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Herbs & spices

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 2,647
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

chabiothé — poivre de timut bio

Chabiothé — organic Timut pepper Do not consume, use or keep this product. Destroy it immediately due to pesticide residues exceeding legal limits, including c…
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Serious risk 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 resolved

Salmonella Chester in chopped frozen lemongrass from Vietnam via Germany

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella chester - {pathogenic micro-organisms} *** Salmo…
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Serious risk 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 resolved

Pesticide residues including chlorpyrifos in cumin powder from India.

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: acetamiprid - {pesticide residues} ***…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

16x pesticide residues in Indian cumin powder

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Azoxystrobin - {pesticide residues} *** acetamiprid - {pest…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

Multiple pesticdie residus in dried curry leaves from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: bitertanol - {pesticide residues} *** dimethoat…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Indian five spice mix ex india Ethyleenoxide

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin:…
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Medium risk 🇸🇮 resolved

The consignment was not accompanied by the required import documentation

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Origin: India · Notifier: Slovenia
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

Fenugreek powder with non-compliant labelling

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

Unauthorised dye Sudan II in curry powder from the Netherlands

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Sudan 2 unauthorised colour - {composition}…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 🇨🇭 resolved

Ocratoxina A por encima del límite en pimienta roja procedente de Camboya // Ochratoxin A above the limit in red pepper from Cambodia

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ochratoxin A - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Cambodia · Notifier: Spain
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 CANADA 🇨🇿 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 resolved

presence of sulphite not indicated on the label in granulated garlic

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: sulphite undeclared - {allergens} · Origin: China · Notifier: France
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

MRL for anthraquinone exceeded in ground pepper from Vietnam

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: anthraquinone - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Vietnam · Notifier: Fra…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

cadmium and nickel in garlic from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} *** nickel - {heavy metal…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 resolved

Acetamiprid and Chlorpyrifos found in Grape Leaves from Lebanon

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: acetamiprid - {pesticide residues} ***…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

rustica — clous de girofle flacon 23g

This product has been recalled due to pesticide levels exceeding legal limits. Stop using it immediately and return it to the store where you purchased it. Cont…
1 year ago See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

u — baies roses entières u 20g

Pink peppercorns must no longer be consumed or used. Return the product to the point of sale. Contact the point of sale or the consumer service. Destroy the pro…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

auchan — baies roses

Avoid consuming this product. Return it to the point of sale.
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

auchan — ail semoule 55g

Aldi — garlic semolina 55g Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: other chemical contaminants · GTIN: 3596710518005 · sulphur dioxide level above re…
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Serious risk 🇸🇮 resolved

Ochratoxin A in red pepper ground from Kosovo

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ochratoxin A - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Kosovo · Notifier: Sl…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

carrefour classic — ail semoule 60 g

Carrefour Classic — garlic semolina 60 g Allergen warning: undeclared allergens. Contains sulfites above the legal limit. People allergic or intolerant to sulf…
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Medium risk 🇸🇮 resolved

Samahan tea

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Notifier: Slovenia
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Serious risk 🇫🇮 resolved

Salmonella Anatum in Basil powder from Georgia.

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Salmonella - {pathogenic micro-organisms} *** Salmonella an…
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Labelling deficiencies of roast chicken seasoning from Austria

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: labelling insufficient - {labelling absent/incomplete/incorre…
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

Garlic granules: Exceeding the DGHM guideline value for presumptive Bacillus cereus

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Bacillus cereus presumptive - {pathogenic micro-organisms} ·…
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Serious risk 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 resolved

Unauthorised pesticide chlorpyrifos in turmeric powder from Germany, with raw material from India

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance -…
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Low risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Coriander with unauthorized pesticide "linuron" from Morocco; Cilantro con plaguicida no autorizado "linuron" de Marruecos

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: linuron - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Mo…
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Medium risk 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 resolved

Pesticide residues in basil from Israel

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: flutriafol - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Israel · Notifier…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 MONACO 🇵🇹 resolved

Cadmium and lead levels exceeded in dehydrated ground ginger from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} *** lead high content - {heavy me…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 resolved

Ochratoxin A 27.1 ppb in paprika flakes from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ochratoxin A - {mycotoxins} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Netherlands
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 resolved

unauthorised substance linuron in dried thyme from Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: linuron - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Germany · Notifier: France
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Medium risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 resolved

Chlorfenapyr 0.32 ppm and Dinotefuran 0.26 ppm in dried chilli from China

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorfenapyr unauthorised substance - {pesticide resid…
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Serious risk 🇮🇪 UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN resolved

Listeria monocytogenes detected in potted coriander herb

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Listeria monocytogenes - {pathogenic m…
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Low risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Unauthorized substanzes flusilazole, propiconazole and thiamethoxam in coriander leaves from Thailand, via Czech Republic

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: flusilazole - {pesticide residues} *** prop…
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Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

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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Medium risk 🇨🇾 resolved

Residues of unauthorized and non unauthorized pesticides of Cumin Powder – 1.5 % Volatile Oil from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: Azoxystrobin - {pesticide residues} *** benomil/carb…
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Serious risk 🇵🇹 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloid above LM Reg.2023/915 in oregano

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (othe…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 ALBANIA 🇫🇷 🇬🇷 🇮🇪 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in rubbed oregano from Greece

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

Pyrrolizidine alkaloid over LM in Dried oregano from Turkey

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (othe…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 ALBANIA 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 resolved

Lead in Asant (devil's dung) with fenugreek from Pakistan

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Pakis…
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Serious risk 🇮🇪 🇵🇹 UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN resolved

Elevated ochratoxin A (118.3 ± 8.2 µg/kg) in a batch of nutmeg

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: ochratoxin A - {mycotoxins} · Origin: unknown origin · Notifier: Irela…
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