Dear Dr Mutter,

The listing on excess mercury in food (below) might interest you. The fact the dentists can still poison patients to their hearts' content  show double standards all over the place.

Kind regards,

Dorothee Krien

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From: Ellen Connett <pesticides@fluoridealert.org >
Date: Sep 18, 2007 9:22 PM
Subject: [GAIA] Dioxins, Hg, DEHP: some info on food/feed contamination

Here's some data on dioxins, PCBs, DEHP, and Mercury from the EU's "Rapid
Alert System for Food and Feed."
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/archive_en.htm

DIOXINS
Date: 13/09/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.0633
Reason for notifying: dioxins (2.2 pg WHO TEQ/g) in supplementary feed for
ruminants from the CZECH REPUBLIC
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from recipient(s)
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week37-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 31/08/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.0595
Reason for notifying: dioxins (4.98 ng/kg - ppt) in feed-grade glycine from
CHINA
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product recall
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week35-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 03/08/2007
Notified by: Austria
Ref: 2007.0525
Reason for notifying: dioxins (66.78 pg WHO TEQ/g) in cod liver in oil and
own juice from POLAND via Germany
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week31-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 03/08/2007
Notified by: Austria
Ref: 2007.0526
Reason for notifying: dioxins (43.35 pg WHO TEQ/g) in cod liver in own oil
from POLAND via Denmark
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / no stock left
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week31-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 25/07/2007
Notified by: the Commission Services
Ref: 2007.0500
Reason for notifying: dioxins (406 pg WHO TEQ/g) and pentachlorophenol (4
mg/kg - ppm) in depolymerised guar gum from INDIA via Switzerland
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / informing recipients
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week30-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 25/07/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.0500
Reason for notifying: dioxins (in cod between4.24 and 11.2; in oil between
11.2 and 22 pg WHO TEQ/g) and dioxin like polychlorobifenyls in cod liver
chunks in own oilfrom POLAND
Type of Control: distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawl from sale
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week30-2007_en.pdf
Status:

DIOXINS
Date: 29/05/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.BHN
Reason for notifying: FEED:  dioxins (2.86 (88% DM) pg WHO TEQ/g) in dried
lucerne meal pellets from FRANCE
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution restricted to notifying country / prohitition to use
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week22-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 08/05/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.0317
Reason for notifying: dioxins (76.5; 36 pg WHO TEQ/g) in cod liver oil from
POLAND via Estonia
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from recipients
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week19-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 23/04/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.0285
Reason for notifying: dioxins (113 pg WHO TEQ/g) in smoked cod liver in own
oil from DENMARK
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / withdrawal from sale
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week17-2007_en.pdf

DIOXINS
Date: 17/01/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.0041
Reason for notifying: dioxins in canned liver of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Country of Origin:  POLAND
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week03-2007_en.pdf

PCBs
Date: 17/07/2007
Notified by: Belgium
Ref: 2007.BSW
Reason for notifying: polychlorobifenyls (85.5 µg/kg - ppb) in eel from the
UNITED STATES
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution restricted to notifying country / informing recipients
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week29-2007_en.pdf

PCBs
Date: 09/07/2007
Notified by: Belgium
Ref: 2007.0454
Reason for notifying: polychlorobifenyls (273 µg/kg - ppb) in eel from the
NETHERLANDS
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / no stock left
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week28-2007_en.pdf

DEHP
Date: 31/08/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.0600
Reason for notifying: migration of DEHP - di(2-ethylhexyl)phathalate (99
mg/kg - ppm) from lids of jars containing dried tomatoes in oil from TURKEY
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product recall
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week35-2007_en.pdf

DEHP
Date: 23/08/07
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.CAD
Reason for notifying: migration of DEHP - di(2-ethylhexyl) phalate (150
mg/kg - ppm) from lids of jars containing sesame paste from TURKEY
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution restricted to notifying country / product recall
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

DEHP
Date: 09/08/2007
Notified by: Greece
Ref: 2007.BXF
Reason for notifying: high content of DEHP -di(2-ethylhexyl) phathalate, of
DINP - di isononyl phthalate and of DNOP - din(n-octyl)phthalate in sealing
rink for pressure cookers from CHINA via Taiwan
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution restricted to notifying country / withdrawal from sale
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week32-2007_en.pdf

