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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…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 resolved

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)} ·…
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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…
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Low risk 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇫🇮 🇳🇱 resolved

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…
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Medium risk 🇦🇹 resolved

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)} ·…
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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…
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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…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 MONACO 🇪🇸 resolved

Amnesia toxins (ASP) in shellfish

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: bivalve molluscs and products thereof · Hazard: Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) toxins - {natur…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇳🇴 resolved

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…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

sans marque — filet de maquereau

Consume no more. Contact the point of sale and destroy the product.
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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 **…
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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…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

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…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

- — 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,…
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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…
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Medium risk 🇮🇪 resolved

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)} ·…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

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…
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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:…
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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…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

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…
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Serious risk 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 resolved

Pyrrolizidine alkaloid in mint tea from Croatia

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin: Croatia ·…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

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…
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Serious risk 🇵🇱 🇱🇹 🇸🇰 resolved

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…
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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

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…
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Low risk 🇮🇪 resolved

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 (…
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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…
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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:…
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Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ground cumin from Türkiye

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: herbs and spices · Hazard: pyrrolizidine alkaloids - {natural toxins (other)} · Origin…
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Serious risk 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 HONG KONG 🇳🇱 resolved

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…
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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}…
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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…
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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 ***…
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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 See more
Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

poisson — thon blanc

White tuna may contain histamine. Symptoms of histamine poisoning include facial flushing, swelling, headache, warmth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and in severe…
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