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Incident Prevention Update: March 2026

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• Update you on our current work
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Content summary:

• Recent incidents
• Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) incident summary
• Signals and emerging issues
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Animal feed and pet food incidents
• Did you know?
• New FSA and Institute for Grocery Distribution (IGD) incidents framework 
• Publications you may have missed

Pathogenic micro-organisms

• Salmonella, including serovars Enteritidis, Typhimurium, Minnesota and Infantis were identified in poultry products; raw chicken cuts, boneless chicken portions and mechanically processed chicken as well as other meat products, raw pet food and animal feed.
• Listeria monocytogenes was predominantly associated with milk and dairy products, particularly cheeses and ready-to-eat dairy items and appeared occasionally in fish products.
• Bacillus cereus, was linked with herbs and spices
• Clostridium perfringens in spices

Pesticides

• Chlorpyrifos and other pesticide residues (including thiamethoxam, azoxystrobin and ethylene oxide) were repeatedly detected in cumin, turmeric, mixed herb blends, and dried legumes and nuts.

Allergens

• Undeclared peanuts, almonds, sesame and milk appeared repeatedly in chocolate bars, nougat-style products, “Dubai-style” chocolates and cereal based snacks.

Border Control Failures

• Errors included missing precautionary statements, incorrect allergen emphasis and misdescribed product names.

Mycotoxins

• Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin A, commonly linked to nuts, seeds, dried fruits and confectionery containing nut ingredients.

Heavy Metals

• Lead and cadmium were identified in meat products, supplements, spices, and seed-based foods.

Border Control Failures

• Missing documentation, mis-declared product categories and imports failing identity or approval checks.

• Opium Alkaloids, Blue Poppy (Czech Republic)
• Salmonella Newport in frozen goose meat (Poland)
• Moths in bread mixes (Sweden)
• Mould in cacao powder (Spain)
• Exceeding the MRL for cadmium in pine nuts (China)

Potential risk:

Pathogenic micro-organisms

• Salmonella spp. in poultry meat (Romania)

Trace elements

• Prohibited chemical forms of selenium, chromium and molybdenum in food supplements (United States)

Pesticides

• Chlorpyrifos-methyl in oranges (Spain)

Novel-foods/unauthorised foods

• Multiple unauthorised novel ingredients in a food supplement including Trametes versicolor (China, United States); Garcinia mangostana (United States); NMN (Germany); Juglans nigra (black walnut) (Poland)
• Unauthorised novel food (Cassia senna) in tea (Thailand) x 2
• Unauthorised novel food in black cumin seeds (Pakistan)
• Unauthorised novel food (Cordyceps militaris) in mushroom (China)
• A food supplement containing pancreatin produced (EU)
• Finding of prohibited substance yohimbine in a food supplement (Hong Kong)

Other

• Multiple alerts for titanium dioxide (E171) in confectionary (China, United States, Lithuania)
• High content of volatile organic compounds in silicone baking mould from (China)
• Opium alkaloids in poppy paste (Poland)
• High content of melatonin in food supplement (United States)

Potentially serious:

Pathogenic micro-organisms

• Salmonella spp. in chicken meat (Poland)
• Multiple alerts for cereulide in infant formula (France, Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands Germany)
• Presumptive Bacillus cereus in Ginger from (India)

Pesticides

• Exceeding the MRL for pesticide residues – anthraquinone in black leaf tea (Sri Lanka)
• Pesticide residue carbofuran in organic kidney beans (China)

Medicinal residue

• Sibutramin in single-dose tea packs (Türkiye)
• Unapproved novel food with Dehydroepiandrosterone (United States)
• Prohibited substance danthron in food supplements (Russian Federation)

Metals

• Excess aluminium in a drinking bottle (China)

Undeclared allergens

• Unlabelled/incorrectly labelled allergen (sulfite) in non-alcoholic beverage (Spain)

Other

• High levels of hydrocyanic acid and cyanogenic glycosides in ground flax seeds (Spain, raw material from Poland)
• Excessive cyanide content in almond biscuits (Italy)

Serious:

Pathogenic micro-organisms

• Salmonella spp. in Chicken fillet (Poland)
• Detection of Salmonella spp. and presumptive Bacillus cereus in food supplements (Germany)
• Presence of botulinum toxin-producing clostridia and botulinum toxin in preserved vegetables (Napolitan-style broccoli friarielli) (Italy)
• Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in goat cheese (France)

Pesticides

• Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in pollen (Poland and Ukraine)
• Chlorpyrifos in limes (Brazil)

Heavy metals

• Presence of heavy metals (cadmium and lead) in a glass cup (China)
  Cadmium in pinenut kernels (China)

Medicinal residue

• Sibutramine and sildenafil in supplements (Turkiye)

Undeclared allergens

• Presence of gluten in buckwheat flour labelled as gluten free (Spain)
• Peanuts and nuts undeclared in chocolate covered raisins (Netherlands)
• Undeclared allergen mustard in wheat protein (France)
• Unlabelled allergen (peanut) in Dubai-style chocolate (Türkiye)
• Gluten in gluten-free corn puffs (Poland)

