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Heavy metals

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 1,265
Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 resolved

Murice spinoso (Bolinus brandaris) - presenza di cadmio oltre i limiti di legge/presence of cadmium beyond legal limits in spiny dye-murex (Bolinus brandaris)

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: gastropods · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Italy
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 resolved

mercurio in pesce spada congelato dalla Spagna//mercury in frozen swordfish from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
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Low risk 🇪🇪 resolved

Arsenic in Crustaceans from Norway

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origi…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 resolved

MERCURY IN FROZEN SWORDFISH (XIPHIAS GLADIUS) FROM SPAIN

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
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mercury in Istiompax indica

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Indonesia…
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cadmium in frozen whole cleaned baby octopus (Octopus membranaceus) from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 resolved

Cadmium in seaweed-based feed material

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: feed materials · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: France · Noti…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 resolved

Elevated levels of cadmium in deep-frozen squid (loligo spp.) from Spain processed with raw material from India.

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: India *** Spain · Notifier: S…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇭🇷 resolved

Mercurio in filoni congelati di tonno (Thunnus albacares) dalla Spagna//Mercury in frozen tuna steaks (Thunnus albacares) from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
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Low risk 🇩🇪 🇪🇪 resolved

Lead in complementaryfeed for dogs and cats

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: feed materials · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Germa…
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Serious risk 🇫🇮 resolved

Mercury in food supplement from UK

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 resolved

Hoher Gehalt an anorganischem Arsen in Bio Gerstengrassaftpulver aus den USA, über Deutschland

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origin: United States · Notifi…
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Mercurio in filoni di pesce spada preparato//Mercury in swordfish fillet

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

cesar — sabre/epee contenu dans deguisement corsaire

The pirate costume sword/rapier contains unsafe levels of metal traces. Do not use it. Contact customer service and destroy the item.
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

cesar — sabre/epee contenu dans deguisement pirate

The pirate costume sword/rapier contains metal elements. It has been recalled as unsafe due to high copper levels in the paint. Long-term exposure may irritate…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

cesar — sabre/epee contenu dans deguisement pirate

The pirate costume sword/rapier contains metal elements. Hazard: metallic traces (heavy metals: lead, mercury, cadmium) and poisoning. The sword/rapier has been…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

cesar — sabre/epee contenu dans deguisement captain jack

The sword/rapier in the Captain Jack costume contains unsafe levels of copper in its paint. Do not use it. Contact the consumer service and destroy the product.
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 resolved

mercury in chilled vacuum-packed swordfish loins (Xiphias gladius) 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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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

cesar — sabre/epee contenu dans deguisement pirate des mers

The pirate sword/rapier in the "Pirate des Mers" costume set contains metal traces. It has been recalled as unsafe due to high copper levels in the paint. Long-…
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 resolved

Mercury in yellowfin tuna 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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Low risk 🇧🇪 🇪🇸 resolved

mercury in pomegranate extract + issues about novel food status

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Undecided · Category: other food product / mixed · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Chi…
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mercurio in filoni di pesce spada decongelati preparati // mercury (2.1 mg/kg - ppm) in defrosted swordfish loins 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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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 resolved

Cadmium in squid (Ilex argentinus) from Argentina

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Argentin…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

cadmium (up to 2.39 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen whole cleaned squids from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 resolved

presence of mercury in swordfish from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇭🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 resolved

mercury in frozen swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 MOROCCO resolved

Exceeding cadmium in avocado

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Peru · Notifier: Netherlands
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Serious risk 🇫🇮 resolved

Lead in food supplement from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} ·…
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Serious risk 🇨🇭 resolved

too high content of cadmium in chocolate from Colombia

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metal…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇫🇮 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 resolved

Lead in feed for dogs from Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: feed materials · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Germany
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

Superamento limite cadmio in totano atlantico origine Spagna // Cadmium in chilled shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) from Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

cadmium in horsemeat

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Notifier: Belgiu…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 resolved

Presenza di cadmio oltre i limiti previsti dal Reg.1881/2006 in totani/ Cadmium detection above the limits of Regulation 1881/2006 in squids

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: I…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Excessive levels of lead in onion powder from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 resolved

migration of chromium (up to 0.66 mg/kg - ppm) from steel forks from China, via Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Undecided · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: chromium migration - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier…
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Low risk 🇦🇹 resolved

Lead in wild boar salami from Italy

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Undecided · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals}…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

mercury exceeds maximum limits in Monkfish from Morocco

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: heavy metals - {heavy metals} · Origin: Moro…
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Mercury in thawed vacuum-packed swordfish loins (Xiphias gladius) 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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Serious risk 🇨🇭 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇸🇮 resolved

Too high level of lead in chopped onions from India, via Germany

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: India *** Switzerlan…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

mercurio in lombo di pesce spada affumicato

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
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