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Annual Report 2009 or its analogues without a prescription. Sildenafil is the active substance of the drug Viagra. Four notifications reported the presence of these substances in products sold as food supplements and one in chewing gum, all originating from China. Food poisoning Since 2008, the RASFF can identify those cases when a food poisoning lies at the basis of a RASFF notification. In 2009, there were 54 such cases recorded. This is more than double the number in 2008 and can probably be explained because of the improved identification of the basis for the notification. Details are given in the table below. The term food poisoning covers a broader spectrum of disease symptoms than the “classical” food poisoning caused by pathogenic bacteria or viruses. As can be seen from the table below, also undesirable chemicals, the wrong composition of a food supplement or a deficient labelling not mentioning an allergenic substance can be the cause of a food poisoning. In the table below, a food poisoning incident is called an outbreak when more than one person is involved. It is called a large outbreak if the symptoms reported in different geographical locations can be linked back to the same food. The table does not cover all outbreaks of food poisoning incidents that occurred in the EU in 2009. It does try to cover those incidents that lead to a RASFF notification. It is possible that there were food poisoning incidents that were the basis of a RASFF notification that were not identified as such. It is also possible that an incident was not reported to RASFF because the product and outbreak had a local character and had no consequences for other RASFF members. Case No Date Of Case Notification Reference Country Subject 1 14/01/2009 2009.0039 GB 2 16/01/2009 09-520 CS 3 21/01/2009 2009.0063 GB 4 30/01/2009 2009.0105 IT 5 02/02/2009 2009.0108 CS 6 04/02/2009 2009.0125 CS arsenic (12 mg/kg – ppm), lead (3.8 mg/ kg – ppm) and thallium (1.4 mg/kg – ppm) in mineral supplement drink from Austria foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in the USA possibly due to the consumption of peanut butter peanut butter flavoured snack bars from the United States possibly contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium histamine (1910/2051/104/2066/2229 mg/ kg – ppm) in canned tuna fillets in olive oil from Portugal suspicion of Salmonella in snack bars containing peanut butter from the United States suspicion of Salmonella in snack bars containing peanut ingredients from the United States persons affected* 2 large outbreak N/A 1 N/A N/A 7 11/02/2009 2009.0167 CS 8 19/02/2009 2009.0210 CS 9 20/02/2009 2009.0219 SI 10 20/02/2009 2009.0214 GB Salmonella in dietetic meals containing peanut paste from the United States suspicion of Salmonella in honey roasted peanuts and chipotle peanuts from the United States suspicion of Salmonella (in peanut ingredient) in candy bars from the United States suspicion of Salmonella in protein balls from the United Kingdom, with raw material from the United States N/A N/A N/A N/A 36
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Case No Date Of Case NotificationReference Country Subject 11 26/02/2009 2009.0242 DE 12 26/02/2009 2009.0244 SE 13 09/03/2009 2009.0290 ES Listeria monocytogenes (2100 CFU/g) in gorgonzola cheese from Italy, processed in Germany unauthorised substance nimesulide in food supplement containing an extract of Curcuma longa (turmeric) and DL-phenylalanine pro - cessed in Mexico, with raw material presumably from India, packaged in the United States Chinese star anise (Illicium verum) from Vietnam contaminated with Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum) persons affected* 1 9 2 14 23/03/2009 2009.0340 NO norovirus in Gigas oysters from Sweden 19 15 14/04/2009 2009.0468 HU 16 24/04/2009 2009.0524 GB 17 24/04/2009 2009.0520 ES 18 28/05/2009 09-563 FI 19 03/06/2009 2009.0696 NO 20 04/06/2009 2009.0712 ES 21 09/06/2009 2009.0732 FI 22 03/07/2009 2009.0854 FI 23 27/07/2009 2009.0984 DK 24 30/07/2009 2009.1005 IT 25 07/08/2009 2009.1041 IT 26 13/08/2009 2009.1058 IT 27 14/08/2009 2009.1064 IT 28 14/08/2009 2009.1062 FR 29 19/08/2009 2009.1082 FI 30 19/08/2009 2009.1085 FR 31 21/08/2009 09-573 FR 32 26/08/2009 2009.1104 IT 33 10/09/2009 2009.1187 DE undeclared gluten (53.9; 76.5 mg/kg – ppm) in organic gluten free bread mix from Ireland undeclared nuts (>200 mg/kg – ppm) in organic puffed rice from the United Kingdom high level of acidity (citric acid:4.41–4.95; pH (D100): 2.95–2.98 %) in liquid candy from Colombia adverse liver effects reported for users of Hydroxycut food supplement products Shigella sonnei in fresh sugar peas from Kenya, via Denmark foodborne outbreak caused by escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) from Panama norovirus (presence/25g) in frozen raspberries from Poland norovirus (genogroup 2) in frozen raspberries from Poland histamine (>1000 mg/kg – ppm) in fresh tuna fillets (Thunnus thynnus) dispatched from Germany foodborne outbreak (histamine poisoning) caused by fresh tuna loin from Sri Lanka histamine (643 mg/kg – ppm) in tuna in sunflower oil from Colombia histamine (3600 mg/kg – ppm) in fresh tuna loin (Thunnus albacares) from Sri Lanka histamine (1218; 1378 mg/kg – ppm) in fresh tuna from Sri Lanka foodborne outbreak (salmonellosis) caused by eggs from Germany foodborne outbreak suspected (Salmonella bovismorbificans) to be caused by alfalfa seeds for sprouting from Italy, via Sweden foodborne outbreak suspected (Salmonella enteritidis) to be caused by eggs from Spain unknown toxin (impairment symptoms and/or temporary loss of taste) in pine seeds from China and Pakistan, via China (Hong Kong) histamine (488 mg/kg – ppm) in fresh yellow fin tuna vacuum packed sashimi loins (Thunnus albacares) from Sri Lanka unauthorised substance sibutramine suspected in slimming product from the United Kingdom 1 1 2 1 12 2 20 large outbreak 4 7 1 3 2 4** 20 30** not known 2 1 37
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