Table F.1.
Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reports on the presence of Solanum nigrum in food products
| Product category | Date | Reference | Product type | Notification type | Notification basis | Notified by | Countries concerned | Subject | Action taken | Distribution status | Risk decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietetic foods, food supplements, fortified foods | 9‐5‐2018 | 2018.1276 | Food | Information for follow‐up | Official control on the market | Poland | Cyprus (D), Germany (D), Greece (D), India (O), Italy (D), Latvia, Poland (D), Romania (D), Slovenia (D), Spain | Solanum nigrum and unauthorised novel food ingredients Cassia occidentalis, Achillea millefolium and Tamarix gallica in food supplement from India, via Latvia and via Spain | Distribution to other member countries | Undecided | |
| Dietetic foods, food supplements, fortified foods | 9‐5‐2018 | 2018.1278 | Food | Information for follow‐up | Official control on the market | Poland | Austria (D), Bulgaria (D), Cyprus (D), France (D), Germany (D), Greece (D), India (O), Italy (D), Latvia, Lithuania (D), Poland (D), Portugal (D), Romania (D), Slovakia (D), Slovenia (D), Spain (D), United Kingdom (D) | Solanum nigrum and unauthorised novel food ingredients Cassia occidentalis, Achillea millefolium and Tamarix gallica in food supplement from India, via Latvia and via Spain | Distribution to other member countries | Undecided | |
| Dietetic foods, food supplements, fortified foods | 6‐3‐2015 | 2015.AKE | Food | Border rejection | Border control – consignment detained | Portugal | India (O), Portugal | Unauthorised placing on the market (Solanum nigrum, Sida cordifolia Operculina turpethum and Nepeta hindostana) of food supplements from India | Import not authorised | Product not (yet) placed on the market | Undecided |
| Fruits and vegetables | 7‐6‐2013 | 2013.0804 | Food | Alert | Official control on the market | Germany | Germany (D), Netherlands (O) | Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) in young green beans from the Netherlands | Recall from consumers | Distribution restricted to notifying country | Serious |
| Fruits and vegetables | 18‐2‐2004 | 2004.086 | Food | Alert | Consumer complaint | France | Belgium (O), France (D) | Foreign body (50 green solanum nigrum in 2 samples) in frozen green beans | Product recall or withdrawal | Undecided | |
| Fruits and vegetables | 6‐11‐1985 | 1985.15 | Food | Alert | Germany | Germany, Netherlands (O) | Solanum nigrum (Berries of solanum nigrum) in beans – canned | Undecided | |||
| Fruits and vegetables | 13‐10‐1982 | 1982.07 | Food | Alert | Italy | Belgium (O), Italy | Solanum nigrum in Green beans – quick‐frozen | Undecided |