The legal basis of the system is Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (O.J. No L 31 of 1 February 2002).

The purpose of the rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) is to provide the control authorities with an effective tool for exchange of information on measures taken to ensure food safety.

To assist the members of the network, information is classified under two different headings:

• ALERT NOTIFICATIONS

Alert notifications are sent when the food or feed presenting the risk is on the market and when immediate action is required. Alerts are triggered y the Member State that detects the problem and has initiated the relevant measures, such as withdrawal/recall. The notification aims at giving all the members of the network the information to verify whether the concerned product is on their market, so that they also can take the necessary measures.

Consumers can be reassured that products subject to an alert notification have been withdrawn or are in the process of being withdrawn from the market. The Member States have their own mechanisms to carry out such actions, including the provision of detailed information through the media if necessary.

• INFORMATION NOTIFICATIONS

Information notifications concern a food or feed for which a risk has been identified, but for which the other members of the network do not have to take immediate action, because the product has not reached their market. These notifications mostly concern food and feed consignments that have been tested and rejected at the external borders of the EU (and the EEA¹).

Consumers can be reassured that products subject to an information notification have not reached the market or that all necessary measures have already been taken.

The Commission publishes a weekly overview of alert and information notifications. As it is necessary to strike the balance between openness and the protection of commercial information, the trade names and the identity of individual companies are not published. This is not detrimental to consumer protection, as a RASFF notification implies that measures have been or are in the process of being taken.

The public must be aware that the Commission is not in a position to release more information other than that published here. However, in exceptional circumstances where the protection of human health requires greater transparency, the Commission takes the appropriate action through its usual communication channels.

The Commission informs the authorities of third countries of notifications concerning products manufactured in, distributed to or dispatched from these countries. However, the fact that a country is mentioned as the origin of a product does not necessarily imply that the identified hazard(s) originated in the country concerned.

The notifications reported in the weekly overviews published on the European Commission's web site are so-called "original notifications", representing a new case reported on a health risk detected in one or more consignments of a food or feed. On these cases, control authorities are exchanging additional information on measures taken and outcome of investigations. This information does not appear in the publicly accessible weekly overviews.

Newly added columns are the "type of control" and "status" columns.

The type of control column indicates what type of control lay at the basis of the notification:

• border control – import rejected: controls at the border posts of the outer EU (and EEA.) borders when the consignment was not accepted for import (“import rejected”);

• border control – screening sample: notification initiated through a sample taken at a border post for analysis but the consignment was meanwhile released to the market (“screening sample”);

• market control: official control on the EU (and EEA) internal market;

• company own-check: notification initiated through a company notifying the outcome of an owncheck to the competent authority;

• consumer complaint: notification initiated through a consumer lodging a complaint with the competent authority; notifications initiated through reported food poisoning outbreaks are classified under this category.

The status column is a combination of two values, "distribution status" and "action taken".

The distribution status indicates knowledge existing at the time of notification about the possible distribution of the product on the market. The concept "market" is to be interpreted in a geographical way: "the internal Community market" i.e. this does not necessarily mean that the product is already on the shelves available to consumers, as often it is not.

The action taken represents the action already taken by the notifying country at the time of notification. If "no action taken" is given for an alert notification, this normally indicates that the product is not on the market of the notifying country (therefore: no action taken by the notifying country) but it may be on the market of other member countries.

Another addition to the table is the insertion between brackets of the outcome of the analysis to the "reason for notifying" column, whenever that information is available. This information allows evaluating the seriousness of the notified finding.

Week 2007/16

TABLE 1: ALERT NOTIFICATIONS

Notifications in blue typeface concern feed, all other notifications concern food.

DATE:	NOTIFIED BY:	REF.:	REASON FOR NOTIFYING:	TYPE OF CONTROL:	STATUS
16/04/2007	the Slovak Republic	2007.0270	Salmonella Derby (presence /25g) in spicy salami from Italy	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
17/04/2007	Italy	2007.0271	Salmonella spp (presence /25g) in live clams (Venus gallina) from Italy	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / recall from recipients
17/04/2007	Italy	2007.0272	mercury (1.30 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen sliced swordfish (Xiphia gladius) from Spain	market control	distribution on the market (possible)
17/04/2007	the United Kingdom	2007.0273	undeclared milk ingredient and undeclared soya in jelly mini eggs from Germany	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / recall from recipients
17/04/2007	Italy	2007.0274	mercury (2.18 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen swordfish slices and loins (Xiphia gladius) from Spain	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / product detained
17/04/2007	Slovenia	2007.0275	abnormal smell of mashed dates without stones from Egypt	border control - screening sample	distribution on the market (possible) / destination of the product identified
18/04/2007	the Czech Republic	2007.0276	unauthorised substance piperidenafil (±10 mg/capsule) in food supplement from Sweden	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
18/04/2007	Italy	2007.0277	parasitic infestation with Anisakis of fresh tub gurnard (Trigla lucerna) fillets from France	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / product (to be) destroyed
19/04/2007	the Czech Republic	2007.0278	unauthorised genetically modified (LL 601 RICE) long grain rice from Germany, raw material from the United States via the Netherlands	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
19/04/2007	the Czech Republic	2007.0279	too high content of of sweetener E 950 - acesulfame k (466 mg/kg - ppm) and of the sum of E 210 - benzoic acid and E 200 - sorbic acid(Sa + Ba = 1231 mg/kg -ppm) in mild ketchup from Poland	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
19/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.0280	Bacillus licheniformis in tube feeding (multifibre pack) from the Netherlands	company's own check	distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
20/04/2007	Italy	2007.0281	carbon monoxide treatment of vacuum packed slices of swordfish (Xiphia gladius) from Spain	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / product detained
20/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.0282	ochratoxin A (150 μg/kg -ppb) in sweet paprika powder from Peru	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / recall from recipients
20/04/2007	Finland	2007.0283	undeclared sulphite (30 mg/kg - ppm) in mead from Sweden	market control	distribution on the market (possible) / public recall
20/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.0284	fumonisins (B1: 1590; 750 / B2: 501; 250 μg/kg - ppb) in organic corn flour from Italy via France	market control	distribution on the market (possible)

