July 09, 2019
In order to keep the Indian exporters informed of the rejections faced by Indian products in the EU and to take preventive actions FIEO is forwarding the Rapid Alert Systems for Food and Feed (RASFF) and for Non-Food Consumer Products (RAPEX) alerts on a weekly basis.
The alert from EU generated during 2nd July – 8th July, 2019 are as under:
Alert: Salmonella (present /25g) in sesame seeds from India
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Re-dispatch
- Date: 08-07-2019
Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 15.6; Tot. = 15.9 µg/kg - ppb) in dried chillies from India
- Notification from: United Kingdom
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Maximum permitted level of aflatoxin : 5 µg/kg*
- Date: 05-07-2019
Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 15; Tot. = 17 µg/kg - ppb) in groundnut kernels from India
- Notification from: Netherlands
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Maximum permitted level of aflatoxin : 2 µg/kg*
- Date: 05-07-2019
Alert: Glass fragments in sesame seeds from the Netherlands may have originated from India
- Notification from: Netherlands
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - alert - company's own check
- Action Taken: Withdrawal from the market
- Date: 04-07-2019
Alert: poor temperature control (between 4.1 and 10.7 °C) of chilled sardines (Sardinella spp.) from India
- Notification from: United Kingdom
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Import not authorised
- Date: 03-07-2019
*Note with regard to aflatoxin: For more details refer Regulation (EU) No 165/2010 of 26 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs
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