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 alerts from EU generated during 3rd – 10th March 2020 are as under:
Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 19; Tot. = 22 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
- Date: 10-03-2020
Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 49; Tot. = 55 µg/kg - ppb) in indian graoundnut kernels from India
- Notification from: Netherlands
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 09-03-2020
Alert: Attempt to illegally import frozen green chilli from India
- Notification from: United Kingdom
- Risk: Not serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 09-03-2020
Alert: Poor temperature control of frozen shrimps (Litopenaeus Vannamei) from India, via the Netherlands
- Notification from: Italy
- Risk: Not serious
- Notification type: Food - information for follow-up - official control on the market
- Action Taken: Seizure
- Date: 09-03-2020
Alert: Salmonella (presence /25g) in chili powder from India
- Notification from: Spain
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Physical/chemical treatment
- Date: 05-03-2020
Alert: Salmonella enterica ser. Newport (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (presence /25g) in dog chews (dried tripes) from India
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Feed - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Date: 04-03-2020
Alert: Methomyl (0.13 mg/kg - ppm) in seedless grapes from India
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - information for attention - company's own check
- Action Taken: Public warning - press release
- Date: 04-03-2020
Alert: Cadmium (1.5 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen whole cleaned cuttlefish (Sepia Aculeata) from India
- Notification from: Cyprus
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - information for attention - border control - consignment released
- Action Taken: Seizure
- Date: 03-03-2020
Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 13.7; Tot. = 14.0 mg/kg - ppm) in dried red chillies from India
- Notification from: United Kingdom
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Re-dispatch
- Date: 03-03-2020
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