TABLE 2: INFORMATION NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications in blue typeface concern feed, all other notifications concern food. TABLE 3: CORRIGENDA TO PREVIOUS NOTIFICATIONS

DATE:	REF.:	NOTIFI- CATION:	OF WEEK	SUBJECT	CORRIGENDUM:
17/04/2007	inf01	2007.AXV	15	absence of health certificate(s) for satay sauce from China (Hong Kong)	The subject of the notification is corrected to "absence of health certificate(s) for satay sauce from China (Hong Kong)".
17/04/2007	inf01	2007.AXW	15	absence of health certificate(s) for peanut oil from China (Hong Kong)	The subject of the notification is corrected to: "absence of health certificate(s) for peanut oil from China (Hong Kong)".

DATE:	NOTIFIED BY:	REF.:	REASON FOR NOTIFYING:	TYPE OF CONTROL:	STATUS
16/04/2007	Slovenia	2007.AYE	phorate (0.081 mg/kg - ppm) in pears from China via the Netherlands	market control	product already consumed / reinforced checking
16/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYF	unsuitable means of transport for bulk (residues from previous cargoes) unrefined sunflower seed oil from Ukraine	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
16/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYG	unsuitable means of transport for bulk (residues from previous cargoes) crude sunflower seed oil from Ukraine	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
16/04/2007	the United Kingdom	2007.AYH	aflatoxins (B1 = 8.3; Tot. = 10.5 μg/kg - ppb) in peanuts from India	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product detained
16/04/2007	Greece	2007.AYI	unauthorised use of colour E 127 - erythrosine (29 mg/kg - ppm) in sugar coated sauf from India	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
16/04/2007	the Slovak Republic	2007.AYJ	aflatoxins (B1 = 2.23; Tot. = 18.76 μg/kg - ppb) in roasted and salted peanut kernels without shell from the Slovak Republic, raw material from China, via the Netherlands	market control	distribution restricted to notifying country / withdrawal from sale
16/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYK	lead (0.15 mg/kg - ppm) in fresh onions from Ukraine	border control -import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
17/04/2007	Spain	2007.AYL	Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins in frozen mussels from Vietnam	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
17/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYM	unauthorised substance leucomalachite green (9.30 μg/kg - ppb) in frozen gutted eel (Anguilla japonica) from China	border control - screening sample	distribution restricted to notifying country / no stock left
17/04/2007	Estonia	2007.AYN	missing identification code on individual packaging of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) from the United States	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
17/04/2007	Belgium	2007.AYO	aflatoxins (B1 = 10.11; Tot. = 11.98 μg/kg -ppb) in roasted chopped hazelnuts from Turkey	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
17/04/2007	Lithuania	2007.AYP	unauthorised transit of frozen beef from Brazil	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
17/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYQ	peanuts in shell from China infested with moulds and insects	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
17/04/2007	Italy	2007.AYR	improper health certificate(s) for live snails from Tunisia	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
18/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.AYS	aflatoxins (B1 = 9.6; Tot. = 16.2 μg/kg - ppb) in almonds from the United States	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
18/04/2007	Greece	2007.AYT	unauthorised genetically modified (rice BT63) rice protein concentrate from China	border control - screening sample	distribution restricted to notifying country / product (to be) returned to dispatcher
18/04/2007	Spain	2007.AYU	unauthorised use of colour E 171 - titanium dioxide (1.0; 0.44 mg/kg - ppm) in roasted chickpeas from Turkey	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
18/04/2007	Norway	2007.AYV	E 250 - sodium nitrite (6.7; 6.2 mg/kg - ppm) unauthorised in frozen smoked cod (Gadus macrocephalus) from China	border control - screening sample	distribution restricted to notifying country / withdrawal from sale
18/04/2007	Cyprus	2007.AYW	unauthorised genetically modified (LL Rice 601) complete feed for dogs from the United States	market control	distribution restricted to notifying country / product detained
18/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYX	unsuitable means of transport for bulk (residues from previous cargoes) crude sunflower seed oil from Ukraine	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
18/04/2007	Poland	2007.AYY	aflatoxins (B1 = 1.61; Tot. = 8.76 μg/kg - ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
18/04/2007	the United Kingdom	2007.AYZ	captan (2 mg/kg - ppm) in grapes from Chile	market control	product already consumed
