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Herbs & spices

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 2,647
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 ARUBA 🇱🇹 resolved

traces of gluten (>25 mg/kg - ppm), mustard (>40 mg/kg - ppm) and lupin (5-360 mg/kg - ppm) in spicemix from the Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: gluten too high content - {allergens} *** mustard traces - {allergens}…
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Serious risk 🇸🇮 resolved

Salmonella Bareilly and Bacillus cereus (enterotoxin) in Tumeric

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Bacillus cereus enterotoxin producing - {pathogeni…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

aro — badiane entiere 1kg

Due to potential glass breakage, do not consume or use this product. Return it to the point of sale.
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 resolved

Salmonella spp. in organic horsetail from Germany, with raw material fromUkraine

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp. - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Germany *** I…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇨🇾 ALBANIA resolved

Unauthorized pesticide Chlorpyrifos and increased levels of pesticide Malathion in dried and ground spearmint from Egypt, via Greece

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} *** malathion - {pesticide resid…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

salmonella in black pepper from Brazil

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp. - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Br…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 ANDORRA 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇬🇧 resolved

Ethylene oxide in cinnamon from India

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: India · Notifier: Spai…
4 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Presencia de clorpirifós en concentración superior a LMR en pimienta negra- Vietnam // Presence of chlorpyrifos in concentration higher than MRL in black pepper- Vietnam

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Vietnam · N…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

greenweez — cannelle en poudre

Greenweez — ground cinnamon Do not consume. It exceeds permitted pesticide limits and contains ethylene oxide. Return the product or contact customer service f…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

bacillus cereus in ground cinnamon

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Bacillus cereus presumptive - {pathogenic micro-or…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in oregano from Turkey

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

le comptoir colonial — mélange pour rhum arrangé (mélange de sucre, de fruits et d'épices.)

The Colonial Counter — rum mix blend (sugar, fruit and spice mix). Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: foreign objects (glass, metal, plastic, pa…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

le comptoir colonial — mélange d'épices pour vin chaud (mélange de sucre et d'épices.)

Colonial counter — mulled wine spice mix (sugar and spice blend). Hazard: inert materials (glass, metal, plastic, paper, fabric…). Potential glass breakage ris…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

le comptoir colonial — badiane

Potential risk of glass breakage. For safety, do not consume. Return the product to the point of sale.
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇰 resolved

Alfatoxins in nutmeg

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

Aflatoxin B1 in various spices

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Aflatoxin B1 - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Pakistan · Notifier:…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇨🇾 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 resolved

Unauthorized pesticide Chlorpyrifos in Menta Peppermint

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos-methyl - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Greece · Notifi…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇩🇪 🇭🇺 🇮🇹 resolved

Bacillus cereus in Italien Herbs from Germany

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

Mold growth in chili flakes from Germany

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Notifier: Denmark
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 ANDORRA 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 resolved

Aflatoxins in organic turmeric powder from the United Kingdom

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Germany *** United Kingdom · Notifier: Spain
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Serious risk EUROPEAN COMMISSION UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN resolved

traces of peanut in mild curry powder from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: peanut traces - {allergens} · Origin: India · Noti…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Óxido de etileno, semilla de sésamo, India // Ethylene oxide, sesame seed, India

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

S. Javiana, S. Rubislaw, S. Potsdam and S. Sandiego O:5- in black pepper from Brazil

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella Sandiego - {pathogenic micro-organisms} *** Salm…
4 years ago See more
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Low risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in cumin seeds from Turkey

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Undecided · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 🇨🇿 resolved

Unauthorized substance chlorpyrifos in dried dill tips from Egypt, via the Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Egypt · Notifier: German…
4 years ago See more
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

Seasoning salt - Insufficient labeling

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Austria
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

mont elephant — zanthoxylum (poivre sichuan)

Elephant brand Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum) has been recalled due to pesticide levels exceeding legal limits. Stop using it immediately and return the product t…
4 years ago See more
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Low risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 resolved

Black sesame (allergen) in seasoning salt from Germany

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

Presence of Salmonella spp. in black pepper from Brazil

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella spp. - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Br…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 🇨🇿 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 resolved

Salmonella (presence /25g) in dried Mexican pimento from Mexico

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella group C - {pathogenic micro-organisms} · Origin: Mexico · N…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

sainte lucie — origan bio

Sainte Lucie — organic oregano Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pesticide levels above permitted limits · GTIN: 03162050030073 · contains pest…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

trs — trs tandoori masala 1 kg

A food product has been recalled due to possible chemical contamination. Do not consume it. Return the product to the store where it was purchased and contact t…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

greenweez — gingembre en poudre

Greenweez — powdered ginger Do not consume. It exceeds permitted pesticide limits and contains ethylene oxide above regulatory values. Contact customer service…
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇵🇱 UKRAINE resolved

Salmonella spp. in spearmint leaves rubbed from Egypt

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: Egypt · Notifier: Germany
4 years ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 resolved

Vero/shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in frozen herb mix from Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing - {pathogenic micro-organisms} ·…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

mdh — pakora masala

Do not consume. Return the product to the point of sale. It exceeds permitted pesticide limits and contains ethylene oxide.
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

trs — tandoori masala

Do not consume. Return the product to the point of sale. It contains pesticide levels above the allowed limit and ethylene oxide.
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

trs — anardana powder - graine de grenade en poudre

Anardana powder — pomegranate seed powder Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pesticide levels above permitted limits · presence of ethylene oxid…
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

rustica — sachet cuisson poulet ail oignon 36g

Avoid eating this product. It contains unsafe levels of pesticides. Return it to the store where you bought it. Contact the customer service department.
4 years ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

rustica — sachet cuisson poulet paprika 34g

Do not consume the product. Return it to the point of sale. Contact the customer service.
4 years ago See more

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