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29th March, 2022

29^th March, 2022

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 22^nd - 28^th March 2022 are as under:

1. Alert: Thiamethoxam, tricyclazol and carbendazim found in basmati rice from India

Notification from: Denmark
Risk: Undecided
Notification type: Food - Information notification for follow-up - Official control on the market
Action Taken: Recall from consumer
Date: 28-03-2022

2. Alert: Identification mark found missing on squid (Loligo duvacelli) from India

Notification from: Spain
Risk: Undecided
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Official detention
Date: 25-03-2022

3. Alert: 2-chloroethanol (sum of 2-CE and EO) found in cloves from India

Notification from: Sweden
Risk: Serious
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Destruction
Date: 24-03-2022

4. Alert: Cadmium found in frozen cephalopods (octopus membranaceus) from India

Notification from: Italy
Risk: Serious
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Official detention
Date: 24-03-2022

5. Alert: Ethylene oxide found in whole Cassia sticks (cinnamomum) and spice mix from India

Notification from: Italy
Risk: Serious
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Official detention
Date: 24-03-2022

6. Alert: 2-chloroethanol found in cinnamon powder and spice mix from India

Notification from: Italy and Sweden
Risk: Serious
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Official detention
Date: 24-03-2022 & 22-03-2022

7. Alert: Thiamethoxam (0.08 mg/kg - ppm) and clothianidin (0.15 mg/kg - ppm) found in coriander seeds from India

Notification from: Denmark
Risk: Undecided
Notification type: Food - Information notification for follow-up - Official control on the market
Action Taken: Withdrawal from recipient(s)
Date: 23-03-2022

8. Alert: Detected dimethoate in yard-long beans from India

Notification from: Germany
Risk: Serious
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Destruction
Date: 23-03-2022

9. Alert: Food supplement (Ayurvedic Tea) found contanining Cymbopogon citratus (DC), Phyllanthus emblica (L), Cymbopogon citratus and Nelumbo nucifera Gaeth, Asparagus recemosus Willd and Phyllanthus emblica (L), Boerhavia diffusa, Myrica rubra, Plumbago zeylanica, Phyllanthus emblica(L), Cymbopogon citratus, Acorus calamus (L) and Withania somnifera,

Notification from: Poland
Risk: Undecided
Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
Action Taken: Return to consignor
Date: 22-03-2022

10. Alert: Ethylene oxide found in the product "centella asiatica" from India