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 alert from EU generated during 2 September - 10 September, 2019 are as under:

Alert: Aflatoxins (B1 = 12 µg/kg - ppb) in organic whole chilli peppers from India coming via the United Kingdom

• Notification from: Netherlands

• Risk: Serious

• Notification type: Food - information for attention - official control on the market

• Action Taken: Informing authorities

• Maximum permitted levels of aflatoxin: 5 µg/kg*

• Date: 10-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Absence of certified analytical report for dry roasted peanuts from India

• Notification from: United Kingdom

• Risk: Serious

• Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained

• Action Taken: Destruction

• Date: 09-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Improper health certificate(s) (lot number on the certificate is different than the one on the packages) for chilli powder from India

• Notification from: Italy

• Risk: Not serious

• Notification type: food - border rejection - border control - consignment under customs

• Action Taken: re-dispatch

• Date: 06-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Improper health certificate(s) (lot number on the certificate is different than the one on the packages) for dried chillies from India

• Notification from: Italy

• Risk: Not serious

• Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment under customs

• Action Taken: re-dispatch

• Date: 06-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Chlorpyrifos (2.692 mg/kg - ppm), cypermethrin (0.786 mg/kg - ppm) and thiamethoxam (0.146 mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised substance fipronil (0.2674 mg/kg - ppm) in groundnut kernels from India coming via the Netherlands

• Notification from: Germany

• Risk: Undecided

• Notification type: Feed - information for follow-up - official control on the market

• Action Taken: Detained by operator

• Date: 06-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Too high content of sweetener E 954 - saccharin (269 mg/kg - ppm) in mixed vegetables in vinegar from India

• Notification from: Spain

• Risk: Not serious

• Notification type: food - border rejection - border control - consignment under customs

• Action Taken: Destruction

• Date: 05-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India

• Notification from: Poland

• Risk: Serious

• Notification type: Food - border rejection - border control - consignment detained

• Action Taken: Re-dispatch

• Date: 05-09-2019  
  
  

Alert: Lead (> 500 mg/kg - ppm) in manganese oxide from India

• Notification from: Spain

• Risk: Serious

• Notification type: Feed - border rejection - border control - consignment detained

• Action Taken: Import not authorised

• Date: 03-09-2019 
  
  

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