United States — Cereals and Bakery Products — Other
United States received 12 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Cereals and Bakery Products between 2020-Q2 and 2023-Q1. Volume peaked at 9 in 2020-Q4, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are colour E 102 - tartrazine, colour E 129 - Allura Red AC, and colour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCF.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020-Q2 | 0 |
| 2020-Q3 | 2 |
| 2020-Q4 | 9 |
| 2021-Q1 | 0 |
| 2021-Q2 | 0 |
| 2021-Q3 | 0 |
| 2021-Q4 | 0 |
| 2022-Q1 | 0 |
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2023.2060 Non permitted food additives in breakfast cereals from the USA Notified by Ireland. Destroyed. Result 13. colour E 102 - tartrazinelabelling
- 2020.5933 'Matey's' Breakfast cereal rejected due to excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 78 ± 5. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.5478 'Lucky Charms' Breakfast cereal rejected due to excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 238 ± 15 (limit Combined 300 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4542 Non permitted addiitives to breakfast cereals (Froot Loops) Notified by United Kingdom. Result 34.7. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4314 Lucky Charms Cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched. Result 218 ± 13 (limit total colours 822 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4171 Lucky Charms - excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Result 234 ± 15. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4170 Lucky Charms cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Result 200 ± 12. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4169 Lucky Charms Cereal - Colours in excess of maximum levels Notified by United Kingdom. Result 755 (limit 300 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 129 - Allura Red AC
- 2020.4149 Non-permitted colours Hershey's Kisses Notified by United Kingdom. Result 122 (limit Not permitted in breakfast cereals mg/kg - ppm). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.4148 Froot LoopsBreakfast Cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Result 25 +/-2 mg/kg (limit 0 /mg). colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.3912 'Lucky Charms Honey Clovers' Breakfast cereal rejected due to excess colours Notified by United Kingdom. Result 162. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2020.3661 Excess Colours In General mills 'Lucky Charms' Cereal Notified by United Kingdom. Result 160. colour E 102 - tartrazinecolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 129 - Allura Red ACcolour E 133 - Brilliant Blue FCF
- 2019.4365 deossinivalenolo Notified by Italy. deoxynivalenol (DON)
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned other from United States found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 4 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 33%, official control on the market 33%, monitoring or surveillance sample 17%, at the EU border 17%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2023.8878 alertPesticide residues in bagels Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.58 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2023.8798 info: attentionUnauthorised additive titanium dioxide E171 in breakfast cereal from United States Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, not on the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.8168 info: follow-upConsignment Baking mixes and jelly's not presented for veterinary controls at BCP Rotterdam Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2022.3182 info: follow-upUnauthorised novel food ingredient monk fruit extract in granola Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2021.4064 alertHoher Gehalt an anorganischem Arsen in Bio Gerstengrassaftpulver aus den USA, über Deutschland Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 2,2. arsenic
- 2020.0566 info: attentionpresence of unauthorised additives in breakfast cereals Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 605.7 (limit 35 mg/kg - ppm). E 321 - butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)colourcolour E 100 - Curcumincolour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCF+2 more
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