(RASFF) Annual Report 2009 - European Commission - Europa
(RASFF) Annual Report 2009 - European Commission - Europa
(RASFF) Annual Report 2009 - European Commission - Europa
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The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (<strong>RASFF</strong>)<br />
Nonetheless, as can be seen from the table above,<br />
not only undeclared milk ingredient is reported.<br />
The second most reported is undeclared sulphite,<br />
in shrimps but also in preserved vegetables and<br />
alcoholic beverages. The <strong>RASFF</strong> database makes a<br />
distinction between cases of undeclared sulphite,<br />
where the presence of sulphite is not mentioned<br />
on the label, and cases of unauthorised or too high<br />
content of sulphite, where sulphite is added as a<br />
food additive. Of course, only “undeclared sulphite”<br />
is considered an allergen-type problem.<br />
All allergenic substances listed in 2003/89/EC have<br />
been reported to <strong>RASFF</strong> in <strong>2009</strong>, apart from lupin<br />
and fish. Undeclared lupin has never been reported<br />
to <strong>RASFF</strong> so far.<br />
If you wish to find out more about allergens in food but also about the allergies<br />
and their clinical characteristics, the InformAll 8 database is recommended,<br />
a searchable database on allergenic food developed with funding from the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Union.<br />
Mycotoxins<br />
Mycotoxins are naturally occurring metabolites produced by certain species<br />
of moulds (e. g. Aspergillus spp, Fusarium spp) which develop at high<br />
temperatures and humidity levels and may be present in a large number<br />
of foods. This group of toxins includes a number of compounds of varying<br />
toxicity and frequency in food. The mould may occur on the growing crop<br />
or after harvesting during storage or processing. Whilst the moulds can be<br />
considered as plant pathogens, the ingestion of the toxin can result in disease<br />
in animals and humans. Mycotoxins like aflatoxins and ochratoxin A are known<br />
to be carcinogenic.<br />
total<br />
pet food<br />
nuts, nut products and<br />
seeds<br />
herbs and spices<br />
fruit and vegetables<br />
feed materials<br />
dietetic foods, food<br />
supplements, fortified<br />
foods<br />
cocoa and cocoa<br />
preparations, coffee<br />
and tea<br />
cereals and bakery<br />
products<br />
aflatoxins 13 1 9 64 23 517 11 638<br />
deoxynivalenol (DON) 3 3<br />
fumonisins 1 1<br />
ochratoxin A 5 1 2 5 12 2 27<br />
8 http://foodallergens.ifr.ac.uk/<br />
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