The alerts from EU generated during 8th - 14th March 2022 are as under:
1. Alert: Aflatoxins found beyond the limits in rice from India
- Notification from: Italy
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Re-dispatch
- Date: 14-03-2022
2. Alert: Food supplement (Ayurvedic Tea) containing Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn Cymbopogon citrus and Withania somnifera from India
- Notification from: Poland
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Return to consignor
- Date: 14-03-2022
3. Alert: Food supplement (Dosha Tea) containing Valeriana officinalis and Withania somnifera from India
- Notification from: Poland
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Return to consignor
- Date: 14-03-2022
4. Alert: Aflatoxins found in melon seeds from India
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Official control on the market
- Action Taken: Recall from consumer
- Date: 11-03-2022
5. Alert: Ethylene oxide found in madras curry powder, protein concentrate of mung beans from India
- Notification from: Netherlands & Croatia
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Informing recipient(s)
- Date: 11-03-2022 & 10-03-2022
6. Alert: 2- Chloroethanol found in organic food supplement from India, via Germany
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Recall from consumer
- Date: 09-03-2022
7. Alert: Ethylene oxide found in crushed chilies from India
- Notification from: Greece
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Seizure
- Date: 08-03-2022