Mycotoxins

• Ochratoxin A in coffee (Germany)
• Aflatoxin B1 in dried chilli peppers (Ecuador)

Other

• Ethylene-oxide in Kurkuma (China)
• Lipophilic toxins scallops (Spain)
• Possible presence of micro glass fragments in bottles (Italy)
• Histamine in Mahi Mahi fillets (China)
• Migration of formaldehyde and melamine from chopsticks (China)
• Exceeding the acceptable daily intake of vitamins B5 and B6 in food supplements (United States)
• Bits of metal and rubber in dry soup mixes and other dry mixes (Netherlands)
• Metal particles in cooked Kadayif (Netherlands)

The FSA defines ‘signals’ as issues that indicate potential threats or risks to the UK supply chain. FSA Incident Prevention approach focus is on preventing food and feed safety incidents. These incidents may be food or animal feed safety risks, standards or non-compliance issues that pose burden, mis-descriptions and non-compliances that mislead consumers and in-turn prevent consumer information and consumer choice. The work of the FSA to prevent impacts arising from incidents, is not limited to issues which pose food safety concern.

Identifying and understanding signals involves identifying, triaging and understanding information and risks from multiple sources, both domestic and international.    

How the FSA manage signals

We rely on a bespoke Food Signals Dashboard system, calibrated and aligned to meet specific FSA prioritisation criteria, including food and feed types, hazard types, and level of risk and consumer impact.   

Food supplements

Between April 2025 and February 2026, 549 signals linked to food supplements were identified and processed by the FSA signal monitoring function. Hazards and issues identified in signals triaged by the FSA were compositional non-compliances, including excess vitamins and minerals, (notably vitamins D, B6, A and iron), unauthorised substances, labelling deficiencies and (unlabelled or incorrectly labelled ingredients). Other food safety concerns identified, albeit at a lower frequency but are potentially serious included pathogenic micro-organisms, [i.e. Salmonella spp.], undeclared allergens and heavy metals.

Figure 1 below shows the total number and percentage (%) of the main hazard categories identified in signals; compositional issues was the highest reported hazard, [49%], followed by novel foods, [22%], pathogenic micro-organisms, [8%], labelling related non-compliances, [5%], non-compliance, [5%], other hazards, [5%], allergens, [4%] and heavy metals, [2%].

During this period, we have observed an increase of non-compliance reports in supplements for compositional failures, non-compliant novel foods, and Salmonella spp. contamination, in particular botanical powders. The country of origin with the highest number of signals identified for supplements was the United States, [123], primarily for composition and unauthorised substances.

The FSA has recently updated its supplement guidance for consumers.

Infant formula

As of 13 February 2026, the FSA has identified 198 signals linked to the global recall of infant formula products because of cereulide contamination. Signals were first detected on 11 December 2025 from Sweden, Finland, France and Italy with no indication at the time that the UK were impacted.

No further signals were identified until 5 January 2026 when Nestlé undertook a global recall which was confirmed to impact the UK. The FSA published a product recall information notice (PRIN) alert to amplify this, which was updated as new information became available. Product recalls were later undertaken by other manufacturers, and a product recall undertaken by Danone was also confirmed to impact the UK, and similarly, a further PRIN was published by the FSA to amplify messaging. The source of the contamination was identified as arachidonic acid (ARA) oil originating from China. ARA is an omega-6 fatty acid added to infant formula to mimic breast milk composition.   

On 2 February the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a rapid risk assessment and established an acute reference dose (ARfD) for cereulide in infants and established cereulide concentrations in infant formula of potential safety concern. 

Bacillus cereus is a spore-forming bacterium that can contaminate a range of food products and when allowed to grow, certain strains can produce cereulide toxin. Cereulide is an emetic, heat-stable toxin that is unlikely to be deactivated or destroyed by heat treatment. Symptoms of cereulide toxin poisoning are most commonly vomiting but may include stomach cramping and diarrhoea. Symptoms usually have a rapid onset between 15 minutes to up to 6 hours after ingestion. Read the UK Health Security Agency Health Protection Report for more information.

Report a food incident

Food and feed businesses have a legal obligation to notify their competent authority if food or feed they have imported, produced, processed, manufactured, or distributed may be unsafe, where it has left their immediate control. The requirement is for this notification to be ‘immediate.’ This means, businesses should not wait until their next inspection, audit, or intervention. Where a business has a primary authority (PA) arrangement, notifying the PA cannot replace the need to notify the competent authority, i.e. the authority that enforces the business. Competent Authorities have in turn a statutory obligation to notify the FSA incident team for the country, in serious or non-localised incidents.

