EU alert · RASFF Risk: Not serious Poultry meat and poultry meat products
Pesticide rezidues (DDAC) in broiler chicken leg meat from Lithuania
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2026.6805
Summary
Information notification for attention notified by Lithuania concerning Broiler chicken cut-up products (poultry meat and poultry meat products), originating from Lithuania. 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
Broiler chicken cut-up products
- Category
- Poultry meat and poultry meat products
- Product type
- Food
- Classification
- Information notification for attention
Hazards found (analytical results)
- didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) - pesticide residues — result: 1.5 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0.1 mg/kg - ppm)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: Product (presumably) no longer on the market
- Notification basis: Official control on the market
Distributed to
Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Sierra Leone, Sweden
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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