Advisory for Indian products in EU: 22 – 28 December 2020

Advisory for Indian products in EU: 22 – 28 December 2020

Trade Alerts

Federation of Indian Export Organisations

Federation of Indian Export Organisations

173 week ago — 2 min read

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 - 28 December 2020 are as under:
 
1. Alert: Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide, in varying proportions, in sesame seeds, in hulled and organic hulled sesame seeds, in natural sesame seeds, in black sesame seeds, in tahini made of sesame seeds, in roasted & organic roasted sesame seeds, in toasted sesame seeds, in sesame seeds used in nuts and seeds bread mix, in organic chilli-flavoured and ginger-flavoured chickpea spreads, with sesame seeds from India.
  • Notification from: Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden
  • Risk: Serious
  • Notification type: Food - alert - company’’s own check
  • Action Taken: Informing recipient(s)

2. Alert: Withdrawal from the market of whole grain crispbreads from Germany, with sesame seeds from India, via the Netherlands possibly contaminated with unauthorised substance ethylene oxide.
  • Notification from: Germany
  • Risk: Undecided
  • Notification type: Food - alert - official control on the market
  • Action Taken: Recall from consumers

 

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