RASFF Week 6/2012

14 February 2012

Week 6 RASFF contains 7 notifications, including norovirus in oysters from France and "escolar-type" labelling on swordfish from Vietnam.

date

reference

notification type

notification basis

notified by

origin

subject

distribution

bivalve molluscs and products thereof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/2012

2012.0221 

alert

food poisoning

NORWAY

from FRANCE

norovirus (genogroup I and II) in oysters from France

NORWAY

cephalopods and products thereof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/2012

2012.AJX 

border rejection

border control - consignment detained

SPAIN

from UNITED STATES

poor temperature control - rupture of the cold chain - of frozen squid (Loligo opalescens) from the United States

 

fish and fish products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/02/2012

2012.0192 

information for attention

official control on the market

ITALY

from ITALY

mercury (1.72 mg/kg - ppm) in smoked swordfish carpaccio from Italy

SLOVENIA, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY

09/02/2012

2012.0205 

information for attention

official control on the market

ITALY

from VIET NAM

cadmium (1.144 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen cuttlefish from Vietnam

ITALY

10/02/2012

2012.0211 

information for attention

official control on the market

FRANCE

from VIET NAM

histamine (350; 106; 140 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen tuna steak (Thunnus albacares) from Vietnam

FRANCE

10/02/2012

2012.0216 

information for attention

company's own check

GREECE

from VIET NAM

incorrect labelling (non intentionally present escolar contains wax esters that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms) on frozen swordfish from Vietnam

GREECE

08/02/2012

2012.AJP 

border rejection

border control - consignment detained

UNITED KINGDOM

from MAURITIUS

pouched tuna chunks in brine from Mauritius with defective packaging

 

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