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RASFFReference 2025.0644

Mineral oil components (MOAH) in basmati rice from Pakistan, via the Netherlands

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2025.0644
Notification ID
741440
Classification
information notification for follow-up
Risk decision
potentially serious
Product type
food contact material
Notification basis
official control on the market
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
packaging of basmati rice
Distribution status
Description
no distribution from notifying country
Notification ID
222
Notification ID
27117208
Category
Description
food contact materials
Notification ID
18447
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    27117270
    productAspect
    bedruckter Beutel aus Polypropylen ///Unofficial translation: printed polypropylene bag
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368
    weight
    900.0
    weightUnit
    Description
    g
    Notification ID
    18974
relatedProducts
  1. Description
    basmati rice
    Distribution status
    Description
    no distribution from notifying country
    Notification ID
    222
    Hazards
    1. analyticalResult
      23 +/- 3,4 (MOSH) / 4,2 +/- 0,85 (MOAH)
      Hazard category
      Description
      industrial contaminants
      Notification ID
      28430759
      Name
      mineral oil - migration - industrial contaminants
      samplingDate
      22-01-2025 00:00:00
      unit
      mg/kg - ppm
    2. analyticalResult
      30650 +/- 3065 (MOSH) / 6024 +/- 602 (MOAH)
      Hazard category
      Description
      industrial contaminants
      Notification ID
      28430761
      Name
      mineral oil - migration - industrial contaminants
      samplingDate
      22-01-2025 00:00:00
      unit
      mg/kg - ppm
    3. analyticalResult
      9860 +/- 986 (MOSH) / 639 +/- 64 (MOAH)
      Hazard category
      Description
      industrial contaminants
      Notification ID
      28430767
      Name
      mineral oil - migration - industrial contaminants
      samplingDate
      22-01-2025 00:00:00
      unit
      mg/kg - ppm
    Notification ID
    28429983
    Measures
    1. Action taken
      Description
      withdrawal from the market
      Notification ID
      18837
      Notification ID
      28430798
      takenBy
      Notification ID
      5007
      isoCode
      DE
      organizationName
      Germany
    Category
    Description
    cereals and bakery products
    Notification ID
    18434
    Product descriptions
    1. Notification ID
      28429984
      productAspect
      Crop: 2023 Exp. DT: 09/2026
      temperature
      Description
      ambient
      Notification ID
      27368
      weight
      4500.0
      weightUnit
      Description
      g
      Notification ID
      18974

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

hazardObserved
///Unofficial translation: Based on the detected migration of MOAH (C10-C50) from the packaging into the packaged food and the identification of the polyaromatic >= 3 ring MOAH, it cannot be ruled out that the sample is capable of posing a risk to human health. The MOAH transitions from the packaging are therefore capable of changing the food packaged in it within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 in an unjustifiable manner. According to § 31, paragraph 1 of the LFGB, it is prohibited to use as consumer goods or to place on the market materials or articles within the meaning of § 2, paragraph 6, sentence 1, number 1, which do not comply with the requirements for their manufacture as laid down in Article 3, paragraph 1 of Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004.
Notification ID
114145

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    0,56 +/- 0,11
    Hazard category
    Description
    industrial contaminants
    Notification ID
    27117283
    maxPermittedLvl
    0 mg/kg - ppm
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    0
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    mg/kg - ppm
    Name
    mineral oil - migration - industrial contaminants
    samplingDate
    14-10-2024 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/kg - ppm
  2. analyticalResult
    4,2 +/- 0,85
    Hazard category
    Description
    industrial contaminants
    Notification ID
    28262087
    Name
    mineral oil - migration - industrial contaminants
    samplingDate
    14-10-2024 00:00:00
    unit
    mg/kg - ppm

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    withdrawal from recipient(s)
    Notification ID
    18844
    Notification ID
    27117308
    takenBy
    Notification ID
    5007
    isoCode
    DE
    organizationName
    Germany

RASFF

Origin, notification and distribution

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

RASFF

Published territorial roles

  1. Roles
    1. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      741440
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      741440
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      741440
    4. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      758344
    5. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      758344
    6. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      741440
    7. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      741440
    8. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      758344
    9. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      758344
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_ATTENTION
      notificationId
      747275
    Organisation
    code
    INFO
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5680
    Description
    INFOSAN
    Notification ID
    10340
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      758344
    2. Role
      FOR_FOLLOW_UP
      notificationId
      741440
    3. Role
      DISTRIBUTION
      notificationId
      747275
    4. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      741440
    5. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      758344
    Organisation
    code
    NL
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5026
    Description
    Netherlands
    Notification ID
    38
  4. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      741440
    2. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      758344
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      747275
    Organisation
    code
    PK
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5174
    Description
    Pakistan
    Notification ID
    10169

RASFF

Follow-ups

  1. fupDate
    26-02-2025 11:21:15
    fupId
    747275
    fupNumber
    1
    fupType
    Description
    additional information
    Notification ID
    27658
    networkOrganizationId
    38
    organizationCode
    NL
    organizationDescription
    Netherlands
  2. fupDate
    02-05-2025 16:17:07
    fupId
    758344
    fupNumber
    2
    fupType
    Description
    outcome of investigations and measures taken
    Notification ID
    27659
    networkOrganizationId
    84
    organizationCode
    DE
    organizationDescription
    Nordrhein-Westfalen

RASFF

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

Provenance and context

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