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EU Alert - 17122025

17^th December, 2025

Dear Madam/Sir,

In order to keep the Indian exporters informed of the rejections faced by Indian products in the EU and to take preventive actions. FIEO is forwarding the Rapid Alert Systems for Food and Feed (RASFF) and for Non-Food Consumer Products (RAPEX) alerts on a weekly basis.

The alerts from EU generated during 9^th - 16^th December 2025 are as under:

Germany : Mineral oil residues (MOSH/MOAH) in rice from India, via Belgium
- Product: Food (Cereals and bakery products) - Rice
- Risk: Potentially Serious
- Notification type: Information notification for follow-up
- Action Taken: Prohibition to trade - sales ban
- Date: 12-12-2025

Austria : Food supplement with novel food ingredient from India
- Product: Food (Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods) - Food supplement
- Risk: Potential risk
- Notification type: Information notification for attention
- Action Taken: Product (to be) redispatched or destroyed
- Date: 12-12-2025

Belgium : Pesticides residues in food supplement from India
- Product: Food (Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods) - Food supplement
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Border rejection notification
- Action Taken: Destruction
- Date: 11-12-2025

Belgium : Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in black tea from India, via the Netherlands
- Product: Food (Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea) - Black tea
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Alert notification
- Action Taken: Public warning - press release
- Date: 11-12-2025

Belgium : Nitrofurans ((SEM) in shrimps from India
- Product: Food (Crustaceans and products thereof) - Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei
- Risk: Potentially Serious
- Notification type: Border rejection notification
- Action Taken: Product (to be) redispatched or destroyed
- Date: 11-12-2025

Netherlands : Chlorpyrifos in basmati rice from India
- Product: Food (Cereals and bakery products) - Rice
- Risk: Potentially Serious
- Notification type: Border rejection notification
- Action Taken: Official detention
- Date: 11-12-2025

Czech Republic : Chlorpyrifos in masala spice from India.
- Product: Food (Herbs and spices) - Sambhar masala spice
- Risk: Potentially Serious
- Notification type: Information notification for follow-up
- Action Taken: Informing recipient(s)
- Date: 10-12-2025

Norway : Chlorpyrifos in hulled sesame seeds from India
- Product: Food (Nuts, nut products and seeds) - Hulled sesame seeds
- Risk: Serious
- Notification type: Information notification for attention
- Action Taken: Detained by operator
- Date: 09-12-2025