFF – high count of Enterobacteriaceae (<10; <10; 20; 50; 200 CFU/g) in fish meal from Peru in Germany

RASFF – high count of Enterobacteriaceae (up to 600 CFU/g) in fish meal from Peru in Germany

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New Zealand – Shellfish biotoxin alert – Port Underwood – DSP Toxins

Posted on October 25, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) today issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested in the Port Underwood region from the East side of The Tongue only (The area inside a line from the tip of Separation Point on the Tongue to The Knobbies on the eastern side of the bay).

Routine tests on shellfish samples taken from Port Underwood has shown levels of Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins above the safe limit of 0.16 mg/kg set by MPI.  Anyone eating shellfish from this area is potentially at risk of illness.

Map of the Port Underwood area, highlighting in red the areas affected.

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