Herbs and spices

23 July 2025RASFF

No health certificate or test results for Indian turmeric shipped from Ukraine

Notified by Poland · origin: India

Other risksHerbs and spices

23 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Unauthorised colour rhodamine B in curry powder from India, via the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Notified by Germany · origin: India

Composition and additivesHerbs and spices

21 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Too much Aflatoxin in Suya spice from Nigeria

Notified by Finland · origin: Nigeria

MycotoxinsHerbs and spices

21 July 2025RASFF

Exceeding pesticide residues in green leaf tea

Notified by Poland · origin: Japan

Pesticide residuesHerbs and spices

18 July 2025RASFF

nuevos alimentos no autorizados Artemisa annua y Aesculus chinensis de China / Novel foods not approved Artemisa annua and Aesculus chinensis from China

Notified by Spain · origin: China

Composition and additivesHerbs and spices

18 July 2025RASFF

Unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in pani puri masala from India via Sweden

Notified by Denmark · origin: India

Pesticide residuesHerbs and spices

17 July 2025RASFF

unlabeled irradiation of soup base spices from China

Notified by Poland · origin: China

Heavy metals and contaminantsHerbs and spices

17 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Aflatoxins in nutmegs from Indonesia

Notified by Germany · origin: Indonesia

MycotoxinsHerbs and spices

16 July 2025RASFF

rodent (mouse head) in white tea from Italy, with raw material from China, via Germany

Notified by Italy · origin: China

Foreign bodiesHerbs and spices

15 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Detection of cadmium on dehydrated tarragon

Notified by France · origin: France

Heavy metals and contaminantsHerbs and spices

11 July 2025RASFF

Unapproved colorants Sudan III and Sudan IV in Rhus/sumac spice from Egypt

Notified by Germany · origin: Egypt

Composition and additivesHerbs and spices

9 July 2025RASFF

Depasire LMA alcaloizi pirolizidinici in leustean maruntit origine Polonia, via Letonia

Notified by Romania · origin: Poland

Other risksHerbs and spices

9 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Aflatoxin B1 in organic paprika powder from Spain

Notified by Germany · origin: Spain

MycotoxinsHerbs and spices

8 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Unauthorized color - Sudan Red G 240 ± 120 µg/kg and Sudan I >2,000 µg/kg in Uzbek Pilaf seasoning from Uzbekistan

Notified by Latvia · origin: Uzbekistan

Composition and additivesHerbs and spices

6 July 2025RASFFSerious risk

Unauthorised substance ethylene oxide (sum of 2-chlorethanol and ethylene oxide, expressed as ethylene oxide) in spice mixture from India

Notified by Romania · origin: India

Heavy metals and contaminantsHerbs and spices