How to report: Notify your Competent Authority, (local authority, Port Health Authority). In the case of FSA approved establishments, notify the Official Veterinarian (OV), and where there is not the routine presence of an OV, inform the Field Veterinary Coordinator, (FVC). If you are the competent authority, inform the FSA by following details on how to inform the FSA incident team about an incident.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Animal feed and pet food incidents

The animal feed and pet food sectors operate in a fast‑moving landscape where regulatory expectations and customer demands continue to rise. From meeting strict EU feed legislation and getting labelling right, to ensuring the consistent quality and safety of raw materials and finished products, manufacturers face complex challenges to successfully navigate this environment.

We’ve taken a closer look at the animal feed and pet food incidents reported to the FSA over the past five years. By examining the RCA submitted by industry, we’re gaining clearer insights into the key risks and recurring challenges across the sector. These learnings not only strengthen our collective understanding of why incidents happen but also highlight best practice examples that can help businesses prevent similar issues in the future.

An overview of the outcome of our investigation will be published shortly – this will be available on the FSA website. We will keep you informed as to when this goes live.

We’ve established a series of joint working groups, working closely with industry, to focus on improving the use of RCA as a tool to prevent re-occurrence of incidents. Improved and increased use of root cause analysis not only benefits the business directly involved and impacted by the incident, but it also benefits businesses across the sector from the learnings and insights shared.

Did you know?

RCA working groups

The FSA and FSS continue to progress their RCA programme through a series of initiatives, including a strategic level RCA Steering Committee (SC) and a tactical level RCA Technical Working Group (TWG). These groups oversee a series of subject expert led operational level sub-groups, collectively working to strengthen the consistency and value of RCA process, procedures, buy-in, adoption and value. This is expected to optimise benefits for incident prevention, primarily for industry but also more widely across impacted stakeholders. The TWG operationalises the workplan of the SC and is supported by four specialist subgroups:

• The Salmonella in Raw Meat and Poultry Sub-Group brings together sector and veterinary expertise to review sanitised RCA data, identify trends, highlight challenges in RCA submission quality, and propose improvements that will increase the usefulness of RCAs in Salmonella related incidents
• The Salmonella in Raw Meat and Poultry Drafting Group progresses the recommendations of the parent Sub-Group and develops industry-focussed good/best practice and guidance packages
• The RCA Categories and Definitions Sub-Group is reviewing the categories, definitions and terminology used in RCA reporting forms and subsequent data analysis. Its aim is to improve clarity, consistency and usability for all stakeholders involved in submitting, managing, or interpreting RCA data, and to identify improvements across the RCA process from submission through to reporting
• The Peanut in Herbs and Spices Sub-Group is made up of retailers, manufacturers, trade bodies, independent experts, and representatives from both the FSA and FSS. It aims to identify trends, improve allergen management guidance, strengthen education across industry and local authorities, and shape future communication and prevention actions

Together, these groups are focused on ensuring the RCA framework is robust, clearer for users, and more valuable in supporting regulatory and industry learning.

New FSA and Institute for Grocery Distribution (IGD) incidents framework

The FSA is working with the IGD to establish a joint incidents response framework with an aim for government and industry to work in a more co-ordinated way when a complex incident or outbreak occurs.

The IGD, who are members of the Food Industry Liaison Group (FILG), approached the FSA in the aftermath of the Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O145 outbreak in 2024 and offered to facilitate during complex incidents and outbreaks.

The key to prevention is early detection to inform an early response.

We know it is critical to ensure businesses have the right information at the right time, instead of trying to act on their behalf it is more beneficial to provide the information to enable industry to act.

Over the last 6 months, we have worked closely with IGD and some of its members to co-develop a new framework aimed at:

• Giving us a more coordinated, faster and smarter way to work together.
• Ensuring the right people are connected at the right time, building greater trust between the FSA and the wider food industry. 
• Making us more resilient and better equipped to keep consumers safe in an increasingly complex food system.

The framework is currently being finalised by the FSA, UKHSA, IGD and their technical leader’s forum  

We’re excited to have a soft trial of the framework with a real-life incident in the coming weeks.

Once the development work is completed, the relevant guidance documents will be published.

Publications you may have missed

• CFA publishes: Timely New Industry-led UK Ready to Eat Foods Safety and Shelf Life Guidance - Chilled Food Association
• Antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2023–2024 | EFSA
• IFST and Campden BRI Seminar Programme at IFE Manufacturing 2026 | Institute of Food Science and Technology
• EFSA publishes: Re‐evaluation of sucralose (E 955) as a food additive and evaluation of a new application on extension of use of sucralose (E 955) in fine bakery wares - - 2026 - EFSA Journal - Wiley Online Library

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Diweddariad ar Atal Digwyddiadau: Mawrth 2026

Annwyl Danysgrifiwr,

Croeso i’n diweddariad ar atal digwyddiadau. Ym mhob rhifyn, byddwn yn:

• tynnu sylw at y prif risgiau a’r problemau sy’n effeithio ar y diwydiant bwyd
• rhannu arferion gorau er mwyn cryfhau ymateb y diwydiant i ddigwyddiadau bwyd
• rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i chi am ein gwaith cyfredol
• darparu diweddariadau o’r diwydiant i’r diwydiant

Eich adborth

Defnyddiwch y ffurflen hon i rannu eich barn ar fformat a strwythur y cylchlythyr, i roi gwybod pa mor ddefnyddiol ydyw, ac i gynnig syniadau ar gyfer eitemau y dylem eu cynnwys mewn rhifynnau yn y dyfodol.

