European Alerts (30/01/12)

Pesticides: We note this week twelve notifications of border rejection concerning products :
- Okra from India
- Yard long beans from the Dominican Republic
- Jasmine tea from China
- Fresh strawberries from Egypt
- Frozen strawberries from China
- Gunpowder tea from China
- Green tea from China
- Oolong tea from China
- Fresh chilli peppers from Egypt

Mycotoxins: We note seventeen notifications of border rejection concerning:
- raw milk from Hungary
- dried figs from Turkey
- hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan
- pistachio kernels from turkey
- groundnuts from Brazil
- Nutmeg from India
- groundnuts from Argentina
- Chilli powder from India
- Groundnut kernel from India
- Raisins from Afghanistan
- Pistachio from Iran

Heavy metals: We note one information for follow-up concerning the detection of mercury in dried boletus from Poland.

HAP: We note one alert concerning the detection of benzo(a)pyrene in roasted organic argan oil from Morocco.

Details are available in the table below.

Alert notification means a notification of a risk that requires or might require rapid action in another member country.
Borders rejections concerns a notification of a rejection of a batch, container or cargo of food or feed.