⚠ Hazard
Natural toxins
Across channels:
🍎 Food · 1,102
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High content of pyrrolizidin alcaloids in oregano
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Peru · No…
1 year ago
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ergot alkaloids detected in organic spelt flour
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) - {natural toxins (other)} ·…
1 year ago
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ground cumin from Spain
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Spain · N…
1 year ago
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Exceeding the maximum level of hydrogen cyanide in manioc flour from Ghana, via the Netherlands
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: cyanide too high content - {biological…
1 year ago
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Brown Millet - Information for the FBO about a contamination
Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: tropane alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Ori…
1 year ago
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pyrrolizidine alkaloids in dried marjoram from Egypt
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural tox…
1 year ago
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (920 µg/kg - ppb) in ground cumin from the United Kingdom, with raw material from India, via the Netherlands
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: India · N…
1 year ago
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Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) in fruit gummies from USA
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: confectionery · Hazard: tetrahydrocanabinol (THC) - {biological contaminants} · Origin…
1 year ago
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Ergot sclerotia in wheat from France
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) - {natural toxins (other)} ·…
1 year ago
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Histamine in sardinella fillets from Morocco
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: histamine - {biological contaminants} · Orig…
1 year ago
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High Histamine Levels in Chilled Tuna from Sri Lanka
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: histamine - {biological contaminants} · Orig…
1 year ago
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Amnesia toxins (ASP) in shellfish
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) toxins - {natur…
1 year ago
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Ergot alkaloids in organic spelt flour from France
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: ergot alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: France…
1 year ago
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sans marque — filet de maquereau
Consume no more. Contact the point of sale and destroy the product.
1 year ago
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pyrrolizidine alkaloids in oregano from Türkiye, via Latvia
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Poland **…
1 year ago
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przekroczenie najwyższego dopuszczalnego poziomu sumy alkaloidów pirolizydynowych w oregano suszonym ///exceeding the maximum permissible level of the sum of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in dried oregano
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Notif…
1 year ago
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sans marque — filet de maquereaux
Consume no more. Return the product to the point of sale. Presence of histamine may cause acute allergic reactions within half an hour to a few hours, including…
1 year ago
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- — hareng entier
Do not consume. Return the product to the point of sale. Histamine poisoning may cause facial flushing, swelling, headache, warmth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,…
1 year ago
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in organic nettle tea from Germany
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {nat…
1 year ago
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Medium risk
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High Level of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (PZA) (2449.4 ug/kg) in Ground Cumin
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} ·…
1 year ago
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Medium risk
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sans marque — filet de maquereau
Consume no more. Do not use the product. Return it to the point of sale. Contact the point of sale. Destroy the product. Symptoms of histamine poisoning may inc…
1 year ago
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Tropane alkaloids in polenta from Austria
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: tropane alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Aust…
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opium alkaloids in poppy seeds
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: opium alkaloids too high content - {composition} · Origin:…
1 year ago
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Hydrocyanic acid in apricot kernels from Uzbekistan via Austria / Ácido cianhídrico en huesos de albaricoque procedentes de Austria
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: cyanide too high content - {biological contaminants} · Ori…
1 year ago
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Medium risk
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sans marque — thon albacore
Tuna (albacore) without brand
Hazard: natural toxins—histamine (found in fish, cheese, alcoholic drinks, cured meats). Symptoms of histamine poisoning may appe…
1 year ago
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid in mint tea from Croatia
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Croatia ·…
1 year ago
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Medium risk
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sans — filets de sardines
High histamine levels in sardine fillets may cause allergic reactions. Symptoms can include facial flushing, swelling, headache, warmth, nausea, vomiting, diarr…
1 year ago
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przekroczenie najwyższego dopuszczalnego poziomu sumy alkaloidów pirolizydynowych w oregano pochodzącym z Turcji // exceeding the MRL for the sum of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in oregano from Türkiye
Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Not serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (oth…
1 year ago
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capitaine cook — anchois entiers préparés à la main à l'huile d'olive vierge extra
Captain Cook — whole anchovies hand-prepared in extra virgin olive oil
Type: food · Category: fish and aquaculture products · Hazard: endogenous toxins: histam…
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ground cumin from India, via Singapore
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural tox…
1 year ago
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Low risk
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Elevated Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (PZA) (514.5 ug/kg) in Black Cumin Whole
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (…
1 year ago
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Presence of histamine above the limits in fresh yellowfin tuna from Sri Lanka
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Serious · Category: fish and fish products · Hazard: histamine - {biological contaminants} · Orig…
1 year ago
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Morfine and codeine in blue poppy from Czech Republic
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: opium alkaloids too high content - {composition} · Origin:…
1 year ago
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pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ground cumin from Türkiye
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
1 year ago
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HONG KONG
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detection of tropane alkaloids (datura) in maize flour
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cereals and bakery products · Hazard: tropane alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Fran…
1 year ago
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Exceedance of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids and Chlorpyrifos in Cumin (seeds, dried) from China via. Germany
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}…
1 year ago
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in cumin originary from Turkiye / Alcaloidi pirrolizidinici in cumino origine TURCHIA
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
1 year ago
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Alcaloidi pirrozilidinici in SEMI DI CUMINIO bio/Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in organic cumin seeds
Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Egypt ***…
1 year ago
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pyrrolizidine alkaloids in sage from Turkey
Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural tox…
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)
Heavy metals
(1,249)
Industrial contaminants
(1,135)
Strangulation / suffocation
(699)
Allergens
(643)
Choking
(352)
Sight damage
(136)
Foreign bodies
(99)
Drowning
(85)
Microbiological
(73)
Hearing damage
(60)
Other
(15)