Elevados niveles de ácido erúcico en aceite de mostaza y presentación engañosa como alimento procedente de la India vía Irlanda//High levels of erucic acid in mustard oil and misleading presentation as food from India via Ireland
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Potential risk
- Category
- fats and oils
- Hazard
- erucic acid too high content - {composition}
- Origin
- India
- Notifier
- Spain
What is this? Mustard oil is a cooking oil made from mustard seeds. Some mustard oils can have too much erucic acid, which may be harmful if eaten a lot.
What's happening? Some mustard oil sold in Spain was found to have too much erucic acid. It was also wrongly labeled as coming from India through Ireland.
Does this affect me? If you have bought mustard oil recently, check if it is part of this recall.
What should I do? Stop using the oil and ask your pharmacist or doctor if you have health concerns.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fats and oils · Hazard: erucic acid too high content - {composition} · Origin: India · Notifier: Spain
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