The alerts from EU generated during 9th - 15th February 2021 are as under:
1. Alert: Cadmium (2.7 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen squid (Loligo duvauceli) from India, via Spain
- Notification from: Switzerland
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - alert - official control on the market
- Action Taken: Withdrawal from the market
- Date: 15-02-2021
2. Alert: Salmonella enterica ser. Virchow (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in dog chews (dried tripes) from India
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Feed - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Import not authorised
- Date: 12-02-2021
3. Alert: Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide (3.0 mg/kg - ppm) in organic hulled and (0.22, 18.7, 0.22 mg/kg - ppm) in hulled sesame seeds from India.
- Notification from: Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - alert - company's own check
4. Alert: Possible contamination with ethylene oxide in sesame seeds from India used in breadsticks from Italy
- Notification from: Romania
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - alert - company's own check
- Action Taken: Withdrawal from the market
- Date: 10-02-2021
5. Alert: Unauthorised novel food ingredient moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) in various products from India
- Notification from: Portugal
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 09-02-2021
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