Tanysgrifio i gael diweddariadau

Mae diweddariad yr ASB ar atal digwyddiadau ar gael trwy danysgrifiad am ddim. Os anfonwyd yr e-bost hwn ymlaen atoch, gallwch danysgrifio isod a chael diweddariadau yn y dyfodol yn syth i’ch mewnflwch. Rydym yn anfon y diweddariadau hyn drwy wasanaeth cylchlythyr e-bost. Os ydych chi’n gymdeithas fasnach, rhannwch y fersiwn hon gyda’ch aelodau ac anogwch nhw i danysgrifio’n uniongyrchol i rifynnau yn y dyfodol. 

Crynodeb o’r cynnwys:

• Crynodeb o ddigwyddiadau diweddar
• System Rhybuddio Cyflym ar gyfer Bwyd a Bwyd Anifeiliaid (RASFF)
• Signalau a materion sy’n dod i’r amlwg
• Dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem: digwyddiadau cysylltiedig â bwyd anifeiliaid a bwyd anifeiliaid anwes
• Oeddech chi’n gwybod?
• Fframwaith digwyddiadau newydd yr ASB a’r Sefydliad Dosbarthu Nwyddau Groser (IGD) 
• Ydych chi wedi gweld y cyhoeddiadau hyn?

Micro-organebau pathogenig

• Canfuwyd Salmonela , gan gynnwys y serofarau Enteritidis, Typhimurium, Minnesota ac Infantis, mewn cynhyrchion dofednod, darnau cyw iâr amrwd, darnau cyw iâr di-asgwrn a chyw iâr wedi’i brosesu’n fecanyddol yn ogystal â chynhyrchion cig eraill, a bwyd anifeiliaid a bwyd anifeiliaid anwes amrwd.
• Roedd Listeria monocytogenes yn gysylltiedig yn bennaf â llaeth a chynhyrchion llaeth, yn enwedig cawsiau ac eitemau llaeth parod i’w bwyta ac fe’i canfuwyd yn achlysurol mewn cynhyrchion pysgod.
• Roedd Bacillus cereus yn gysylltiedig â pherlysiau a sbeisys.
• Roedd Clostridium perfringens mewn sbeisys.

Plaladdwyr

• Canfuwyd clorpyriffos a gweddillion plaladdwyr eraill (gan gynnwys thiamethocsam, asocsystrobin ac ethylen ocsid) dro ar ôl tro mewn cwmin, tyrmerig, cymysgeddau perlysiau cymysg, a chodlysiau a chnau sych.

Alergenau

• Ymddangosodd pysgnau, cnau almon, sesame a llaeth heb eu datgan dro ar ôl tro mewn bariau siocled, cynhyrchion tebyg i nougat, siocledi ‘dull Dubai’ a byrbrydau yn seiliedig ar rawnfwyd.

Methiannau mewn perthynas â rheolaethau ar y ffin

• Roedd y gwallau’n cynnwys datganiadau rhagofalus ar goll, pwyslais anghywir ar alergenau ac enwau cynhyrchion wedi’u camddisgrifio.

Mycotocsinau

• Afflatocsin ac Ochratocsin A, a gysylltir yn gyffredin â chnau, hadau, ffrwythau sych a melysion sy’n cynnwys cynhwysion cnau.

Metelau trwm

• Canfuwyd plwm a chadmiwm mewn cynhyrchion cig, atchwanegiadau, sbeisys a bwydydd sy’n seiliedig ar hadau.

Methiannau mewn perthynas â rheolaethau ar y ffin

• Dogfennaeth ar goll, categorïau cynnyrch wedi’u camddatgan, a mewnforion yn methu gwiriadau adnabod neu gymeradwyaeth.

