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,