NABMA is grateful to Malcolm Macleod at the City of London who has advised NABMA members of a European Food Alert that has been put out from Brussels regarding levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in smoked fish. As a consequence, Local Authorities and Border Inspection Posts are being asked to sample smoked products and analyse them for the presence of PAHs. The limit has been set at 5ppm for Benzo(a)pyrene which is used as an indicator for PAHs.

If products are sampled by the authorities and are found to have levels in excess of 5ppm, the product will be seized and destroyed.