European Union – Food Alert: Shark Products

16 July 2011.

Here are the latest notifications by the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed :

 

Notification date: 05 July 2011.

Notification from: Italy.

Notification Description: Mercury in frozen blue shark steaks (Prionace glauca).

Origin: Portugal.

Distributed to: Italy.

Amount: 832 kg.

Analytical Result: 3,51 +/- 0,31 mg/kg – ppm

Action taken: official detention.

 

Notification date: 26 April 2011.

Notification from: Poland.

Notification Description: Cadmium in frozen blue shark steaks.

Origin: Spain.

Distributed to: Poland.

Analytical Result: 0.081 mg/kg – ppm.

Action taken: withdrawal from market.

 

Notification date: 15 April 2011.

Notification from: Italy.

Notification Description: Mercury in frozen shark slices.

Origin: Thailand.

Distributed to: no distribution ( border rejection ).

Action taken: official detention.

 

Notification date: 14 April 2011.

Notification from: Spain.

Notification Description: Mercury in ‘white dogfish’.

Origin: Senegal.

Distributed to: no distribution ( border rejection ).

Analytical Result: 2.1 mg/kg – ppm.

Action taken: official detention.

 

Notification date: 14 April 2011.

Notification from: Spain.

Notification Description: Mercury in ‘white dogfish’.

Origin: Senegal.

Distributed to: no distribution ( border rejection ).

Analytical Result: 1.3 mg/kg – ppm.

Action taken: official detention.

 

Notification date: 07 March 2011.

Notification from: Italy.

Notification Description: Mercury in frozen slices of blue shark (Prionace glauca).

Origin: Spain.

Distributed to: Italy.

Analytical Result: 1.42 mg/kg – ppm.

Sources:

RASFF and German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection and Food Safety .