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RASFFReference 2020.4424

Unauthorized colorants and insect infestation in rice noodles from Belgium

Official information organised for easier consultation. The source publication remains authoritative.

RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2020.4424
Notification ID
445743
Classification
alert notification
Risk decision
serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
official control on the market
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Reisnudeln, gefärbt /// Rice noodles, colored
Distribution status
Description
no distribution from notifying country
Notification ID
222
Notification ID
2884037
Category
Description
cereals and bakery products
Notification ID
18434
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    2884042
    productAspect
    im Folienbeutel zu je ca. 150 g /// foil bags of approx. 150 g each
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

Notification ID
40841

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    nachgewiesen /// present
    Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    2884068
    Name
    Rhodamine B - unauthorised colour - composition
    samplingDate
    10-09-2020 00:00:00
  2. analyticalResult
    nachgewiesen // present
    Hazard category
    Description
    food additives and flavourings
    Notification ID
    2884150
    Name
    colour E 102 - tartrazine - unauthorised use - food additives and flavourings
    samplingDate
    10-09-2020 00:00:00
  3. analyticalResult
    nachgewiesen /// present
    Hazard category
    Description
    food additives and flavourings
    Notification ID
    2884176
    Name
    colour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF - unauthorised use - food additives and flavourings
    samplingDate
    10-09-2020 00:00:00
  4. analyticalResult
    nachgewiesen // present
    Hazard category
    Description
    food additives and flavourings
    Notification ID
    2884188
    Name
    colour E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A - unauthorised use - food additives and flavourings
    samplingDate
    10-09-2020 00:00:00

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    Destruction
    Notification ID
    18700
    Notification ID
    2895468
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5007
    isoCode
    DE
    organizationName
    Germany
  2. Action taken
    Description
    Destruction
    Notification ID
    18700
    Notification ID
    2964600
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5002
    isoCode
    BE
    organizationName
    Belgium

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
Belgium
Notifying country or territory
Germany
Published distribution
Belgium, Germany
Affected territories
Belgium · Germany

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      445743
    2. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      445743
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      447208
    4. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      445743
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      445743
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      445743
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      445743
    4. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      445743
    5. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      445743
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      447208
    Organisation
    code
    NP
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5163
    Description
    Nepal
    Notification ID
    10158

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    20-10-2020 18:11:09
    fupId
    445963
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    measures taken
    Notification ID
    27672
    networkOrganizationId
    76
    organizationCode
    DE
    organizationDescription
    Bayern
  2. fupDate
    21-10-2020 09:21:51
    fupId
    445996
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    corrigendum
    Notification ID
    27663
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission
  3. fupDate
    22-10-2020 12:04:38
    fupId
    446159
    fupNumber
    3
    fupType
    Description
    corrigendum
    Notification ID
    27663
    networkOrganizationId
    76
    organizationCode
    DE
    organizationDescription
    Bayern
  4. fupDate
    28-10-2020 12:45:51
    fupId
    447208
    fupNumber
    4
    fupType
    Description
    outcome of investigations and measures taken
    Notification ID
    27659
    networkOrganizationId
    7
    organizationCode
    BE
    organizationDescription
    Belgium

RASFF

5002
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    2
  2. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    3
5007
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Notification ID
    16
    link
    http://www.lebensmittelwarnung.de

Provenance and context

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