The alerts from EU generated during 9th - 15th March 2021 are as under:
1. Alert: Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide, (0.13 mg/kg - ppm) in madras curry powder and (0.44 mg/kg - ppm) in sesame seeds from India.
- Notification from: Luxembourg, Romania
- Notification type: Food - alert - company's own check
2. Alert: Insufficient labelling (vegetable origin of the oil not indicated) of madras poppadoms from India.
- Notification from: Italy
- Risk: Not serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment under customs
- Action Taken: Placed under customs seals
- Date: 12-03-2021
3. Alert: Thiophanate-methyl (1.1; 1.2 mg/kg - ppm) in drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India.
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - information for attention - border control - consignment released
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 12-03-2021
4. Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 150 µg/kg - ppb) in groundnuts from India.
- Notification from: Netherlands
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Feed - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 11-03-2021
5. Alert: Unauthorised novel food betel nuts from India.
- Notification from: Italy
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment under customs
- Action Taken: Re-dispatch
- Date: 10-03-2021
6. Alert: Thiamethoxam (0.073, 0.036 mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised substances carbendazim (0.012, 0.023 mg/kg - ppm) and tricyclazole (0.22, 0.19 mg/kg - ppm) in basmati rice from India.
- Notification from: Austria
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - alert - official control on the market
- Date: 09-03-2021
7. Alert: Mercury (3.4 mg/kg - ppm) and high content of lead (38 mg/kg - ppm) in food supplement from India.
- Notification from: Slovenia
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 09-03-2021
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