The alerts from EU generated during 11th - 17th January 2022 are as under:
1. Alert: Cadmium (2.5 mg/kg - ppm) found in frozen octopus (Octopus membranaceus) from India
- Notification from: Italy
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for attention - Border control - forwarded to destination
- Action Taken: Informing authorities
- Date:17-01-2022
2. Alert: Ethylene oxide found in fenugreek extract used in animal mixtures from France
- Notification from: France
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Feed - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Informing recipient
- Date: 17-01-2022
3. Alert: Herbal extract powder contaminated with ethylene oxide from India
- Notification from: France
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Informing authorities
- Date: 14-01-2022
4. Alert: Unauthorised novel food ghatti gum from India
- Notification from: Spain
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - forwarded to destination
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 14-01-2022
5. Alert: Anthraquinone found in Sterrenmix from India
- Notification from: Netherlands
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Withdrawal from recipient
- Date: 13-01-2022
6. Alert: Unauthorized substance ethylene oxide found in ground onions from India
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for follow-up - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Detained by operator
- Date: 13-01-2022
7. Alert: Unauthorised substance ethion (0.23 mg/kg - ppm) found in peppers (Capsicum spp.) from India
- Notification from: Switzerland
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 12-01-2022
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