System Rhybuddio Cyflym ar gyfer Bwyd a Bwyd Anifeiliaid (RASFF) – crynodeb o ddigwyddiadau: 1 Tachwedd 2025 i 31 Ionawr 2026

• Alcaloidau Opiwm, Pabi Glas (Y Weriniaeth Tsiec)
• Salmonela Newport mewn cig gŵydd wedi’i rewi (Gwlad Pwyl)
• Gwyfynod mewn cymysgeddau bara (Sweden)
• Llwydni mewn powdr cacao (Sbaen)
• Achosion o fynd y tu hwnt i’r lefel uchaf o weddillion a ganiateir (MRL) ar gyfer cadmiwm mewn cnau pîn (Tsieina)

Risg bosib:

Micro-organebau pathogenig

• Salmonela spp. mewn cig dofednod (Rwmania)

Elfennau hybrin

• Ffurfiau cemegol gwaharddedig o seleniwm, cromiwm a molybdenwm mewn atchwanegiadau bwyd (Unol Daleithiau America)

Plaladdwyr

• Clorpyriffos-methyl mewn orenau (Sbaen)

Bwydydd newydd/bwydydd anawdurdodedig

• Cynhwysion newydd, anawdurdodedig lluosog mewn atchwanegiad bwyd, gan gynnwys Trametes versicolor (Tsieina, Unol Daleithiau America); Garcinia mangostana (Unol Daleithiau America); NMN (Yr Almaen); Juglans nigra (cnau Ffrengig du) (Gwlad Pwyl)
• Bwyd newydd anawdurdodedig (Cassia senna) mewn te (Gwlad Thai) x 2
• Bwyd newydd anawdurdodedig mewn hadau cwmin du (Pacistan)
• Bwyd newydd anawdurdodedig (Cordyceps militaris) mewn madarch (Tsieina)
• Atchwanegiad bwyd sy’n cynnwys pancreatin wedi’i gynhyrchu (UE)
• Canfod y sylwedd gwaharddedig yohimbine mewn atchwanegiad bwyd (Hong Kong)

Arall

• Rhybuddion lluosog ar gyfer titaniwm deuocsid (E171) mewn melysion (Tsieina, Unol Daleithiau America, Lithwania)
• Cynnwys uchel o gyfansoddion organig anweddol mewn mowld pobi silicon (Tsieina)
• Alcaloidau opiwm mewn past pabi (Gwlad Pwyl)
• Cynnwys uchel o felatonin mewn atchwanegiad bwyd (Unol Daleithiau America)

Gallai fod yn ddifrifol:

Micro-organebau pathogenig

• Salmonela spp. mewn cig cyw iâr (Gwlad Pwyl)
• Rhybuddion lluosog am seriwlîd mewn fformiwla fabanod (Ffrainc, Iwerddon, y Swistir, Sbaen, yr Iseldiroedd, yr Almaen)
• Bacillus cereus tybiedig mewn sinsir (India)

Plaladdwyr

• Achosion o fynd y tu hwnt i’r MRL ar gyfer gweddillion plaladdwyr – anthracwinon mewn te dail du (Sri Lanka)
• Gweddillion y plaladdwr carboffwran mewn ffa coch organig (Tsieina)

Gweddillion meddyginiaethol

• Sibwtramin mewn pecynnau te dos sengl (Twrci)
• Bwyd newydd heb ei gymeradwyo gyda Dehydroepiandrosteron (Unol Daleithiau America)
• Y sylwedd gwaharddedig danthron mewn atchwanegiadau bwyd (Ffederasiwn Rwsia)

Metelau

• Gormod o alwminiwm mewn potel yfed (Tsieina)

Alergenau heb eu datgan

• Alergen heb ei labelu/wedi’i labelu’n anghywir (sylffitau) mewn diodydd di-alcohol (Sbaen)

Arall

• Lefelau uchel o asid hydrocyanig a glycosidau cyanogenig mewn hadau llin wedi’u malu (Sbaen, deunydd crai o Wlad Pwyl)
• Gormodedd o syanid mewn bisgedi almon (Yr Eidal)

Difrifol:

Micro-organebau pathogenig

• Salmonela spp. mewn ffiledau cyw iâr (Gwlad Pwyl)
• Canfod Salmonela spp. a Bacillus cereus tybiedig mewn atchwanegiadau bwyd (Yr Almaen)
• Presenoldeb clostridia sy’n cynhyrchu tocsin botwlinwm, a thocsin botwlinwm, mewn llysiau cyffeithiedig (‘preserved’) (brocoli friarielli dull Napolitan) (Yr Eidal)
• Canfod Listeria monocytogenes mewn caws gafr (Ffrainc)

Plaladdwyr

• Alcaloidau pyrolisidin mewn paill (Gwlad Pwyl ac Wcráin)
• Clorpyriffos mewn leim (Brasil)

Metelau trwm

• Presenoldeb metelau trwm (cadmiwm a phlwm) mewn cwpan gwydr (Tsieina)
• Cadmiwm mewn cnewyll cnau pîn (Tsieina)

Gweddillion meddyginiaethol

• Sibwtramin a sildenaffil mewn atchwanegiadau (Twrci)

Alergenau heb eu datgan

• Presenoldeb glwten mewn blawd gwenith yr hydd a labelwyd yn flawd di-glwten (Sbaen)
• Pysgnau a chnau heb eu datgan mewn rhesins wedi’u gorchuddio â siocled (Yr Iseldiroedd)
• Alergen (mwstard) heb ei ddatgan mewn protein gwenith (Ffrainc)
• Alergen (pysgnau) heb ei labelu mewn siocled dull Dubai (Twrci)
• Glwten mewn pwffiau corn di-glwten (Gwlad Pwyl)

