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As long as you really aren't bothered about the quality of what you eat apparently. I was recently pointed towards the RASFF site where European problems about imported food are highlighted. Do we have a UK version of this?
It makes quite some reading on literally a daily basis. Here is just a selection from the "serious" cases last week:
It makes quite some reading on literally a daily basis. Here is just a selection from the "serious" cases last week:
fruits and vegetables | food | Cadmium in spinach from Poland, raw material from Germany |
poultry meat and poultry meat products | food | Salmonella in chicken meat preparation |
crustaceans and products thereof | food | Detection of vibrio in shrimp from venezuela |
fats and oils | food | 3-MCPD in sunflower oil |
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods | food | Ethylene oxide in food supplement Neem Herbal Capsule from India |
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods | food | Mercury in organic chlorella tablets from China |
cereals and bakery products | food | possible presence of metal wires in waffles from Belgium |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | SALMONELLA IN SESAME SEEDS FROM NIGERIA |
confectionery | food | Salmonella in tahini halva with pistacia from Turkey |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | Aflatoxin in nut cracker snacks from India |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | Salmonella in sesame seeds from Turkey |
fruits and vegetables | food | Fosthiazate in potatoes from Belgium |
poultry meat and poultry meat products | food | Foreign bodies (plastic fragments) in frozen poultry meatballs from Sweden |
cereals and bakery products | food | sesame, soya and lupin undeclared on pastry products and biscuits from Belgium |
fruits and vegetables | food | salmonella in betel leaves |
fruits and vegetables | food | alto contenuto di Ocratossina A in fichi secchi biologici origine Turchia/High content of Ochratoxin A in organic dried figs from Turkey |
fruits and vegetables | food | Pesticides residues in aubergines from Burundi |
crustaceans and products thereof | food | Suspicion of salmonella in crayfish from China |
prepared dishes and snacks | food | Metal object in dried rice crackers from Indonesia |
eggs and egg products | food | Salmonella in pasteurized egg white from France |
meat and meat products (other than poultry) | food | Listeria monocytogenes (180 CFU/g) in chilled beef snout salad from Germany |
poultry meat and poultry meat products | food | Salmonella Typhimurium in turkey neck skin |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | Aflatossine B1 e totale oltre i limiti consentiti in Pistacchio in guscio da Iran//Aflatoxins B1 and total over the limits allowed in Pistachio in shell from Iran |
bivalve molluscs and products thereof | food | food poisoning after eating oysters |
meat and meat products (other than poultry) | food | Salmonella spp. in pork crackling meal from Italy |
fruits and vegetables | food | STEC in Spinach and arugula from the Netherlands |
cereals and bakery products | food | 3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) (4.85 mg/kg - ppm) in chocolate chip cookies from the United States |
crustaceans and products thereof | food | Detection of vibrio vulnificus in frozen raw shrimps |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | SALMONELLA IN SESAME SEEDS FROM NIGERIA |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | SALMONELLA IN SESAME SEEDS FROM NIGERIA |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | SALMONELLA IN SESAME SEEDS FROM NIGERIA |
fish and products thereof | food | Unauthorised substances malachite green and leucomalachite green in frozen salted snake head fish from Thailand |
meat and meat products (other than poultry) | food | Suspicion of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in salami with truffles from Italy |
fruits and vegetables | food | Patulin in Apple sauce From Netherlands |
poultry meat and poultry meat products | food | Salmonella spp. in salted chicken (inner)fillet from Brazil |
other food product / mixed | food | Foreign body (hard plastic) in rice pudding from France |
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods | food | Presence of unauthorised substance tadalafil in food supplement |
food contact materials | food | Unauthorised bamboo in dinner set from China |
cereals and bakery products | food | thiamethoxam and unauthorised substance tricyclazole in basmati rice from India |
poultry meat and poultry meat products | food | Salmonella enteritidis in chicken from Poland |
cereals and bakery products | food | undeclared milk and nuts in Kellogg’s Classic Crunchy Müsli |
fruits and vegetables | food | Exceeding the maximum level of mycotoxins (Ochratoxin A) in sultana raisins |
confectionery | food | Salmonella spp. in tahini halva with cocoa from Türkiye |
confectionery | food | Undeclared milk protein in biscuits from North Macedonia |
fruits and vegetables | food | Chlorates in ecuador broccoli |
herbs and spices | food | Pesticides residues in mint from Israel |
nuts, nut products and seeds | food | Undeclared almonds in Spreadup choco duo Hazelnuts |
meat and meat products (other than poultry) | food | STEC (stx+;eae+) in bovine carcass from Belgium |
herbs and spices | food | Salmonella spp. in black pepper from Brazil |
fruits and vegetables | food | Staphylococcal toxin outbreak due to consumption of canned mushrooms (boletus edulis) from Spain |
meat and meat products (other than poultry) | food | Presence of E.coli STEC in bovine meat (sirloin) from Uruguay |
fruits and vegetables | food | ochratoxin A in dark raisins from Uzbekistan |
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods | food | High content of THC in food supplement from the Netherlands |