Chlorate in poultry meat products from China.
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- poultry meat and poultry meat products
- Hazard
- chlorate unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}
- Origin
- China
- Notifier
- Netherlands
What is this? Chlorate is a chemical sometimes found in food. It can come from pesticides used on plants that animals eat.
What's happening? Some poultry meat from China has too much chlorate. The Netherlands stopped these products at the border.
Does this affect me? If you ate poultry from China, you might have had some chlorate. Most people are not in danger.
What should I do? If you are worried, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Do not eat the recalled meat.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: chlorate unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Origin: China · Notifier: Netherlands
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