Mycotocsinau

• Ochratocsin A mewn coffi (Yr Almaen)
• Afflatocsin B1 mewn pupurau tsili sych (Ecwador)

Arall

• Ethylen-ocsid mewn kurkuma (Tsieina)
• Tocsinau lipoffilig mewn cregyn bylchog (Sbaen)
• Presenoldeb posib darnau gwydr bychain mewn poteli (Yr Eidal)
• Histamin mewn ffiledau mahi mahi (Tsieina)
• Ymfudiad fformaldehyd a melamin o weill bwyta (‘chopsticks’) (Tsieina)
• Mwy na’r cymeriant dyddiol derbyniol o fitaminau B5 a B6 mewn atchwanegiadau bwyd (Unol Daleithiau America)
• Darnau o fetel a rwber mewn cymysgeddau cawl sych a chymysgeddau sych eraill (Yr Iseldiroedd)
• Gronynnau metel mewn kadayif wedi’i goginio (Yr Iseldiroedd) 

Yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, rydym wedi gweld cynnydd yn nifer yr adroddiadau am ddiffyg cydymffurfio mewn atchwanegiadau ar gyfer methiannau cyfansoddol, yn ogystal ag adroddiadau am fwydydd newydd nad ydynt yn cydymffurfio, a halogiad Salmonela spp., yn enwedig powdrau botanegol. Y wlad tarddiad â’r nifer uchaf o signalau ar gyfer atchwanegiadau (123), yn bennaf ar gyfer cyfansoddiad a sylweddau anawdurdodedig, oedd Unol Daleithiau America.

Yn ddiweddar, mae’r ASB wedi diweddaru ei chanllawiau i ddefnyddwyr ar atchwanegiadau.

Fformiwla fabanod

Hyd at 13 Chwefror 2026, roedd yr ASB wedi nodi 198 o signalau yn gysylltiedig â’r hysbysiad byd-eang i alw cynhyrchion fformiwla fabanod yn ôl oherwydd halogiad seriwlîd. Canfuwyd signalau gyntaf ar 11 Rhagfyr 2025 o Sweden, y Ffindir, Ffrainc a’r Eidal heb unrhyw arwydd ar y pryd fod y mater dan sylw yn effeithio ar y DU.

Ni nodwyd unrhyw signalau pellach tan 5 Ionawr 2026 pan gyhoeddodd Nestlé hysbysiad byd-eang i alw cynhyrchion yn ôl, a gadarnhawyd y byddai’n effeithio ar y DU. Cyhoeddodd yr ASB hysbysiad galw cynnyrch yn ôl (PRIN) i dynnu mwy o sylw at hyn, a chafodd yr hysbysiad hwn ei ddiweddaru wrth i wybodaeth newydd ddod ar gael. Yn ddiweddarach, gwnaeth gweithgynhyrchwyr eraill alw cynhyrchion yn ôl. Ymhlith y rhain oedd Danone, a gadarnhaodd fod eu hysbysiad yn berthnasol i’r DU ac, yn yr un modd, cyhoeddwyd PRIN pellach gan yr ASB i ehangu’r neges. Nodwyd mai olew asid arachidonig (ARA) yn tarddu o Tsieina oedd ffynhonnell yr halogiad. Asid brasterog omega-6 yw ARA sy’n cael ei ychwanegu at fformiwla fabanod i efelychu cyfansoddiad llaeth y fron.   

Ar 2 Chwefror, cyhoeddodd Awdurdod Diogelwch Bwyd Ewrop (EFSA) asesiad risg cyflym a, thrwy hynny, sefydlu dos cyfeirio acíwt (ARfD) ar gyfer seriwlîd mewn babanod a nodi lefel y crynodiadau seriwlîd mewn fformiwla fabanod a allai fod yn destun pryder diogelwch. 

Bacteriwm sy’n ffurfio sborau yw Bacillus cereus. Gall halogi ystod o gynhyrchion bwyd a, phan ganiateir iddo dyfu, gall rhai mathau o’r bacteriwm gynhyrchu tocsin seriwlîd. Mae seriwlîd yn docsin emetig, sefydlog mewn gwres, sy’n annhebygol o gael ei ddadactifadu na’i ddinistrio wrth gael ei drin â gwres. Chwydu yw’r symptom mwyaf cyffredin yn sgil gwenwyn tocsin seriwlîd, ond gall symptomau eraill gynnwys poen yn y stumog a dolur rhydd. Fel arfer, mae symptomau’n dechrau’n gyflym, rhwng 15 munud a hyd at 6 awr ar ôl llyncu’r tocsin. Darllenwch Adroddiad Diogelu Iechyd Asiantaeth Diogelwch Iechyd y DU am fwy o wybodaeth.

