⚠ Hazard
Heavy metals
Across channels:
🍎 Food · 1,265
Medium risk
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resolved
Excess Lead and Chlorate Detected in Fruit Purée
Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorate unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} *…
8 months ago
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Low risk
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resolved
Cadmium in Flaxseed from France
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origi…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Mercury in swordfish from Italy
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Belgium
8 months ago
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Low risk
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resolved
Fresh Truffles with exceeded cadmium values from China
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} · O…
8 months ago
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Medium risk
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resolved
lefranc bourgeois enfants — tourne la roue des idées !
Remove the product from use and return it to the point of sale.
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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LEBANON
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resolved
Cadmio en chocolate procedente de España // Cadmium in chocolate from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ecuador…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
heavy metals in basil leaves from Germany
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} *** nickel - {heavy met…
8 months ago
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Low risk
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resolved
Presencia de cadmio en tomate de Marruecos/ Presence of cadmium in tomatos from Morocco
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Mor…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Cadmium in sheep kidney from Germany
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: cadmium - {…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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ALBANIA
AUSTRALIA
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BAHRAIN
resolved
Presence of heavy metals (cadmium and lead) in a glass cup from China via Denmark
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} *** lead migration - {migrati…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Too high content of cobalt and zinc in plate from China, via Germany
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cobalt too high content - {heavy metals} *** zinc too high conte…
8 months ago
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Medium risk
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resolved
Pesticide residues of Formetanate and heavy metal nickel in peppers from Albania
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: formetanate - {pesticide residues} *** nickel -…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Cadmio por encima de los límites establecidos en calamar procedente de la India//High level of cadmium in squid from india
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · Notifier: S…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Cadmium in beef from Belgium
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals…
8 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
tin in canned sliced pineapples in syrup from Thailand
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: tin - {heavy metals} · Origin: Thailand ·…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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OMAN
resolved
Cadmium in Avocado from Colombia
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Colombia ·…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Increased iron and aluminum levels in food supplements from Austria
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: aluminium high content - {composit…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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ALBANIA
AZERBAIJAN
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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resolved
migration of heavy metals (lead, cadmium) from glass mugs
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metal…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
elevated lead levels in cabernet sauvignon from Spain
Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: alcoholic beverages · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Slov…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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🇬🇧
resolved
Lead and mercury in cinnamon powder from China, dispatched from United Kingdom
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} ***…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
High content of lead in Petfood (BARF) from Czech Republic
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: pet food · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Czechia · Notifier: C…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Alti valori di mercurio in pagri congelati provenienti dalla Tunisia//High levels of mercury in frozen Chouch's sea-bream from Tunisia
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Tunisia ·…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
przekroczenie NDP niklu w żywności specjalnego przeznaczenia medycznego dla dzieci (0,17 ± 0,03 mg/kg), kraj pochodzenia: Polska///exceeding the MRL for nickel in food for special medical purposes for children (0.17 ± 0.03 mg/kg), country of origin:
Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: other food product / mixed · Hazard: nickel unauthorised substance - {heavy metals}…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Cadmium in frozen raspberries exceeds the maximum limit
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Serbia · Notifier: Switzerland
9 months ago
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Low risk
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resolved
Fresh Truffles with exceeded cadmium values from China via UAE
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} · O…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
przekroczenie NDP kadmu w orzechach pinii/// exceeding the MRL for cadmium in pine nuts
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Too high specific migration of inorganic arsenic from metal pan from China
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: arsenic migration - {heavy metal…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Specific migration of inorganic arsenic from a cast-iron pan
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: arsenic migration - {heavy metal…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
migrazione specifica di cromo oltre i limiti in affettatrici professionali dalla Cina// Specific chromium migration beyond legal limits from professional slicers from China
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: chromium migration - {heavy meta…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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🇵🇱
🇬🇧
resolved
Cadmium in pinenut kernels from China
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier: Nethe…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Mercury FROZEN CORVINA from Mauritania (MR)// Mercurio CORVINA CONGELADA de Mauritania
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Mauritania · Notifier: Spain
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Cadmium (Cd) in fresh wild fungi (black truffles) from China
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: other food product / mixed · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifi…
9 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
cadmium in beetroot
Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Poland · Notifier…
10 months ago
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Medium risk
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resolved
Migrazione specifica di cromo superiore ai limiti di legge in colini da tè in acciaio inox/ Specific migration of chromium above legal limits in stainless steel tea strainers from China
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: chromium migration - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
10 months ago
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Medium risk
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resolved
High content of nickel in peppers from Albania
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: nickel - {heavy metals} · Origin: Albania · Not…
10 months ago
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Medium risk
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resolved
fuchs pro — estragon 90g fuchs pro
Fuchs Pro — Estragon 90g is a food product in the herbs and spices category. It contains metal traces (heavy metals: lead, mercury, cadmium...) and has been det…
10 months ago
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Serious risk
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SAN MARINO
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resolved
arsenic in brown rice from Italy // Arsenico inorganico superiore al tenore massimo ammesso in riso integrale
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Italy
10 months ago
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Serious risk
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resolved
Mercury in swordfish (Xiphias Gladius) from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
10 months ago
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Serious risk
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🇫🇷
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resolved
Excessive levels of lead in cinnamon powder from Vietnam, via the Netherlands
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · O…
10 months ago
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Other hazards
Pathogen / microbiological
(12,023)
Pesticide residues
(8,959)
Mycotoxins
(3,644)
Injury / mechanical
(2,697)
Labelling issues
(2,588)
Electric shock
(2,090)
Fire / burns
(1,876)
Environmental
(1,319)
Chemical risk
(1,269)
Industrial contaminants
(1,135)
Natural toxins
(1,080)
Strangulation / suffocation
(699)
Allergens
(643)
Choking
(352)
Sight damage
(136)
Foreign bodies
(99)
Drowning
(85)
Microbiological
(73)
Hearing damage
(60)
Other
(15)