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RASFFReference 2025.3720

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

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RASFF

Identification and classification

Reference
2025.3720
Notification ID
764477
Classification
border rejection notification
Risk decision
not serious
Product type
food
Notification basis
border control - consignment detained
Status
ec_validated

RASFF

Product

Description
Clupea harengus
Distribution status
Description
product not (yet) placed on the market
Notification ID
224
Notification ID
28613758
Category
Description
fish and fish products
Notification ID
18445
Product descriptions
  1. Notification ID
    28613760
    productAspect
    boxes
    temperature
    Description
    ambient
    Notification ID
    27368

RASFF

Risk and analytical results

Notification ID
118763

RASFF

Hazards

  1. analyticalResult
    3,5± 0,85
    Hazard category
    Description
    environmental pollutants
    Notification ID
    28614089
    maxPermittedLvl
    2,0 µg/kg - ppb
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    2,0
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    µg/kg - ppb
    Name
    benzo(a)pyrene - environmental pollutants
    samplingDate
    18-04-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    µg/kg - ppb
  2. analyticalResult
    18,8± 3,2
    Hazard category
    Description
    environmental pollutants
    Notification ID
    28614127
    maxPermittedLvl
    12,0 µg/kg - ppb
    maxPermittedLvlQuantities
    12,0
    maxPermittedLvlUnit
    µg/kg - ppb
    Name
    polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of - environmental pollutants
    samplingDate
    18-04-2025 00:00:00
    unit
    µg/kg - ppb

RASFF

Measures

  1. Action taken
    Description
    product (to be) redispatched or destroyed
    Notification ID
    18954
    Notification ID
    28613763
    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
      764477
    2. Role
      NOTIFYING
      notificationId
      764477
    3. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      764477
    Organisation
    code
    BE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5002
    Description
    Belgium
    Notification ID
    7
  2. Roles
    1. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      764477
    Organisation
    code
    DE
    countryNetworkOrganizationId
    5007
    Description
    Germany
    Notification ID
    3
  3. Roles
    1. Role
      ORIGIN
      notificationId
      764477
    2. Role
      OPERATOR
      notificationId
      764477
    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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