Rhoi gwybod am ddigwyddiad bwyd

Mae gan fusnesau bwyd a bwyd anifeiliaid rwymedigaeth gyfreithiol i hysbysu eu hawdurdod cymwys os yw bwyd neu fwyd anifeiliaid y maent wedi’i fewnforio, ei gynhyrchu, ei brosesu, ei weithgynhyrchu neu ei ddosbarthu o bosib yn anniogel, a hynny pan fo’r bwyd wedi gadael eu rheolaeth uniongyrchol. Mae’n rhaid i’r hysbysiad hwn gael ei gyhoeddi ‘ar unwaith’. Ni ddylai busnesau aros nes eu harolygiad, archwiliad neu ymyriad nesaf, felly. Os oes gan fusnes drefniant gyda phrif awdurdod, bydd yn dal i fod yn rhaid iddo hysbysu’r awdurdod cymwys hefyd, hynny yw, yr awdurdod sy’n gorfodi’r busnes. Mae gan awdurdodau cymwys rwymedigaeth statudol i hysbysu tîm digwyddiadau’r ASB ar gyfer y wlad berthnasol, pan fydd digwyddiadau difrifol neu ddigwyddiadau nad ydynt yn lleol.

Sut i roi gwybod: Hysbyswch eich awdurdod cymwys (awdurdod lleol, Awdurdod Iechyd Porthladd). Yn achos sefydliadau a gymeradwywyd gan yr ASB, hysbyswch y Milfeddyg Swyddogol, ac os nad oes un yn bresennol yn rheolaidd, hysbyswch y Cydlynydd Milfeddygol Maes. Os mai chi yw’r awdurdod cymwys, rhowch wybod i’r ASB drwy ddilyn y manylion ar sut i hysbysu tîm digwyddiadau’r ASB am ddigwyddiad.

Dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem: digwyddiadau cysylltiedig â bwyd anifeiliaid a bwyd anifeiliaid anwes

Mae’r sectorau bwyd anifeiliaid ac anifeiliaid anwes yn gweithredu mewn cyd-destun sy’n newid yn gyflym lle mae disgwyliadau rheoleiddiol a gofynion cwsmeriaid yn parhau i godi. O fodloni deddfwriaeth lym yr UE mewn perthynas â bwyd anifeiliaid a gosod labeli cywir ar gynhyrchion, i sicrhau ansawdd a diogelwch cyson deunyddiau crai a chynhyrchion gorffenedig, mae gweithgynhyrchwyr yn wynebu heriau cymhleth i lywio’r amgylchedd hwn yn llwyddiannus.

Rydym wedi edrych yn agosach ar y digwyddiadau bwyd anifeiliaid ac anifeiliaid anwes a adroddwyd i’r ASB dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf. Drwy archwilio’r gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem a gyflwynwyd gan y diwydiant, rydym yn cael cipolwg cliriach ar y risgiau allweddol a’r heriau sy’n cadw codi ar draws y sector. Mae’r gwersi hyn, yn ogystal â chryfhau ein dealltwriaeth gyfunol o ran pam mae digwyddiadau’n codi, yn tynnu sylw at enghreifftiau o arferion gorau a all helpu busnesau i atal problemau tebyg yn y dyfodol.

Caiff trosolwg o ganlyniad ein hymchwiliad ei rannu cyn hir. Bydd hwn ar gael ar wefan yr ASB, a byddwn yn rhoi gwybod i chi pan gaiff ei gyhoeddi.

Rydym wedi sefydlu cyfres o weithgorau ar y cyd, gan gydweithio’n agos â’r diwydiant, i ganolbwyntio ar wella’r defnydd o waith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem fel offeryn i atal digwyddiadau rhag codi eto. Mae defnydd gwell a chynyddol o waith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem o fudd i’r busnes sy’n gysylltiedig yn uniongyrchol â’r digwyddiad ac a deimlodd ei effaith, ond mae’r gwersi a ddysgwyd a’r mewnwelediadau a rannwyd hefyd o fudd i fusnesau ar draws y sector.

Oeddech chi’n gwybod?

Gweithgorau dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem

Mae’r ASB a Safonau Bwyd yr Alban (FSS) yn parhau i ddatblygu eu rhaglen dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem trwy gyfres o fentrau, gan gynnwys Pwyllgor Llywio ar lefel strategol a Gweithgor Technegol ar lefel dactegol, ill dau’n canolbwyntio ar waith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem. Mae’r grwpiau hyn yn goruchwylio cyfres o is-grwpiau lefel weithredol dan arweiniad arbenigwyr pwnc, sy’n gweithio ar y cyd i gryfhau cysondeb a gwerth prosesau a gweithdrefnau cysylltiedig â gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem, gan geisio annog busnesau i ddilyn a mabwysiadu gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem. Disgwylir i hyn wneud y gorau o fanteision ar gyfer atal digwyddiadau, yn bennaf i’r diwydiant ond hefyd yn ehangach ar draws rhanddeiliaid yr effeithir arnynt. Mae’r Gweithgor Technegol yn gweithredu cynllun gwaith y Pwyllgor Llywio, ac fe’i cefnogir gan bedwar is-grŵp arbenigol:

