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NOTIFICATIONS BY PRODUCT CATEGORY

RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FEED (RASFF)Annual Report 2015

Food andfeed

3 049

775

6 204

Notifications

gave rise toAlerts

follow up notifications

-3,4%compared to 2014

+3%compared to 2014

+5,0%compared to 2014

NOTIFICATIONS BY HAZARD

Compared to 2014

Fruit and vegetables

Nuts, nut products and seeds

Fish and fish products

Feed

Poultry and poultry products

Meat and meat products

Food contact materials

Herbs and spices

Dietetic products, foodsupplements, fortified food

Cereals and bakery products

Shellfish

PESTICIDERESIDUES

405

HEAVY METALS

219ALLERGENS

137MYCOTOXINS

495

PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS

745

FOOD ADDITIVES AND FLAVOURINGS

140

+2%634

297 -8%

206 -47%

477 +35%

122 -67%

176 -5%

152 -21%

159 +1%

61 - 105%

150 +19%

122 +5%

of which

SOURCES: all data are taken from the RASFF 2014 Annual Report

MORE INFO: http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/rasff/index_en.htm

EXAMPLES OF NOTIFICATIONS AFFECTING SEVERAL COUNTRIES

SALMONELLASPP

GOATCHEESE

ORGANICDATES

BARBECUE CUTLERY

MINIBISCUITS

AFLATOXINSNICKEL

Countries affected

TOO HIGH CONTENT OF VITAMIN D3

KITTEN MILK

ATROPINE AND SCOPOLAMINE

ORGANICPOLENTA

HISTAMINE

ANCHOVYFILETS

from SOUTH AFRICA from TAIWAN

from GERMANY from FRANCE from SPAIN VIA GERMANY

from ITALY from FRANCE from THE NETHERLANDS

from CHINA from ITALY from SPAIN

OXAMYL

PINEAPPLES

TRACES OF ALMOND

PAPRIKA

Origin of productHazard

METALFRAGMENTS

from ITALY

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES

CHILLED GORGONZOLA

COLOUR METHYLYELLOW

BEANCURD

+Angola, Dominican Republic,

New Zeland, Panama, United States

+Costa Rica, Japan,

Ukraine

+Qatar

FRAUDEXPIRY DATES

FISHPRODUCTS

+Angola, Namibia,

United States,Panama

+Canada, Honduras, Kenia, New Zeland,

Singapore, Thailand,United States

+Hong kong, Japan,

Macao, Saudi Arabia,