Operation Opson VI - batches of spices were rejected because of their composition

Publication date 28.4.2017 14.36 | Published in English on 28.4.2017 at 16.06
Press release

Finnish Customs informed on 26 April 2017 of batches of spices that were seized as a part of a global operation targeting food fraud.

Counterfeit foods seized in the global Opson VI operation – in Finland, the operation targeted consignments of spices

The rejected spices in Finland were

Product Non-compliant Brand Origin
organic curcuma powder pesticides (the amount also exceeded the MRL for conventionally produced curcuma) Organic Health Luomu Kurkuma, lot  4016, 15.9.2018 India
curcuma powder

Sudan dye, food labelling

Bluemeri Turmeric (haldi) powder, lot 31.8.2018

 India
chili powder Sudan dye, colorants, food labelling Neel Real Taste of India Chilli Powder Mild, lot 25.1.2018 India
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