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RASFFReference 2024.4818

Benzo(a)pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in smoked fish from Ghana

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2024.4818
Notification ID
693378
Classification
border rejection notification
Risk decision
not serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
border control - consignment detained
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Smoked and fried fish
Distribution status
Description
product not (yet) placed on the market
Notification ID
224
Notification ID
24800539
Category
Description
fish and fish products
Notification ID
18445
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    24800541
    productAspect
    20 boxes, total weight 200 kg
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  2. Notification ID
    24800597
    productAspect
    20 boxes, total weight 200 kg
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  3. Notification ID
    24800598
    productAspect
    20 boxes, total weight 300 kg
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  4. Notification ID
    24800599
    productAspect
    10 boxes, total weight 150 kg
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  5. Notification ID
    24800600
    productAspect
    10 boxes, total weight 250 kg
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
  6. Notification ID
    24800601
    productAspect
    5 boxes, total weight 50 kg
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

Notification ID
104487

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    3,1 ± 0,7
    Hazard category
    Description
    environmental pollutants
    Notification ID
    24800616
    maxPermittedLvl
    2,0 µg/kg - ppb
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    2,0
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    µg/kg - ppb
    Name
    benzo(a)pyrene - environmental pollutants
    samplingDate
    31-05-2024 00:00:00
    unit
    µg/kg - ppb
  2. analyticalResult
    15,1± 2,6
    Hazard category
    Description
    environmental pollutants
    Notification ID
    24800626
    maxPermittedLvl
    12,0 µg/kg - ppb
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    12,0
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    µg/kg - ppb
    Name
    polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of - environmental pollutants
    samplingDate
    31-05-2024 00:00:00
    unit
    µg/kg - ppb

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    Re-dispatch
    Notification ID
    18702
    Notification ID
    24800543
    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
      693378
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      693378
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      693378
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      693378
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      693378
    2. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      693378
    Organisation
    code
    GH
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5104
    Description
    Ghana
    Notification ID
    10099

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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