• Mae’r Is-grŵp Salmonela mewn Cig a Dofednod Amrwd yn dwyn ynghyd arbenigedd sector a milfeddygol i adolygu data dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem sydd wedi’i lanhau, nodi tueddiadau, tynnu sylw at heriau yn ansawdd y cyflwyniadau a geir wrth ddadansoddi gwraidd y broblem, a chynnig gwelliannau a fydd yn cynyddu defnyddioldeb gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem mewn digwyddiadau sy’n gysylltiedig â Salmonela.
• Mae’r Grŵp Drafftio Salmonela mewn Cig a Dofednod Amrwd yn datblygu argymhellion yr Is-grŵp gwreiddiol ac yn datblygu pecynnau canllaw ac arferion da/gorau sy’n canolbwyntio ar y diwydiant.
• Mae Is-grŵp Categorïau a Diffiniadau Dadansoddi Gwraidd y Broblem yn adolygu’r categorïau, y diffiniadau a’r derminoleg a ddefnyddir mewn ffurflenni adrodd ar gyfer gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem a’r dadansoddiad data dilynol. Ei nod yw gwella eglurder, cysondeb a defnyddioldeb i bob rhanddeiliad sy’n ymwneud â chyflwyno, rheoli neu ddehongli data cysylltiedig â gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem, a nodi gwelliannau ar draws y broses, o gyflwyno hyd at adrodd.
• Mae’r Is-grŵp Pysgnau mewn Perlysiau a Sbeisys yn cynnwys manwerthwyr, gweithgynhyrchwyr, cyrff masnach, arbenigwyr annibynnol, a chynrychiolwyr o’r ASB ac FSS. Ei nod yw canfod tueddiadau, gwella canllawiau rheoli alergenau, cryfhau addysg ar draws y diwydiant ac awdurdodau lleol, a llunio camau cyfathrebu ac atal yn y dyfodol.

Gyda’i gilydd, mae’r grwpiau hyn yn canolbwyntio ar sicrhau bod fframwaith ar gyfer gwaith dadansoddi gwraidd y broblem yn gadarn, yn gliriach i ddefnyddwyr, ac yn fwy gwerthfawr wrth gefnogi dysgu rheoleiddiol ac yn y diwydiant.

Fframwaith digwyddiadau newydd yr ASB a’r Sefydliad Dosbarthu Nwyddau Groser (IGD)

Mae’r ASB yn gweithio gydag IGD i sefydlu fframwaith ymateb i ddigwyddiadau ar y cyd gyda’r nod o annog y llywodraeth a’r diwydiant i weithio mewn ffordd fwy cydlynol pan fydd digwyddiad neu achos cymhleth yn codi.

Cysylltodd yr IGD, sy’n aelod o Grŵp Cyswllt y Diwydiant Bwyd (FILG), â’r ASB yn sgil y brigiad o achosion o E. coli sy’n cynhyrchu tocsin Shiga (STEC) O145 yn 2024 gan gynnig hwyluso’r gwaith ymateb yn ystod digwyddiadau ac achosion cymhleth.

Yr hyn sy’n allweddol i atal brigiadau yw canfod problemau’n gynnar, a hynny er mwyn llywio ymateb cynnar.

Rydym yn gwybod ei bod yn hanfodol sicrhau bod gan fusnesau’r wybodaeth gywir ar yr adeg gywir. Yn lle ceisio gweithredu ar eu rhan, mae’n fwy buddiol darparu’r wybodaeth i alluogi’r diwydiant i weithredu.

Dros y 6 mis diwethaf, rydym wedi gweithio’n agos gydag IGD a rhai o’i aelodau i gyd-ddatblygu fframwaith newydd sydd â’r nod o wneud y canlynol:

• rhoi ffordd fwy cydlynol, cyflym a chlyfar i ni weithio gyda’n gilydd
• sicrhau bod y bobl gywir wedi’u dwyn ynghyd ar yr adeg gywir, gan feithrin mwy o ymddiriedaeth rhwng yr ASB a’r diwydiant bwyd ehangach 
• sicrhau ein bod yn fwy gwydn ac yn barotach i gadw defnyddwyr yn ddiogel mewn system fwyd sy’n fwyfwy cymhleth 

Mae’r fframwaith wrthi’n cael ei gwblhau gan yr ASB, UKHSA, IGD a’u Fforwm Arweinwyr Technegol. 

Rydym wrth ein bodd o gynnal treial rhagarweiniol o’r fframwaith gyda digwyddiad bywyd go iawn yn yr wythnosau nesaf.

Unwaith y bydd y gwaith datblygu wedi’i gwblhau, bydd y dogfennau canllaw perthnasol yn cael eu cyhoeddi.

Ydych chi wedi gweld y cyhoeddiadau hyn?

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