⚠ 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

Niveles elevados de mercurio en emperador procedente de España// High levels of mercury in swordfish from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain
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Lead and cadmium migration from the rim of a flower-patterned glass from China via Germany

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

Zawartość arsenu całkowitego (15,7 ± 3,1 mg/kg) oraz arsenu nieorganicznego (4,827 ± 1,158 mg/kg) w suplemencie diety z USA/// Total arsenic (15.7 ± 3.1 mg/kg) and inorganic arsenic (4.827 ± 1.158 mg/kg) in food supplement from the USA

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: arsenic…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 resolved

MERCURY IN RED PORGY (PAGRUS PAGRUS) FROM TUNISIA

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Tunisia ·…
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 resolved

OŁÓW (4,337 +/-0,867 MG/KG) W CZOSNKU SUSZONYM Z INDII///Lead (4.337 +/-0.867 mg/kg) in dried garlic from India

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · Notifier: Pola…
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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Increased Nickel content in brown lentils from the Netherlands

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: other food product / mixed · Hazard: nickel - {heavy metals} · Origin: Netherlands · Not…
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Medium risk 🇸🇮 resolved

Migration of iron and manganese from a metal pan with a wooden handle from India

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: iron migration - {heavy metals} *** manganese migration…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 resolved

Exceeding the maximum mercury level iFROZEN INDO-PACIFIC SKINLESS, BONELESS SAILFISH//Superamento del livello massimo di mercurio in PESCE VELA INDO-PACIFICO SENZA PELLE E SENZA OSSO CONGELATO

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

Niveles elevados de mercurio en rodaja de pez espada procedentes de España // High levels of mercury in swordfish slices 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 🇮🇹 ALBANIA resolved

Cadmium in IQF frozen cleaned Indo-Pacific squid (Uroteuthis duvauceli)/Cadmio in calamari indopacifici puliti congelati IQF (Uroteuthis duvauceli)

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 avocado from Peru

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

suntat — zimt gemahlen (cannelle en poudre)

Ground cinnamon contains excessive lead. Stop using and consuming it immediately. Return the product to the store or dispose of it safely.
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 resolved

Lead in cinnamon from Vietnam, via the Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: Vietnam · Notifier: Germany
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 resolved

Niveles elevados de mercurio en filetes de pez espada procedentes de España // Exceedence of the mercury limit in swordfish fillets from Spain

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

Lead in Psyllium Husk

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: feed materials · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: India · Notif…
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Low risk 🇸🇰 resolved

Cadmium above MRL in large kidney beans from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Chi…
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Low risk 🇪🇸 resolved

High leves of Hg in complementary feed (petfood) from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: pet food · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · Notifier…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Cadmium in avocado from Peru

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin…
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Increased lead content and unauthorised novel food in food supplements from Germany

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods · Hazard: lead high cont…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 resolved

Lead in ground cinnamon of unknown origin

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Vietnam · Not…
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Medium risk 🇱🇺 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 resolved

Cadmium in fresh mushrooms from Finland via Belgium

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Finland · Notifier: L…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 resolved

Cadmium in avocado from Peru

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Peru · Not…
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Lead in pasta from Italy

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: lead high content - {heavy metals} · Origin: Italy · Notifi…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 resolved

Cadmium in avocado Hass from Peru

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

exceedance of maximum limit for cadmium in fresh spinach from Germany

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Germany · Notifier: B…
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Serious risk 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 resolved

Niveles elevados de plomo en carne de jabalí procedente de España//High levels of lead in wild boar meat from Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: meat and meat products (other than poultry) · Hazard: lead high content - {he…
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Serious risk 🇱🇹 resolved

Excessive lead levels detected in feed yeast from Poland

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: feed additives · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: Poland · Notifier: Lithuania
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 resolved

Lead in ground galangal from Thailand

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: Thailand · Notifier: Netherlands
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Low risk 🇨🇾 resolved

Mercury in fresh fish (Dentex dentex) from Tunisia

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Tu…
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 resolved

slightly increased action value for arsenic in mussels from New Zealand via Germany

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: arsenic - {heavy metals} · Origin: New Z…
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Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

Lead in chillies from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorfenapyr unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} *** le…
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Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 resolved

Mercurio por encima de los límites establecidos en atún congelado procedente de España//Mercurio oltre i limiti in tonno congelato dalla Spagna///Mercury Above Limits in Frozen Tuna from Spain

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Japan *** Spain · Notifier: I…
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lead in frozen peppers from China

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: lead - {heavy metals} · Origin: China · N…
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Mercury above legal limit in frozen swordfish (Xiphias glaudius) 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

Migration in Sissy-Boy Several Cutlrey products

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: food contact materials · Hazard: lead migration - {migration} · Origin: India · Notifier: Netherl…
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Presenza di mercurio con valori superiore ai limiti in pesce spada dalla Spagna/Presence of mercury with values ​​above the 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

High level of mercury in defrosted marinated swordfish (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

Cadmium in frozen okra from Bangladesh

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Origin: Bangladesh · Notifier: Netherl…
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Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 resolved

Cadmium 0.065 ppm in Avocado from Peru

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

Cadmio en chocolate de Colombia // Cadmium in chocolate from Colombia

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea · Hazard: cadmium - {heavy metals} · Orig…
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