⚠ LIVE — European Consumer Safety Watch 💊 Medicines: 33 in last 7 days 🍎 Food: 1 in last 7 days 🧸 Products: 0 in last 7 days 🟢 Monitoring: EMA · RASFF · NVWA · FAGG · FAVV · EFSA · Safety Gate ⏱ Last fetch: 2 hours ago ⚠ LIVE — European Consumer Safety Watch 💊 Medicines: 33 in last 7 days 🍎 Food: 1 in last 7 days 🧸 Products: 0 in last 7 days 🟢 Monitoring: EMA · RASFF · NVWA · FAGG · FAVV · EFSA · Safety Gate ⏱ Last fetch: 2 hours ago
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Heavy metals

Across channels: 🍎 Food · 1,265
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

cadmium in peanut from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} *** chlormequ…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 MOROCCO resolved

cadmium in avocado from Colombia

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Colombia ·…
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Medium risk 🇭🇷 resolved

High content of nickel in peaches from Albania

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: nickel - {heavy metals} · Origin: Albania · Not…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 resolved

high cadmium content in octopus

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cephalopods and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: United Kingdom · No…
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Low risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Cadmium in and labeling deficiencies on lobster from Canada, via Belgium

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} **…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 resolved

Excess cadmium in frozen ceps from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · No…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 resolved

Cadmium in Mango from Senegal

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Senegal · Notifier…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 MONACO 🇵🇹 resolved

Cadmium and lead levels exceeded in dehydrated ground ginger from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} *** lead high content - {heavy me…
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Serious risk 🇸🇮 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 resolved

Migration of barium, cobalt, lead, manganese and nickel from metal mug form China via the United Kinngdom // Migración de bario, cobalto, plomo, manganeso y níquel en tazas metálicas procedentes de China a través de Reino Unido.

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: aluminium migration - {composition} *** barium migration - {migr…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 CONGO CôTE D'IVOIRE GABON SENEGAL resolved

Lead and phtalates in pizza box from Türkiye.

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} *** phthalate D…
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Serious risk 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

Cadmium in rice originating from Sri Lanka with destination France

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Sri Lanka · Notifier: Be…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 ALBANIA 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 resolved

Lead in Asant (devil's dung) with fenugreek from Pakistan

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Pakis…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 resolved

Lead and Phthalate Migration (DBP+DIBIP) from Pizza Boxes/migrazione di piombo e Ftalati (DBP+DIBIP) da scatola per pizza

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} *** phthalate DBP - dibutyl migrati…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇭🇷 🇪🇸 resolved

presence of mercury on swordfish loins 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 above legal limits 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

Cadmium in horse mackerel from Chile

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Chile · Notifier:…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 resolved

Cadmium in rice from Italy

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ital…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 resolved

Lead release in tableware series from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} · Origin: China · Notifier: Germany
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

auchan — auchan estragon, thym et gingembre

Auchan brand tarragon, thyme and ginger products may contain unsafe levels of heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium) or pesticide residues. Stop using them immed…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇭🇷 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 resolved

Mercury above legal limits in thawed vacuum-packed 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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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 resolved

Lead in psyllium husks from India

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · Notif…
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Serious risk 🇸🇰 🇭🇺 🇪🇸 resolved

Exceedance of the maximum mercury level in the product – blue shark (steak), country of origin: Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Slovakia
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 🇵🇹 resolved

Detection of cadmium on dehydrated tarragon

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} · Origin: France · Notifier: France
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

Presenza di mercurio oltre i limiti di legge in trance di Verdesca senza pelle/ Mercury levels above legal limits in frozen, skinless blue shark (Prionace glauca) loins from Spain

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

fuchs — estragon fuchs 7g

Fuchs — estragon fuchs 7g Type: food · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: metal traces (heavy metals: lead, mercury, cadmium...) · GTIN: 4027900567279 · cadm…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

carrefour classic — gingembre moulu

Carrefour Classic ground ginger has been recalled due to high levels of metal traces and pesticide residues exceeding safety limits. Stop using it, return the p…
1 year ago See more
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 resolved

Inorganic arsenic in organic algae mix from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇧🇪 resolved

Mercurio oltre i limiti in pesce spada congelato dal Portogallo / Mercury above legal limit in frozen swordfish (Xiphis gladius) from Portugal

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

mercury in tuna

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: South Afr…
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Serious risk 🇬🇷 PANAMA 🇪🇸 resolved

Mercury in Frozen Blue Shark Fish from Spain//Mercurio en tiburón azul congelado procedente de España

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

Detection of cadmium in a sample of live crab.

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: crustaceans and products thereof · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metal…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Mercury in food supplements from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: mercury - {hea…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Mercury 29 ppm in supplements from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: mercury - {hea…
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 🇭🇷 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 resolved

lead and cadmium migration from the decorated glasses from China via Czech Republic

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: cadmium migration - {heavy metals} *** lead migration - {migrati…
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Medium risk 🇭🇷 resolved

Migration of chromium from knives originating from China

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: chromium migration - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 resolved

Mercury 570 ppb in supplements from the Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin:…
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Low risk 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 resolved

Exceedance of the maximum level for cadmium in frozen mussels from France

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ch…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 resolved

Cadmio en alubias de Peru/ Cadmium in beans from Peru

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Peru · Not…
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Serious risk 🇲🇹 resolved

Cadmium in frozen squid from India

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · N…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇸🇮 resolved

High cadmium content in avocados

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