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Herbs & spices

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 2,647
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Pesticides residues in fresh basil from Israel.

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: imidacloprid - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Israel · Notifi…
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 resolved

pyrrolizidine alkaloids in herbal infusion originating from China

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
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Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide in cumin seeds from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}…
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Serious risk 🇨🇭 resolved

Aflatoxins in curcuma from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Aflatoxin B1 - {mycotoxins} · Origin: India · Noti…
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Aflatoxins in nutmeg from Indonesia

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: aflatoxins - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Indonesia · Notifier: G…
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Medium risk 🇮🇹 resolved

Novel food non autorizzato foglie di fieno greco (Trigonella foenum graecum) //unauthorized novel food fenugreek leaves (Trigonella foenum graecum) dispatched from the United Kingdom

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: United Kingdom · Notifier: Italy
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

idéal — cube de bouillon déshydraté saveur smen

Avoid using or consuming this dehydrated stock cube. It contains mineral oil. Return it to the place of purchase.
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ground tarragon from France

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

Ethylene oxide in dried ginger from India

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: India…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

auchan — auchan baies roses 20g

Auchan Baies Roses 20g Do not consume. Return the product to the point of sale and destroy it.
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Pesticides residues in dried mint from Turkey

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: haloxyfop unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Ori…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Salmonella spp. in organic paprika powder from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonellen - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Spain · Notifier:…
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peperoncino dallo Sri Lanka

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Aflatoxin B1 - {mycotoxins} *** aflatoxin total - {mycotoxi…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇬🇷 resolved

pyrrolizidine alkaloids in cumin seeds from Türkiye

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
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pyrrolizidine alkaloids 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

Pesticides in basil from Thailand, via Czech Republic

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: fipronil unauthorised substance - {pesticid…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

aheco african food & cosmetics b.v. — feuilles de patates douces séchées

Dried sweet potato leaves by Aheco African Food & Cosmetics B.V. are recalled due to pesticide levels above legal limits. Do not eat or use this product.
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Ausencia de certificado oficial en especias de India. Absence of official certificate in spices from India

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Spain
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇱🇻 resolved

Unauthorised color Sudan I (CAS 842-07-9) >2000 μg/kg in spices for BBQ and grill from Uzbekistan

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Uzbekistan · Notifier: Latvia
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Irradiation of organic turmeric powder from India

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Germany
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Errores en certificado oficial en pimienta de Brasil. Improper official certificate in black pepper from Brazil

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Brazil · Notifier: Spain
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Propargita en tomillo fresco de Marruecos. Propargite in thyme from Morocco

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: propargite - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Morocco · Notifie…
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Salmonella en perejil de Egipto. Salmonella in parsley from Egypt

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Egypt ·…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

la phenicienne — carvi moulu 100 grs

Ground caraway from La Phénicienne (100 g) Hazard: possible Bacillus cereus contamination. If affected, illness may cause diarrhoea with stomach pain, nausea o…
3 years ago See more
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Detection of bacillus cereus on spices

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Bacillus cereus - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Spain · Notif…
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High levels of presumptive Bacillus cereus in coriander powder from India

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Germany
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

ethylene oxide in Indian Cardamon

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: I…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Salmonella spp. in black pepper from Brazil

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Bra…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Salmonella spp. in black pepper from Brazil

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Bra…
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Certificación incorrecta de especias de India. Improper certification in spices from India

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Spain
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Misleading labelling of spice preparation from the Netherlands

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

E.coli en cilantro de Marruecos. E.coli in coriander from Morocco

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Escherichia coli - {pathogenic micro-organi…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Propargita en tomillo fresco de Marruecos. Propargite in thyme from Morocco

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: propargite - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Morocco · Notifie…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Propargita en tomillo fresco de Marruecos. Propargite in thyme from Morocco

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: propargite - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Morocco · Notifie…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 resolved

ochratoxin A in spice mix from Togo

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ochratoxin A - {mycotoxins} · Origin:…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇨🇾 resolved

Residues of the anauthorised pesticide Chlorpyrifos in Fennel Seeds (Powder) from Egypt

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Labelling deficiency in spice mix from the United Kingdom, via the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: United Kingdom · Notifier: Germany
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Azoxystrobin in Parsley from Egypt

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Azoxystrobin - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Egyp…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇧🇪 resolved

Imidacloprid residues in basil from Israel

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: imidacloprid - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Israel · Notifi…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

Unauthorised pesticide residue ethylene oxide in spices

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: India · Not…
3 years ago See more

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