RASFF Week 49

12 December 2011

Week 49 RASFF contains 16 seafood notifications, including the presence of the unauthorised substance leucomalachite green in king prawn tails from India, poor temperature control of frozen shrimps (Penaeus spp.) from Ecuador and of frozen salmon from the US, and suspected carbon monoxide treatment of frozen Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from China

date

reference

notification type

notification basis

notified by

origin

subject

distribution

bivalve molluscs and products thereof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/12/2011

2011.1782 

alert

official control on the market

ITALY

from FRANCE

too high count of Escherichia coli (5400 MPN/100g) in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from France

ITALY

crustaceans and products thereof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/12/2011

2011.COQ 

border rejection

border control - consignment detained

SPAIN

from ECUADOR

poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - of frozen shrimps (Panaeus spp.) from Ecuador

 

fish and fish products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/12/2011

2011.1772 

alert

official control on the market

ITALY

from SPAIN

mercury (1.33 µg/item) in chilled swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from Spain

ITALY

05/12/2011

2011.1774 

information for attention

border control - consignment released

ITALY

from NEW ZEALAND

mercury (0.66 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled bluefin gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu) from New Zealand

ITALY

05/12/2011

2011.1776 

information for attention

official control on the market

ITALY

from SPAIN

mercury (1.3; 1.4; 1.2 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from Spain

ITALY

06/12/2011

2011.1781 

alert

official control on the market

ITALY

from ITALY

Listeria monocytogenes (20-5900 CFU/g) in thinly sliced smoked raw swordfish from Italy

SLOVENIA,, ITALY

06/12/2011

2011.1785 

information for attention

border control - consignment released

FRANCE

from MADAGASCAR

Listeria monocytogenes (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from Madagascar

FRANCE

08/12/2011

2011.1794 

information for attention

official control on the market

ITALY

from FRANCE

mercury (2.4 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from France

ITALY

08/12/2011

2011.1795 

alert

official control on the market

ITALY

from GREECE

mercury (0.886 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled greater amberjack (Seriola dumerilii) from Greece

ITALY

08/12/2011

2011.1796 

alert

official control on the market

FRANCE

from FRANCE

suspicion of illegal trade of frozen eel (Anguilla anguilla) from France

PORTUGAL, FRANCE

08/12/2011

2011.1802 

information for attention

border control - consignment released

GERMANY

from MOROCCO

histamine (between 29 and 269 mg/kg dry matter) in canned sardine fillets (Sardina pilchardus) in sunflower oil from Morocco

GERMANY

09/12/2011

2011.1807 

alert

official control on the market

GERMANY

from INDIA

from BELGIUM

unauthorised substance leucomalachite green (22.4 µg/kg - ppb) in raw and frozen king prawn tails from India, via Belgium

GERMANY

09/12/2011

2011.1810 

information for follow-up

official control on the market

ITALY

from SPAIN

mercury (1.4 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled swordfish slices from Spain

ITALY

05/12/2011

2011.COL 

border rejection

border control - consignment detained

ITALY

from CHINA

suspicion of carbon monoxide treatment (70 µg/kg - ppb) of frozen nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from China

 

05/12/2011

2011.COR 

border rejection

border control - consignment detained

SPAIN

from INDONESIA

poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - of frozen tuna fillets from Indonesia

 

09/12/2011

2011.CPQ 

border rejection

border control - consignment detained

SWEDEN

from UNITED STATES

poor temperature control (-5 °C) of frozen salmon from the United States

 

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