The alerts from EU generated during 11th - 17th July 2023 are as under:
1. Italy: Unauthorised pesticide residue ethylene oxide found in Indian spices
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 17-07-2023
2. Cyprus: Residues of unauthorised pesticides found in basmati rice from India
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 14-07-2023
3. Slovenia: Unauthorised novel food ingredient Azadirachta indica in food supplements from India
- Risk: Potential risk
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 13-07-2023
4. Germany: Tricyclazole, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid found in rice from India
- Risk: Not serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 13-07-2023
5. France: Aflatoxins found in nutmeg powder from India
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Product (to be) redispatched or destroyed
- Date: 12-07-2023
6. Bulgaria: Ethylene oxide found in Premium Immunity Enhancer (herbal food supplement)
- Risk: Potentially serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 11-07-2023
7. Poland: Stwierdzenie przekroczenia sumy alkaloidów pirolizydynowych w produkcie pn. Kmin rzymski mielony // exceeding the sum of pyrrolizidine alkaloids found in ground cumin
- Risk: Potential risk
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for follow-up - Official control on the market
- Action Taken: Informing authorities
- Date: 11-07-2023
8. Poland: Pesticide residue - tolfenpyrad (0,063 ± 0,032 mg/kg) found in black tea from India
- Risk: Potentially serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Return to consignor
- Date: 11-07-2023
9. Netherlands: Aflatoxin B1 found in Indian peanuts
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 11-07-2023