⚠ Hazard
Heavy metals
Across channels:
🍎 Food · 1,265
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High levels of arsenic and lead in food supplement from Ghana, via the Netherlands
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metal…
10 months ago
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Low risk
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Plomo en aceite de pescado de China. / Lead in fish oil from China
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fats and oils · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifi…
10 months ago
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Mercury in frozen swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Indonesia…
10 months ago
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SERBIA
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Too high cadmium levels in avocado from Chile
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin…
10 months ago
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Mercury in swordfish loins (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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stwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP cynyw ananasie w puszce pochodzącym z Tajlandii////finding that the MRL was exceeded in canned pineapple from Thailand
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: tin - {heavy metals} · Origin: Th…
10 months ago
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Limit exceeded for chromium (Chrome) migration in stainless steel blades (FCM) from China // Limite superato in migrazione Cromo nelle lame in acciaio inossidabile (FCM) dalla Cina
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} · Origin: C…
10 months ago
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Lead in deer sausage from Austria
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin…
10 months ago
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Mercurio en marrajo procedente de España//Mercury in mako shark from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
10 months ago
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
KOSOVO
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High content of heavy metal lead in ginger powder from Germany
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Croat…
10 months ago
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Cadmium in yam root from China, via the Netherlands
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Denmark · Notifier: Germany
10 months ago
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Mercury above the legal limits in swordfish loins from Portugal
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Portugal · Notifier: Italy
10 months ago
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Cadmium in St.Jac scallops from Norway
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Or…
10 months ago
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arsenic in lemon sole filets
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origin: United Ki…
10 months ago
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High content of nickel in pepperoni from Republic of North Macedonia
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: nickel - {heavy metals} · Origin: Republic…
10 months ago
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Excede los límites máximos de mercurio en atún de Marruecos/Exceeds maximum limits of mercury in tuna from Morocco
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Morocco ·…
11 months ago
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mercurio oltre i limiti in verdesca dalla Spagna//Mercury levels exceed limits in blue shark from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Italy
11 months ago
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Filone di tonno - Mercurio/mercury in yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares) from Spain
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
11 months ago
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Low risk
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Nickel in Toasted Sunflower Paste from france
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: chlormequat - {pesticide residu…
11 months ago
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Exceeding the lead migration limit in ceramic plate, mug and bowl set from China / motifprzekroczenie migracji ołowiu w wyrobach przeznaczonych do kontaktu z żywnością
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} · Origin: China · Notifier: Poland
11 months ago
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mercury in swordfish from Spain
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
11 months ago
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Medium risk
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information about baking pan slightly increased lead value in migration solution
Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} · Origin: China · Notifier…
11 months ago
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cadmium in onions from Belgium
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Belgium · Notifier…
11 months ago
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SAN MARINO
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Cadmium in organic sunflower seeds from Bulgaria
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals}…
11 months ago
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Mercurio en caella procedente de España //Mercury in blue shark (Prionace glauca) from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
11 months ago
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PHILIPPINES
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Lead in sepiolite
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: feed additives · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
11 months ago
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Migration of Lead and Cadmium above the maximum acceptable limits in coloured shot-glasses from China
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} *** lead migration - {…
11 months ago
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Migration of lead in kitchen strainers from India with destination Belgium
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} · O…
11 months ago
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Mercurio en pez espada congelado procedente de España // Mercury in frozen swordfish from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
11 months ago
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Mercury in thawed marinated swordfish loins from Spain
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
1 year ago
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High content of lead in hunter´s sausage from Czech Republic
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin…
1 year ago
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lead and MOAH in spice mix, from China via Hong Kong
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} *** mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) - {…
1 year ago
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cadmium in wheat bran
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Netherlands · Notifier:…
1 year ago
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lead in dried pearl barley, from China
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier: Netherlan…
1 year ago
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Highier content of lead in cocoa powder fron Belarus
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origi…
1 year ago
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Depasire LMA cadmiu in ficat de cal origine Romania///Exceeding the cadmium MRL in horse liver origin Romanian
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: cadmium - {…
1 year ago
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Lead migration in coffee machine from Italy
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
1 year ago
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Cadmium in organic mangoes from Senegal, via the Netherlands
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Senegal ·…
1 year ago
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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…
1 year ago
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Presence of mercury with values above the limits in swordfish from Spain / Presenza di mercurio con valori superiore ai limiti in pesce spada dalla Spagna
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · N…
1 year 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)