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Herbs & spices

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Serious risk 🇫🇮 resolved

Salmonella spp. I and Salmonella Urbana in grinded pepper from Nigeria.

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella Urbana - {pathogenic micro-organisms} *** Salmon…
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Serious risk 🇨🇭 resolved

Pesticide residues in Rau om from Vietnam

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorfenapyr unauthorised substance -…
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Serious risk 🇱🇻 resolved

Propiconazole (0,47 ± 0,24 mg/kg ) in fresh dill form Uzbekistan

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: propiconazole - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Uzbekistan · N…
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Serious risk 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids found in cumin powder

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Italy · N…
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Serious risk 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 resolved

Unauthorised substances (Chlorpyrifos) in dried dill seeds from Lebanon via Sweden

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}…
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Glass in Cajun Spice Mix from the Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier: Netherlands
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

Non-conforming labelling of rosemary

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: labelling incorrect - {labelling absent/incomplete/incorrect}…
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Labelling deficiencies in asafoetida powder from IN via BE

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: labelling incorrect - {labelling absent/incomplete/incorrect}…
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Serious risk 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇵🇱 resolved

Propiconazole (0,36 ± 0,18 mg/kg ) in fresh dill form Uzbekistan

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: propiconazole - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Uzb…
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Labelling deficiencies in red chilli from LB via SE

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: irradiation unlabelled - {radiation} · Origin: Lebanon · Noti…
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Serious risk 🇮🇪 🇦🇹 🇫🇮 🇵🇹 REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDO resolved

Possible presence of mustard and soya in a batch of wasabi powder from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: China · Notifier: Ireland
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

Misuse of the protected term "Piment d'Espelette" on a label alongside the term "paprika"

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Notifier: France
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 resolved

CINNAMON BARK – no pesticide testing and no official health certificate

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Poland
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 resolved

PRZEKROCZNIE PESTYCYDÓW W PAPRYCE CHILLI Z CHIN/// Pesticide Exceedance in Chili Peppers from China

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorate unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}…
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Serious risk 🇱🇻 resolved

Penconazole (0,081 ± 0,041 mg/kg ) in fresh dill form Uzbekistan

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: penconazole - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Uzbek…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Nutmeg Indonesia Aflatoxin

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Aflatoxin B1 - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Indonesia · Notifier:…
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Medium risk 🇱🇻 resolved

Tumeric powder from India has not presented for control at the BIP where it is first introduced into the EU.

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Latvia
8 months ago See more
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Low risk 🇩🇪 SERBIA resolved

Missing import controls on paprika powder from China

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: China · Notifier: Germany
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Aflatoxin B1 in chicken tikka masala from Pakistan

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Aflatoxin B1 - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Pakistan · Notifier:…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

Ethylene oxide in various spice mixes

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} *** mineral oil aromatic hydroca…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

ethyleneoxide(sum) in Indian biryani masala

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: India · Not…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

tolfenpyrad in cumin powder from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: tolfenpyrad - {pesticide residues} · Origin: India · No…
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Medium risk 🇭🇺 resolved

Oregano spice adulteration

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Notifier: Hungary
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Improper official certificate for black cumin seeds from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Poland
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 resolved

Alérgenos no declarados (avellana y almendra) en clavo molido procedente de España//Undeclared allergens (hazelnuts and almonds) in ground cloves from Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: almond traces - {allergens} *** hazelnut traces -…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

chlorpyrifos-ethyl in fennel seeds from Egypt

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance -…
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Serious risk 🇭🇺 resolved

Benzo(a)pyrene and PAHs detected above permitted limits in crumbled tarragon from Slovakia

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: benzo(a)pyrene - {environmental pollut…
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Low risk 🇱🇻 resolved

Unauthorized treatment with ionizing radiation

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: irradiation in an unauthorised facility - {…
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Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloides in dried oregano from Türkiye

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
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Low risk 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 resolved

Unauthorised novel food ingredients in spice mixture from the Netherlands

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: novel food ingredient unauthorised - {novel…
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Pesticide residues in organic poppy flowers from Kosovo

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: captan - {pesticide residues} *** chlo…
8 months ago See more
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Serious risk 🇮🇪 resolved

Elevated Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Oregano

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origi…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

la brigade des épices — sauce cèpes champignons sauvages

Potential contamination with salmonella may cause sudden stomach upset, vomiting, fever and headache within 6 to 72 hours after eating. If you or someone who at…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

la brigade des épices — sauce cèpes et champignons

A potential salmonella contamination has been identified in the spice blend "La Brigade des Épices — Sauce Cèpes et Champignons." If you have consumed or used t…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

heavy metals in basil leaves from Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} *** nickel - {heavy met…
8 months ago See more
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Serious risk 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 resolved

Unauthorized pesticides residues chlorpyrifos (0,13 ± 0,07 mg/kg) in pasley from Uzbekistan

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance -…
8 months ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

tian hu shan — thé vert en sachets

Green tea in sachets Hazard: pesticide levels exceed authorized limits. Stop using it. Return the product to the point of sale.
8 months ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

meszépices — cumin en poudre

Cumin powder by meszépices contains unsafe levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Do not consume. Destroy the product.
8 months ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

meszépices — cumin en poudre

Cumin powder Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: other chemical contaminants · GTIN: 3662310012561 · the level of pyrrolizidine alkaloids exceeds…
8 months ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

meszépices — cumin en poudre

The product contains excessive levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and must be destroyed.
8 months ago See more

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