Safefood 360° RISK Assessment Tool Report:
April 2023
174 food safety alerts have been reported globally, indicating a 54% decrease from April 2022 (378 alerts).
The number of food safety alerts in the previous six months
Apr 2023: 174 cases
What is the Safefood 360° RISK Assessment Tool?
Safefood 360° RISK is a standalone solution that provides entry-level, line-of-sight risk analysis using big data sources to gain an exact measure of risk in the supply chain, scan for potential risk trends, and provide valuable input into the development of local HACCP and PCP plans. It is specifically designed for food safety managers and auditors, bringing world-class risk assessment capabilities directly into the food business – enabling
food safety practitioners to source and use risk data in a comprehensive format.
For more information, please watch our on-demand webinar about RISK.
Why do we need the Safefood 360° RISK Assessment Tool?
Safefood 360° RISK uses internal and external data sets that helps food safety managers to quickly underpin their assessments and decisions with scientific data, developing robust food safety and supply chain programs.
RISK pulls hourly updates from EU RASFF and the World Bank for the most up-to-date data you can then visualise in geographical and global heat maps, in addition to the ability to drill down into the source data. By just utilizing their reports, the information needs to be taken one by one, which can be time-consuming for an individual business operator – subscribing to RISK saves your Food Safety Managers time in daily operations.
RISK also includes data from FDA food alerts in its beta version mode. Request a demo for more details from our technical consultants.
How do we use this data?
Safefood 360° RISK enables food businesses to make better food safety, fraud, governance and sustainability decisions. It contains a wide range of tools and features, including:
– Identifying emerging food safety trends globally based on your products, hazards and material sources.
– Assessing risk associated with your suppliers and products using reliable data sets and analytical methods.
– Rapidly profiling your products, materials, ingredients and suppliers against food safety and governance indicator data.
– Providing tailored business intelligence, analytics, KPI dashboards and automatic reporting to your team for Enterprise users.
April 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Country
The top 5 alerts come from (in descending order): Turkey (18), India (12), Germany (11), Netherlands (11), Ukraine (10).
April 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Product Category
The top 5 alerts are categorised (in descending order): Fruits and vegetables (32), Nuts & nuts-related products (18), Herbs and Spices (16), Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods (14) and Feed Materials (11).
April 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Hazard Category
The top 5 alerts relate to (in descending order): Not categorised (45), Pesticide Residues (40), Pathogenic Micro-organism (38), Mycotoxins(13), Non-pathogenic Micro-organisms (5), Migration (5) and Heavy Metals (5).
(To understand more about the individual hazards, browse our technical datasheets)
April 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Actions Taken
The top 5 actions taken are (in descending order): Withdrawal From The Market (24), Recall from Consumer (16), Official Dentetntion (16), None (13), and Informing Authorities (13).
Recent Food Recalls 2023 (April) /Food Product Recalls 2023 (April)
What food is being recalled right now?
| Date | Location | Product-Description | Recall-Reason-Description |
| 04/03/2023 | US | Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bar | Undeclared tree nuts (cashew) |
| 04/05/2023 | US | White Cheddar Cheese Popped Water Lily Seeds | Undeclared milk |
| 04/05/2023 | US | Lettuce & Salad Kits | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 04/07/2023 | US | Salad Kits | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 04/07/2023 | US | Lettuce & Salad Kits | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 04/10/2023 | US | Premade Salads | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination |
| 04/12/2023 | US | Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bar | Undeclared tree nuts (cashew) |
| 04/12/2023 | US | Ajhei Sanuki Udon Noodle | Undeclared fish |
| 04/13/2023 | US | Super Kids Colostrum, Dietary Supplement | Undeclared milk |
| 04/18/2023 | US | Pretzels | Undeclared Milk |
| 04/18/2023 | US | Crab dip, cocktail sauce, coleslaw, crabcake | Undeclared egg, fish, milk, soy and wheat |
| 04/19/2023 | US | Chick peas, Peanuts, Peanut Spread, Cashew Nuts | Undeclared milk |
| 04/19/2023 | US | Madras Curry Powder (CA RI NI AN DO “KIM TU THAP”) | Undeclared peanuts |
| 04/20/2023 | US | Ground cumin | Salmonella |
| 04/21/2023 | US | Mini treats, Banana Nut Flavor & Birthday Cake Flavor | Undeclared egg |
| 04/22/2023 | US | GEISHA Medium Shrimp, 4 oz can | Potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum |
| 04/22/2023 | US | Pretzels | Undeclared milk |
| 04/25/2023 | US | Greek Yogurt | Product may contain undeclared egg allergen |
| 04/25/2023 | US | Blueberry Peach Crisp | Product may contain undeclared almonds |
| 04/27/2023 | US | Turkey and Havarti Sandwich, 8.55 oz | Undeclared Sesame Allergen |
| 04/27/2023 | US | Turkey and Havarti Sandwich | Product may contain undeclared sesame in bread |
| 04/27/2023 | US | Various Dietary Supplement Capsules | Unapproved Hordenine and octodrine/DMHA (1,5-dimethylhexylamine) |
| 04/28/2023 | US | Turkey and Havarti Sandwich | Undeclared allergen, sesame |
| 04/28/2023 | US | All Purpose Flour, bleached and unbleached | Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella |
| 04/17/2023 | UK | Arrabbiata Sauce | Undeclared milk |
| 04/28/2023 | UK | Capricorn Somerset Goat Cheese | Microbiological contamination |
| 04/15/2023 | UK | Onion Rings | Undeclared milk |
| 04/06/2023 | UK | Free From Bran Flakes | Undeclared milk |
Safefood 360° RISK is an ideal solution for food safety practitioners across the entire food supply chain. To get the latest food news, recalls and alerts from Safefood 360°, click request demo to talk with our technical specialists about how we can help.
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