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Herbs & spices

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 2,647
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Bacillus cereus in ground ginger

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Bacillus cereus presumptive - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: T…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Detección de salmonella en hojas de tomillo de Marruecos / Detection of salmonella in thyme leaves from Morocco

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp. - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · O…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 ANDORRA 🇫🇷 GIBRALTAR 🇮🇹 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ground cumin from India

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Notifier: Belgium
3 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

family elephant — feuilles de laurier en sachets de 25g et de 50g

Family Elephant bay leaves in 25g and 50g bags. Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: other chemical contaminants · GTIN: 8423018199764, 8423018199…
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Low risk 🇨🇭 resolved

Chlorpyrifos in dried basil from Egypt

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in oregano

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Greece ·…
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 resolved

Salmonella CO in thyme from Egypt

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella group C - {pathogenic micro-organisms}…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in oregano

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Greece ·…
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Presencia de pesticida no autorizado por encima del LMR (antraquinona) en yerba mate de Argentina / Presence of non authorised pesticide above the MLR (anthraquinone) from Argentina

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: anthraquinone - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Argentina…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇱🇺 resolved

Chlorpyrifos in fenugreek leaves from India

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Origin:…
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Medium risk 🇮🇹 resolved

insect in chard herb

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Italy
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Presencia de antraquinona (sustancia no autorizada) en te verde de China / Presence of anthraquinone (unauthorised sustance) in green tea from China

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: anthraquinone - {pesticide residues} · Origin: China · No…
3 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

samia — gingembre moulu

Ground ginger Warning: possible presence of salmonella bacteria. If consumed, sudden gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and headache…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Aflatoxins in nutmegs from Indonesia

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

Chlorpyrifos in chaplain leaves (Piper samentosum) from Cambodia, via Czech Republic

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide r…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇬🇷 resolved

Chlorpyrifos and tricyclazole in cumin seeds from India

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

les bonnes epices de mr maurice — gingembre moulu

This product contains harmful bacteria (salmonella and bacillus cereus) that can cause food poisoning. Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever, a…
3 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

leader price — gingembre moulu

Leader Price — ground ginger Do not consume or use this product. Return it to the point of sale and destroy it. It contains bacteria that may cause food poison…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇧🇪 resolved

Misleading of the consumer by using the wrong name of peper

Classification: Fraud notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Denmark · Notifier: Belgium
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Serious risk 🇨🇾 resolved

High quantity of cypermethrin in dry green mallow leaves from Egypt

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: cypermethrin - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Egypt · N…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 resolved

Unauthorised Sudan dyes (I, III and IV) in chilli crushed with seed

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Sudan 4 unauthorised colour - {composition} · Origin: unknown origin ·…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 resolved

Chlorpyrifos in cumin seeds from India, via Italy

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: acetamiprid - {pesticide residues} *** chlorpyrifos unauthorised subst…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in dried oregano from Turkey

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 resolved

Labeling deficiency in barbecue spice 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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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide in seasoning sauce from India

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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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide in seasoning paste from India

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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Medium risk 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

Pesticides residues in coriander from Israel

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: bifenthrin - {pesticide residues} *** chlorfluazuron unauthor…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ginger powder from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: benzo(a)pyrene - {environmental pollutants} *** po…
3 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

auchan — auchan persil flocons 10g

Auchan Persil Flakes 10g Hazard: undeclared allergenic substances, inert materials (glass, metal, plastic, paper, textile). Risk of glass fragments. Precaution…
3 years ago See more
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Pesticides residues in basil from Israel

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: fenamidone - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Israel · Notifi…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇧🇪 🇮🇪 resolved

Pesticides residues in basil from Ethiopia

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: dithiocarbamates - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Ethiopia ·…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 resolved

seasoning - bacillus cereus DGHM value slightly exceeded

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Bacillus cereus presumptive - {pathogenic micro-organisms} ·…
3 years ago See more
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Pesticides residues in basil from Ethiopia

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: dithiocarbamates - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Ethiopia · Notifier:…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇸🇪 resolved

Non compliant label on spices from Germany

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Sweden
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

pesticides MRL exceeded in Gotukola from Sri Lanka

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: fipronil unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Orig…
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 resolved

Pesticides residues in basil from Israel

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Israel · Notifier: Belgium
3 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 resolved

Anthraquinone in star anise

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: anthraquinone - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Vietnam · Notifier: Net…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Bacillus cereus in cardamom powder from Guatemala, via the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Guatemala · Notifier: Germany
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

Pesticide residues in Gotukola exceeding MRL

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: profenofos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Or…
3 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

Pesticide residues in Gotukola exceeding MRL

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: profenofos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Or…
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