What is Heavy metals?

Heavy metals is a hazard category we track across EU recall systems. We currently list 1265 alerts tagged with this hazard.

Which products are most affected by heavy metals?

Across recent EU alerts: 1265 food.

What should I do if I have a product affected by heavy metals?

Read the specific alert for your product. Most recalls instruct you to stop using and return it to the seller. For food hazards: do not taste or feed to pets — dispose of it safely.

Heavy metals — EU Safety Watch

Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Nuts & seeds ⚠ Heavy metals

belle & bio — zinc liposomal

The product Belle & Bio — zinc liposomal has been recalled due to detection of an abnormal amount of lead in a raw material used in its production. Stop using a…

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Low risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇨🇭 resolved

📂 Processed foods ⚠ Heavy metals

Heavy metals in dietary supplements from Germany

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: cadmium…

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Serious risk 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 resolved

📂 Fish & seafood ⚠ Heavy metals

cadmium in squid

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Portugal *** unknow…

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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Heavy metals

belle & bio — zinc liposomal

Heavy metals in dietary supplements from Germany

cadmium in squid

Lead in Lovage root from Poland

Exceeding the maximum allowed level of Cadmium in garlic, origin China ////Depasire nivel maxim admis de cadmiu in usturoi

Cadmium (Cd) in green mung beans from Venezuela dispatched from Türkiye

Cadmium in Avocado from Peru

Mercury in food supplement from Switzerland

Mercury (1,6±0,4 mg/kg) in frozen swordfish steaks from Spain

Cadmium in buckwheat from Poland

Exceeding the maximum allowed of cadmium in red kapia peppers///Depășire nivel maxim admis de Cadmiu în ardei Kapia roșu

Cadmio en aguacates procedentes de Perú/ Cadmium in avocados from Peru

Excessive nickel detected in spaghetti spoon

Plomo en aguacates frescos de Mexico // Lead in fresh avocados from Mexico

Cadmio detectado en judias de Perú//Cadmium detected in beans from Perú

Cadmium on Avocado from Colombia

Migration of lead and phthalates (DBP+DIBP) from cardboard plates from Spain

Exceeded limit value of mercury in a bulk food supplement (capsules) from Slovenia, with raw material from the Netherlands

Cadmium (Cd) in green mung beans from Venezuela

Cadmium in paprika from Spain

Cadmium on Avocado from Peru

Cadmium in Avocado from Colombia

mercury above legal limits in frozen red tuna steaks / Presenza di Mercurio oltre i limiti di legge in tranci di tonno rosso surgelato

Excess cadmium in horse kidney

Cadmium in avocado from Colombia

Plomo en ajo en polvo de Indiua // Lead in garlic powder from India

cadmio en cefalópodos congelados (pulpo) de India / cadmium in frozen cephalopods (octopus) from India

Elevated cadmium (0.057 mg/kg) in Green Asparagus

Lead in pheasant breast from the Netherlands

Cadmium in avocado from Colombia

Ochratoxin A & lead in exhausted vanilla powder from Madagascar

Arsénico en alimento infantil procedente de Turquía // Arsenic in baby food from Turkey

Mercurio por encima de los límites establecidos en pez espada congelado procedente de España//High levels of mercury in frozen swordfish from Spain

Nickel in sunflower kernels from Bulgaria

Cadmium in rice originating from Ecuador

Nickel in fermented cabbage head from Serbia

cadmium in onion from Poland

Migrazione specifica di cromo in lame per affettatrici dalla Cina/ specific chromium migration beyond legal limit from meat slicers from China

Elevated lead content in ground lovage roots from Poland

Release of cobalt and false product claims of a baking form

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