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Over 40 recalls of food contaminated with pesticide ethylene oxide
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Thousands of foods withdrawn from market,but ethylene oxide risk for consumers is low
Sesame seeds from India main source of food scare
Sesame is a widely used ingredient in the food industry for bakery, biscuits, confectionery, snacks, health foods and ethnic foods. Thousands of these foods have been withdrawn from the market due to the presence in imported sesame foods of ethylene oxide, banned in the EU.
Tue, 09 Mar, 2021 - 18:39
Stephen Cadogan
The ethylene oxide food scare has continued in March, with more than ten alerts in the EU of the contaminant posing a serious threat in foods.
Banned in Europe in 1981 due to the risks from its toxicity, ethylene oxide has been found in thousands of foods, with the contamination mostly traced back to sesame seeds imported from India.
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #4
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #4
October-December 2020
Food safety events
During the fourth quarter of 2020, the INFOSAN Secretariat was involved in 23 food safety events involving 37 Member States. There were 11 events involving a biological hazard [
Salmonella (5),
(1) and
Clostridium botulinum (1)], 6 involving a chemical hazard [histamine (2), ethylene oxide (1), hydrogen peroxide (1), methanol (1), and an unspecified chemical solvent (1)], 3 involving an undeclared allergen [milk (1), mustard (1) and peanut (1)], and 3 involving a physical hazard [metal (2), and bone fragments (1)].
The food categories most commonly involved in these 23 events were milk and dairy products (7), herbs, spices and condiments (3), fish and other seafood (2), fruit and fruit products (2), nuts and oilseeds (2), snacks, desserts, and other foods (2), alcoholic