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RASFFReference 2023.0398

Unauthorized color Sudan III in palm oil from Ghana

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2023.0398
Notification ID
591496
Classification
border rejection notification
Risk decision
serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
border control - consignment detained
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Palm oil
Distribution status
Description
product not (yet) placed on the market
Notification ID
224
Notification ID
18738732
Category
Description
fats and oils
Notification ID
18441
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    18738760
    productAspect
    plastic bottles - batch number 03poz2022 - mfd 15/05/2022 - best before date 14/05/2025 395 boxes 1 liter bottles - 4740 kg net weight - 4850 kg gross weight 200 boxes 500 ml bottles - 2400 kg net weight - 2500 kg gross weight 27 boxes 5 liter bottles - 540 kg net weight - 650 kg gross weight total: 622 boxes - 7680 kg net weight - 20720 kg gross weight
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
    weight
    12.34
    weightUnit
    Description
    kg
    Notification ID
    18973

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

Notification ID
79249

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    present
    Hazard category
    Description
    composition
    Notification ID
    18739010
    maxPermittedLvl
    0 µg/kg - ppb
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    0
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    µg/kg - ppb
    Name
    Sudan 3 - unauthorised colour - composition
    samplingDate
    13-12-2022 00:00:00
    unit
    µg/kg - ppb

RASFF

Measures

  1. Notification ID
    18739118
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5002
    isoCode
    BE
    organizationName
    Belgium

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
Ghana
Notifying country or territory
Belgium
Published distribution
product not (yet) placed on the market

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      591496
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      591496
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      591496
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      591496
    2. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      591496
    Organisation
    code
    GH
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5104
    Description
    Ghana
    Notification ID
    10099
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      591496
    Organisation
    code
    INFO
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5680
    Description
    INFOSAN
    Notification ID
    10340

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    21-03-2023 15:57:03
    fupId
    602465
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    request
    Notification ID
    27665
    networkOrganizationId
    1
    organizationCode
    EU
    organizationDescription
    European Commission
  2. fupDate
    23-03-2023 15:36:58
    fupId
    602983
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    re-dispatch information
    Notification ID
    27657
    networkOrganizationId
    7
    organizationCode
    BE
    organizationDescription
    Belgium

RASFF

5002
  1. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    2
  2. countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Notification ID
    3

Provenance and context

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