The alerts from EU generated during 20 - 26 July 2021 are as under:
1. Alert: Ethylene oxide found in bamboo extract used in food supplements.
- Notification from: Austria
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Reinforced checking
- Date: 26-07-2021
2. Alert: Excessive levels of chlorpyrifos (-ethyl) found in organic turmeric powder from India.
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Undecided
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for attention - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Informing consignor
- Date: 26-07-2021
3. Alert: Aflatoxin found in Curcumawurzel Gemahlen Keimreduziert.
- Notification from: Netherlands
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Alert notification - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Informing authorities
- Date: 26-07-2021
4. Alert: Ethylene oxide and clorpyrifos found in organic ashwagandha powder from India.
- Notification from: Germany
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for attention - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Detained by operator
- Date: 26-07-2021
5. Alert: Presence of Salmonella spp. in hulled sesame seeds from India.
- Notification from: Greece
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Border rejection notification - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Re-dispatch
- Date: 26-07-2021
6. Alert: Vibrio parahaemolyticus (toxR+ tdh+ trh+ /25g) found in frozen peeled shrimps from India.
- Notification from: France
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for attention - Company's own check
- Action Taken: Detained by operator
- Date: 26-07-2021
7. Alert: Histamine and E 300 - ascorbic acid found unauthorised in frozen yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from India.
- Notification from: Italy
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Food - Information notification for attention - Border control - consignment detained
- Action Taken: Informing authorities
- Date: 22-07-2021
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