Stopped at the border: red yeast rice extract from China over arsenic
RASFF 2026.5347: a consignment of red yeast rice extract from China was stopped at the border with arsenic at 0.504 mg/kg; it is to be destroyed.
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The European Commission validated RASFF notification 2026.5347 on 17 June 2026, notified by Croatia. It is a border control case: a consignment of red yeast rice extract weighing 25 kg, originating from China, was detained at the border.
Samples showed total arsenic at 0.504 mg/kg, and 0.551 ± 0.141 ppm, with inorganic arsenic As(III) + As(V) at 0.3528 ppm and 0.458 ± 0.0989 ppm. The risk is classified as potentially serious.
The product was held under customs seals and the measure taken is destruction in Croatia. As this was a border rejection, the product did not reach the shops.
More information is available from HAPIH: hapih.hr/potrosacki-kutak.
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