18/04/2007	the United Kingdom	2007.AZA	carbofuran (0.03 mg/kg - ppm) in grapes from Chile	market control	product already consumed
19/04/2007	Germany	2007.AZB	histamine (220; 132; 151; 229; 210 mg/kg -ppm) in canned tuna in oil from Indonesia	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	Germany	2007.AZC	histamine (220; 132; 151; 229; 210 mg/kg -ppm) in canned tuna in oil from Indonesia	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	Germany	2007.AZD	aflatoxins (B1 = 0.9; Tot. = 0.9 / B1 = ND; Tot. = ND / B1 = 204.7; Tot. = 215.9 μg/kg - ppb) in raw pistachio nuts with shell from Iran	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	Greece	2007.AZE	unauthorised colour Sudan 1 (1.9 mg/kg - ppm) in adjika sauce (slabozhgutchaya) from the Russian Federation	market control	distribution restricted to notifying country / product seized
19/04/2007	Norway	2007.AZF	E 250 - sodium nitrite (6.4 mg/kg - ppm) unauthorised in frozen light salted cod.(Gadus macrocephalus) from China	border control - screening sample	distribution restricted to notifying country / prohibition to trade - sales ban
19/04/2007	Poland	2007.AZG	bad state of preservation (rotting) and bad hygienic state (dirt) of blanched split groundnut kernels from Argentina infested with moulds	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	Germany	2007.AZH	unauthorised substance nitrofuran (metabolite) -furazolidone (AOZ) (3.6 μg/kg - ppb) in black tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon) from India	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	Spain	2007.AZI	too high content of sulphite (675.64; 612.68; 529.45 μg/kg - ppb) in chilled shrimps from Morocco	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	the United Kingdom	2007.AZJ	too high content of colour E 122 - azorubine and of colour E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A in candy floss from France	market control	product already consumed / no action taken
19/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.AZK	aflatoxins (B1 = 38.0; Tot. = 42.9 μg/kg - ppb) in shelled almonds from the United States via the United Kingdom	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.AZL	aflatoxins (B1 = 4.2 μg/kg - ppb) in groundnuts from the United States	border control - import rejected	no distribution / physical treatment - blanching
19/04/2007	Greece	2007.AZM	mercury (0.858 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen headless grouper (Ephinephelus lanceolatus) from Yemen	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
19/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.AZN	aflatoxins (B1 = 19.7; Tot. = 22.3 μg/kg - ppb) in groundnuts from the United States	border control - import rejected	no distribution / physical treatment - blanching
20/04/2007	Germany	2007.AZO	ochratoxin A (39 μg/kg - ppb) in instant coffee from the Czech Republic via Austria	market control	no stock left / withdrawal from sale
20/04/2007	Spain	2007.AZP	too high content of sulphite (1547 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen red shrimps (Aristeneus antennatus) from Algeria	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
20/04/2007	Italy	2007.AZQ	aflatoxins (B1 < 0.1; Tot. < 0.1 / B1 < 0.1; Tot. < 0.1 / B1 = 7.2; Tot. = 7.6 μg/kg - ppb) in pistachio nuts from Iran	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
20/04/2007	Denmark	2007.AZR	aflatoxins (B1 = 94 μg/kg - ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina via the United States	company's own check	no distribution / product detained
20/04/2007	Germany	2007.AZS	unauthorised substance isoprocarb (00.47 mg/kg - ppm) in starfruit from Malaysia via the Netherlands	market control	product already consumed / no action taken
20/04/2007	Greece	2007.AZT	aflatoxins (B1 = 9.5; Tot. = 10.8 / B1 = 0.9; Tot. = 0.9 / B1 < 0.14; Tot. < 0.62 μg/kg - ppb) in pistachio nuts from the United States	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
20/04/2007	Finland	2007.AZU	migration of volatile organic constituents (1.3 <--> 1.8 %) from silicon bake ware from China	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
20/04/2007	Norway	2007.AZV	oxamyl (0.10 mg/kg - ppm) in yellow peppers from Spain	market control	product already consumed
20/04/2007	Italy	2007.AZW	aflatoxins (B1 = 10.5; Tot. = 29.5 / B1 < 0.1; Tot. < 0.1 / B1 < 0.1; Tot. < 0.1 μg/kg - ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
20/04/2007	France	2007.AZX	aflatoxins (B1 = 21; Tot. = 22 μg/kg - ppb) in pistachio nuts from Iran	border control - import rejected	no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
20/04/2007	the Netherlands	2007.AZY	omethoate (0.31 mg/kg - ppm) and dimethoate (1.3 mg/kg - ppm) in oak leaf lettuce from France	market control	product already consumed
20/04/2007	Ireland	2007.AZZ	methomyl (0.43 mg/kg - ppm) in pears from South Africa	market control	product already consumed

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