Stopped at the border: dried figs from Albania with aflatoxins
RASFF 2026.9527: border control stopped a consignment of dried figs from Albania because aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins exceed the permitted limits. Croatia notified the alert and ordered destruction.
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The European Commission validated RASFF notification 2026.9527 on 26 October 2026, a border rejection notification on dried figs originating from Albania.
The sample was taken on 14 October 2026 from a 10 kg cardboard box labelled Class II, harvest 2026. Total aflatoxins were 47.5 ± 8.2 µg/kg (maximum permitted 10 µg/kg) and aflatoxin B1 was 36.9 ± 8.0 µg/kg (maximum permitted 6 µg/kg).
The notification was made by Croatia. The consignment was detained at the border and was not distributed; the measure taken was destruction.
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