EU alert · RASFF Risk: Potentially serious Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea
Anthraquinones in mate tea from Syria, via the Netherlands
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2025.7212
Summary
Information notification for follow-up notified by Germany concerning mate tea (cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea), originating from Syria. Hazard: pesticide residues.
A RASFF notification means that a risk was identified and shared between national authorities. It does not necessarily mean the product was sold in every country — check the distribution list and the measures taken.
Product
mate tea
- Category
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea
- Product type
- Food
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
Hazards found (analytical results)
- anthraquinone - pesticide residues — result: 0,082 +/- 0,041 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0,02 mg/kg - ppm)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: Information on distribution not (yet) available
- Notification basis: Official control on the market
Distributed to
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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