Issues: Issues concerning Almonds including ground almonds 01/Oct/2018 Spain aflatoxins (B1 = 17.5; Tot. = The Uni not yet 18.6 µg/kg - ppb) in almonds from The Uni States States 27/Sep/2018 Spain aflatoxins (B1 = 18.1; Tot. > 24 µg/kg - ppb) in almond kernels from The Uni States The Uni not yet States 27/Sep/2018 Spain aflatoxins (B1 = 6; Tot. = 24.4 µg/kg - ppb) in shelled almonds from The Uni States The Uni not yet States Issues concerning Apricots - dried 28/Sep/2018 too high content of sulphite not yet (2149 mg/kg - ppm) in dried apricots from
Page 2 of 6 Issues concerning Breads 17/Sep/2018 Greece Rye bread produced by Harry-Brot GmbH recalled due to presence of mould Lidl Hellas and SIA O.E. 28/Sep/2018 Black plastic particles may be present in rye bread Glockenbrot Bäckerei GmbH & Co. OHG, Frankfurt 27/Sep/2018 Black plastic particles may be present in rye bread Glockenbrot Bäckerei GmbH & Co. OHG, Frankfurt Issues concerning Canned foods - vegetables 02/Oct/2018 Italy Canned tomatoes are recalled due to chlormequat beyond legal limits. Deco Issues concerning Celery 25/Sep/2018 The Czech Republic cadmium (0.33 mg/kg - Poland ppm) in celery root from Po- land not yet Issues concerning Dry ingredient mixes (batter, breading, custard, muffin etc.) and dough 27/Sep/2018 Spain Undeclared whey protein may be present in flan preparation not
Page 3 of 6 Issues concerning Feed materials - groundnuts 25/Sep/2018 The Uni States Aflatoxins detec in peanuts for bird Mexico feed Galdisa Sa De CV, Chihuahua, Mexico Issues concerning Honey 25/Sep/2018 The Uni States Pesticides (unspecified) detec in honey Huayuan, Henan, Issues concerning Maize (yellow corn) 28/Sep/2018 Popcorn (not popped) recalled due to eleva levels of aflatoxin and ochratoxin Seeberger GmbH 27/Sep/2018 Luxembourg High levels of ochratoxin A not sta- have been detec in pop- ping corn 27/Sep/2018 Luxembourg High levels of aflatoxin have not sta- been found in popping corn 25/Sep/2018 Belgium High levels of aflatoxins may not sta- be present in corn (maize) for popping 25/Sep/2018 Belgium High levels of ochratoxin A not sta- may be present in corn (maize) for popping Issues concerning Meat - bovine (beef, veal, cow) 26/Sep/2018 Italy shigatoxin-producing Escherichia Argentina not yet coli (stx2+ /25g) in chilled vacuum-packed beef from Argentina
Page 4 of 6 Issues concerning Meat - porcine (pork, pig) 02/Oct/2018 The Czech Republic Salmonella typhimurium may The Czech Ahold Czech Republic be present in marina pork Republic 02/Oct/2018 The Czech Republic Undeclared celery may be present in marina pork chops The Czech Ahold Czech Republic Republic Issues concerning Milk - bovine (cow) 27/Sep/2018 Hungary S-Budget UHT milk is recalled Hungary due to microbiological contamination Auchan Magyarorszag Kft Issues concerning Milk products - cheese 01/Oct/2018 The Czech Republic Cheese slices found to have higher salt content than shown on the packaging, produced by Arla Foods, Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH, Wahlerstr. 2, DE-40472 Düsseldorf 01/Oct/2018 The Czech Re- Cheese slices found to have Poland Polmlek Sp. z public lower solids content than o.o., ul. shown on the packaging Modlińska 310/312, 03-152 Warszawa Issues concerning Other articles 26/Sep/2018 Spain migration of primary aromatic not yet amines ( > 0.02 mg/kg - ppm) from steel and nylon food tong from
Page 5 of 6 27/Sep/2018 Japan Potential cadmium migration Charbloil, A sub- from porcelain coa grill- sidiary of W C ing grate Bradley Co 27/Sep/2018 Japan Violation of standards for general component materials (use and detection of synthetic colouring agent not lis in the regulations). ANHUI LIGHT IN- DUSTRIES INTER- NATIONAL CO., LTD, ALIC MAN- SION, 19 MEISHAN RD, HE- FEI, CN-34 28/Sep/2018 migration of nickel (2.92 mg/kg - ppm) from multipurpose tongs from, via (Hong Kong) not yet 27/Sep/2018 Croatia Breakfast set recalled due to Müller trgovina migration of heavy metals, Zagreb d.o.o lead and cobalt. Issues concerning Other vegetable and fruit oils, fats and infused oils 28/Sep/2018 New Zealand Undeclared peanut may be India present in groundnut oil Harman Impex (NZ) Ltd, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand Issues concerning Pasta and noodles 02/Apr/2018 The Uni States Macaroni found to contain an Italy amount of iron above the standard of identity for enriched macaroni products Pastificio Gallo Natale E. F. LLI, Mazara Del Vallo, TP ITALY Issues concerning Peppers (sweet or bell) - fresh or dried 28/Sep/2018 The Uni States Carbendazim may be present Dominican Dipesa International in cachucha pepper Republic Group, San- tiago, DO-25
Page 6 of 6 DOMINICAN RE- PUBLIC 26/Sep/2018 Bulgaria chlorpyrifos (0.087 mg/kg - ppm) in fresh peppers from not yet 02/Oct/2018 Bulgaria methomyl (0.147 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers from not yet 26/Sep/2018 Bulgaria formetanate (0.083 mg/kg - ppm) in pepper from not yet 27/Sep/2018 Denmark Red peppers are recalled due to the presence of pests. Reitan Distribution A/S, 8700 Horsens, DEN- MARK Issues concerning Rice 25/Sep/2018 The Uni States Tebuconazole and acetamiprid detec in brown bas- Pakistan mati rice MATCO FOODS (PVT) LTD.,, A-21, Site II, Super Highway, Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Issues concerning Tomatoes 01/Oct/2018 Croatia chlorpyrifos (0.14 mg/kg - Italy ppm) in tomatoes from Italy not yet FOOD FRAUD ALERTS Editor: Carina Hagmann (cah) Direct telephone: +45 3339 4434 Source: HorizonScan E-mail address: cah@lf.dk