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Heavy metals

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 1,265
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Cadmium in red pepper from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Bosnia and Herzegov…
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kadm w cebuli suszonej w proszku pochodzącej z USA, dostarczonej z Niemiec///cadmium in dried onion powder from the USA, delivered from Germany

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin…
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Cadmium in Avena Nuda (natural grain product)

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Neth…
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Presence of mercury beyond legal limits in prepared loaf of defrosted swordfish // Presenza di mercurio oltre i limiti di legge in filone di pesce spada decongelato preparato

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier:…
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Elevated Levels of Mercury (1.56 mg/kg) in Tuna Loin

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Ireland
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Elevated Cadmium (1.24 mg/kg) in Nephrops (Nephrops Norvegicus)

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ireland · Notifier:…
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Alto contenido de cadmio en calamares procedentes de España//high cadmium content in squid from Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Elevated Levels of Mercury (1.58 mg/kg) in Tuna Steak (Sashimi Yellowfin Tuna Centre Cut Loin)

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: unknown o…
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cadmium in chilled vacuum-packed cooked crabs from Ireland

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ireland ·…
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High mercury content in swordfish steak

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Notifier: France
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High content of cadmium and chlorpyrifos in tomatoes from Turkey

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} *** chlorpyrifos…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 UKRAINE resolved

Cadmium in avocado from Colombia

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Colombia · Notifier: Netherlan…
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Cadmium in rawit red from Morocco

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Morocco · Notifier: Netherland…
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Mercurio en pescado (Epinephelus aeneus) de Senegal. / Mercury in fish (Epinephelus aeneus) from Senegal.

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Senegal · Notifier…
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Serious risk 🇭🇷 ALBANIA 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA resolved

Cadmium in frozen spinach from Belgium

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Belgium *** Bosnia and Herzego…
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Arsenic in frozen cod loin from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origi…
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cadmium in a consignment of Squid (Dosidicus gigas) from Ecuador

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ecuador…
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Too high mercury content in food supplements from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: lead - {heavy…
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Serious risk 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 resolved

Exceeding the maximum allowed level of lead in ground cinnamon///Depasire nivel maxim admis de plumb in scortisoara macinata

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: Vietnam · Notifier: Romania
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Exceeding the maximum allowed level of lead in ground cinnamon///Depasire nivel maxim admis de plumb in scortisoara macinata

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: Vietna…
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Low risk 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 resolved

Migration of lead and aluminum from a cooking pot from Afghanistan

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: aluminium increasing migration - {mig…
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mercury in defrosted swordfish

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
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Lead in green lentils from Turkiye, via Germany and via The Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: other food product / mixed · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Türkiye · Notif…
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Cadmium in frozen sea cicada from Senegal

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Mercury limits exceeded in frozen swordfish

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
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Migration of heavy metals from frying pan from China via Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: arsenic migration - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier: A…
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Exceeding mercury limits in vacuum-packed defrosted swordfish loin from SpainSuperamento dei limiti di mercurio in filone di pesce spada decongelato sottovuoto dalla Spagna

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
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Medium risk 🇭🇷 resolved

High content of lead and cadmium in FCM

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} *** lead mi…
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Migration of cadmium from the drinking rim of a shot glass from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier: S…
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Cadmium in avocados from Peru

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Peru ·…
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Cadmium in pine nuts from Turkey

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Türkiye · Noti…
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Mercury above legal limits in thawed swordfish from Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
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Lead and cobalt in ceramic plate from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cobalt migration - {migration} *** lead migr…
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Cadmium in frozen squid

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: S…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 resolved

Increased lead release in porcelain bowls for children from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier: G…
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Serious risk 🇨🇭 🇳🇱 resolved

too high content of cadmium in squid from India, via the Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · Notifier: Switzerland
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Hg in swordfish from Ecuador

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ecuador ·…
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chromium in a food supplement from Belgium

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: chromium -…
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Cadmio en mejillones de Chile. Cadmiun in mussels from Chile.

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Chi…
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Presence of cadmium in cherry tomatoes from Italy

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin…
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