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Notification details - 2020.3678

unauthorised substance ethylene oxide (up to 186 mg/kg - ppm) in sesame seeds from India

Reference:

2020.3678

Notification type:

food - alert - company's own check

Notification date:

09/09/2020

Action taken:

recall from consumers

Last update:

18/01/2021

Distribution status:

distribution to other member countries

Notification from:

Belgium (BE)

Product:

sesame seeds

Classification

alert

Product category:

nuts, nut products and seeds

Risk decision

serious

Published in RASFF Consumers' Portal

has been published before

Follow-up :

Reference	Follow-up from	Date	Follow-up type
fup1	Netherlands	10/09/2020	additional information
fup2	Luxembourg	10/09/2020	measures taken
fup3	Belgium	11/09/2020	additional information
fup4	Sweden	11/09/2020	measures taken
fup5	Italy	11/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup6	Luxembourg	11/09/2020	measures taken
fup7	Belgium	11/09/2020	additional information
fup10	Netherlands	14/09/2020	additional information
fup11	Belgium	14/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup8	Luxembourg	14/09/2020	additional information
fup9	Italy	14/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup12	Belgium	15/09/2020	additional information
fup13	Norway	15/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup15	Belgium	16/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup16	Belgium	16/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup17	Netherlands	16/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup18	Netherlands	16/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup19	Belgium	17/09/2020	additional lot(s)
fup20	Netherlands	17/09/2020	additional information
fup21	Netherlands	17/09/2020	additional information
fup22	Sweden	18/09/2020	measures taken
fup23	Belgium	18/09/2020	additional lot(s)
fup24	Netherlands	21/09/2020	measures taken
fup25	Belgium	22/09/2020	additional lot(s)
fup26	Belgium	22/09/2020	additional information
fup27	Netherlands	23/09/2020	additional information
fup28	Switzerland	24/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup30	Sweden	25/09/2020	request
fup32	Germany	25/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup34	Sweden	28/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup35	Germany	28/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup36	Italy	28/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup37	Belgium	28/09/2020	additional information
fup38	France	29/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup39	Malta	29/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup40	Belgium	29/09/2020	additional information
fup42	Slovenia	29/09/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup44	Malta	30/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup45	Italy	30/09/2020	outcome of investigations
fup46	Austria	01/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup47	Germany	01/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup49	Finland	02/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup50	Poland	02/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup52	Ireland	02/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup53	Latvia	02/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup54	Poland	02/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup57	Italy	05/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup58	Luxembourg	05/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup60	Romania	06/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup61	Switzerland	06/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup62	Denmark	06/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup63	Finland	06/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup64	Greece	06/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup66	Estonia	07/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup67	Norway	07/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup68	Netherlands	07/10/2020	additional information
fup70	Netherlands	07/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup71	Netherlands	07/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup72	Netherlands	07/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup73	Luxembourg	07/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup74	Belgium	08/10/2020	additional lot(s)
fup75	Germany	08/10/2020	additional information
fup76	Germany	08/10/2020	additional information
fup77	Belgium	08/10/2020	additional lot(s)
fup78	Sweden	08/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup79	India	08/10/2020	follow-up from non-member country
fup80	Latvia	09/10/2020	accompanying documents
fup81	Belgium	09/10/2020	additional information
fup82	France	09/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup83	Portugal	09/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup84	Belgium	12/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup85	Luxembourg	12/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup86	Czech Republic	12/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup87	Luxembourg	12/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup88	Czech Republic	12/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup90	Italy	13/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup91	Spain	14/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup92	France	16/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup93	Romania	16/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup94	Czech Republic	19/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup95	Czech Republic	19/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup96	Malta	21/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup98	Germany	22/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup99	Spain	23/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup100	Spain	27/10/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup101	Austria	28/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup102	Spain	28/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup103	Hungary	30/10/2020	outcome of investigations
fup104	Greece	04/11/2020	outcome of investigations
fup105	Netherlands	05/11/2020	measures taken
fup106	Malta	06/11/2020	additional information
fup107	Spain	06/11/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup108	Czech Republic	10/11/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup109	Germany	12/11/2020	outcome of investigations
fup110	Luxembourg	13/11/2020	measures taken
fup111	Germany	16/11/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup112	Austria	17/11/2020	outcome of investigations
fup113	Germany	18/11/2020	outcome of investigations
fup115	Germany	23/11/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup116	Czech Republic	24/11/2020	outcome of investigations
fup117	Austria	25/11/2020	outcome of investigations
fup118	Switzerland	27/11/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup119	Latvia	04/12/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup120	Malta	14/12/2020	measures taken
fup121	Romania	14/12/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup122	Germany	21/12/2020	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup123	Romania	06/01/2021	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup124	Austria	07/01/2021	outcome of investigations and measures taken
fup125	Greece	18/01/2021	outcome of investigations and measures taken

Hazards

Substance / Hazard	Category	Analytical result	Units	Sampling date
unauthorised substance ethylene oxide	pesticide residues	up to 186	mg/kg - ppm	29/07/2020

Countries/organisations concerned (D = distribution, O = origin)

Andorra (D) Austria (D) Belgium (D) Czech Republic (D) Denmark (D) Estonia (D) Finland (D) France (D) Germany (D) Greece (D) Hungary (D) INFOSAN India (O) Ireland (D) Italy (D) Latvia (D) Lithuania (D) Luxembourg (D) Malta (D) Netherlands (D) Norway (D) Poland (D) Portugal (D) Qatar (D) Romania (D) Russia (D) Saudi Arabia (D) Singapore (D) Slovakia (D) Slovenia (D) Spain (D) Sweden (D) Switzerland (D) United Arab Emirates (D) United Kingdom (D)