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RASFFReference 2025.8456

High levels of arsenic and lead in food supplement from Ghana, via the Netherlands

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2025.8456
Notification ID
800061
Classification
alert notification
Risk decision
potentially serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
official control on the market
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
food supplement
Distribution status
Description
no distribution from notifying country
Notification ID
222
Notification ID
30066010
Category
Description
dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods
Notification ID
18439
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    30066301
    weight
    300.0
    weightUnit
    Description
    g
    Notification ID
    18974

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
Unter Berücksichtigung des Arsen- und Bleigehalts (Arsen As, gesamt: 22,4 mg/kg; Blei: 20,5 mg/kg) ist die vorliegende Probe nicht für den menschlichen Verzehr geeignet und somit nicht sicher (Anwendung des MOE-Ansatzes). /// Taking into account the arsenic and lead content (arsenic As, total: 22.4 mg/kg; lead: 20.5 mg/kg), the present sample is not suitable for human consumption and is therefore not safe (application of the MOE approach).
Notification ID
126172

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    20,5
    Hazard category
    Description
    heavy metals
    Notification ID
    30066556
    Name
    lead - high content - heavy metals
    samplingDate
    05-08-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/kg - ppm
  2. analyticalResult
    22,4
    Hazard category
    Description
    heavy metals
    Notification ID
    30066561
    Name
    arsenic - heavy metals
    samplingDate
    05-08-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/kg - ppm

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    product (to be) redispatched or destroyed
    Notification ID
    18954
    Notification ID
    30066691
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5007
    isoCode
    DE
    organizationName
    Germany

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

Origin
Ghana
Notifying country or territory
Germany
Published distribution
no distribution from notifying country

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      800061
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      800061
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      800061
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      800061
    Organisation
    code
    GH
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5104
    Description
    Ghana
    Notification ID
    10099
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      800061
    2. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      800061
    Organisation
    code
    NL
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5026
    Description
    Netherlands
    Notification ID
    38

RASFF

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

Provenance and context

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