DEHP
Date:  11/07/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.BRR
Reason for notifying: migration of DEHP (140 mg/kg - ppm) from lids of jars
containing grilled eggplant salad from TURKEY
Type of Control: market control
Status: no stock left / withdrawal from sale
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week28-2007_en.pdf

DEHP
Date: 08/06/2007
Notified by: Greece
Ref: 2007.0380
Reason for notifying: migration of DEHP (13.6%) and of DINP (21.4%) from
plastic spoons for babies from CHINA
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product recall
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week23-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 14/09/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.0641
Reason for notifying: mercury (2.8 mg/kg - ppm) in chilled SWORDFISH
(Xiphias gladius) from FRANCE
Type of Control: market control
Status:  distribution on the market (possible) / product (to be) destroyed
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week37-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 13/09/2007
Notified by:  France
Ref: 2007.CDK
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.68 mg/kg - ppm) in swordfish (Xiphias
gladius) from BRAZIL
Type of Control: border control - import rejected
Status: no distribution / reinforced by checking
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week37-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 06/09/2007
Notified by: Italy nmar
Ref: 2007.0615
Reason for notifying:  mercury (1.21 mg/kg - ppm) in swordfish (Xiphias
gladius) from SPAIN
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product (to be) returned to
dispatcher
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week36-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 05/09/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.CCK
Reason for notifying: mercury (2.06 mg/kg - ppm) in vacuum packed swordfish
fillets (Xiphias gladius)
Type of Control: market control
Status: PRODUCT ALREADY CONSUMED / NO STOCK LEFT
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week36-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 06/06/2007
Notified by: Spain
Ref: 2007.CCN
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.9 mg/kg - ppm) in shortfin mako (Isurus
oxyrinchus) from URUGUAY
Type of Control: border control - import rejected
Status: no distribution product (to be) re-dispatched
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week36-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 06/09/2007
Notified by: Portugal
Ref: 2007.CCO
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.54 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen moro from PANAMA
Type of Control: border control - import rejected
Status: no distribution product (to be) re-dispatched
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week36-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 31/08/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.0598
Reason for notifying: mercury (3.0 mg/kg - ppm) in smoked swordfish loins
(Xiphias gladius) from DENMARK
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product detained
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week35-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 27/08/2007
Notified by: Germany
Ref: 2007.CAN
Reason for notifying: mercury (638 µg/kg - ppb) in gutted red grouper
(Epinephelus morio) from BRAZIL
Type of Control: border control - screening sample
Status: distribution restricted to notifying country / product (to be)
destroyed
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week35-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 31/08/2007
Notified by: France
Ref: 2007.CBN
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.386 mg/kg - ppm) in fresh swordfish
(Xiphias gladius) from VIETNAM
Type of Control: border control - screening sample
Status: product expired (exceeded use-by-date) / reinforced checking
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week35-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 20/08/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.0567
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.99 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen swordfish from
SPAIN
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product recall
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 24/08/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.0581
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.6 mg/kg - ppm) in swordfish (Xiphias
glaudius) from SPAIN
Type of Control: market control
Status: distribution on the market (possible) / product detained
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: Italy
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.BYS
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.7 mg/kg - ppm) in slices of fresh swordfish
(Xiphias gladius) from SPAIN
Type of Control: market control
Status: product expired (exceeded use-by date) / product (to be) destroyed
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 20/08/2007
Notified by: Greece
Ref: 2007.BYT
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.7 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen blue shark
(Prionace glauca) from CHINA
Type of Control: border control - import rejected
Status: no distribution / product (to be) re-dispatched
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 20/08/07
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.BYY
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.8 Mg/kg - ppm) in fresh swordfish (Xiphias
gladius) from SPAIN
Type of Control: border control - import rejected
Status: PRODUCT ALREADY CONSUMED / REINFORCED CHECKING
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 22/08/2007
Notified by: Italy
Ref: 2007.BZU
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.68 mg/kg - ppm) in fresh swordfish (Xiphias
gladius)  from SPAIN
Type of Control: market control
Status: product expired (exceeded use-by date) / no stock left
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/reports/week34-2007_en.pdf

MERCURY
Date: 23/08/07
Notified by: France
Ref: 2007.BZY
Reason for notifying: mercury (1.799 mg/kg - ppm) in fresh shark (Xiphas
gladius) from MAURITIUS
Type of Control: border control - screening sample
Status: product expired (exceeded use-by date) / reinforced checking


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