What are the most common safety problems with herbs & spices?

2647 EU alerts have been issued for this category to date. Common reasons: chemical risks, mechanical defects, choking parts, electrical issues, mislabelling.

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Herbs & spices — EU Safety Watch

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📂 Herbs & spices ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Salmonella spp. in organic sweet paprika powder from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp. - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Spain · Notif…

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Herbs & spices

Salmonella spp. in organic sweet paprika powder from Spain

Unauthorised pesticide anthraquinone in pepper from Madagascar, via Spain

Anthraquinone in cardamom

Pesticide surpassing MRL in black pepper from Vietnam via Hungary

Exceed maximum levels of pesticides residues: propiconazole 0,13 ± 0,07 mg/kg in fresh dill from Uzbekistan

Pesticide residues in Sichuan pepper powder from China, via the Netherlands

High levels of several pesticide residues in cumin powder from Egypt, via the Netherlands

Chlorpyrifos in tumeric powder from India, via Germany

Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in paprika spice mix from Türkiye

RESIDUO DE PLAGUICIDA ANTRAQUINONA POR ENCIMA DEL LMR EN CARDAMOMO (Elettaria cardamomum) DE GUATEMALA// ANTHRAQUINONE PESTICIDE RESIDUE ABOVE THE MRL IN CARDAMOM (Elettaria cardamomum) FROM GUATEMALA.

Alérgeno no declarado en el etiquetado (nuez) en azafrán procedente de Irán //Allergen not declared on the label (nut) in saffron from Irán

Pesticide residues in pepper from China

Pesticide residues in pepper from China

aflatoxin B1 and ochratoxin-A in nutmeg from Indonesia

przekroczenie ochratoksyny A w papryce suszonej z Chin // exceedance of ochratoxin A in dried peppers from China

Unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in wild Sichuan pepper from China, via NL

aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in organic ground nutmeg from Sri Lanka

Salmonella in moringa powder from Germany

Too much pesticide residue (Carbofuran) in paprika powder from Kosovo.

Elevated levels of mould detected in mint samples

Foglie di fieno greco in miscela di spezie aromatiche dall'India/ novel food not authorised fenugreek leaves in a blend of aromatic spices from India

Chlorpyrifos and 14 other pesticides in cumin powder

Labeling deficiencies on chili sauce from China via the Netherlands

Kasturi Methi leaves from India

Insect eggs in tea from Germany

Too much ochratoxin A in crushed paprika from Kosovo.

Labelling deficiencies in basil from TH via CZ

Bacillus cereus in ground cinnamon from Vietnam, via Hungary

Unauthorised pesticide fenobucarb in peppercorns from Bosnia and Herzegovina via Slovenia

Risk of foreign bodies (plastic) in spice mills containing pepper and garlic from Germany

Prometryn in coriander

Tebufenpyrad in Zingiber officinale extract from Italy

Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in cayenne pepper from Turkey

epice d'or — camomille

Pesticide residue in thyme from Israel.

Non-conforming labelling of salt

RESIDUES OF UNAUTHORISED PESTICIDE, CHLORPYRIFOS, IN CUMIN POWDER FROM SYRIA

Salmonella in Moringa poeder

stwierdzenie chloropiryfosu w majeranku suszonym ////Chlorpyrifos detected in dried marjoram, country of origin: Egypt

Bacillus cereus in mouth freshener from India

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