NOTIFICATIONS BY PRODUCT CATEGORY

RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FEED (RASFF)Annual Report 2013

Food andfeed

3137Number of

notifications transmittedthrough the RASFF

-9%compared

to 2012

NOTIFICATIONS BY HAZARD

Comparedto 2012

-11%

-17%

-18%

-16%

+35%

-13%

+83%

-15%

-8%

+130%

-35%

NUTS, NUT PRODUCTS AND SEEDS

MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS

FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS

POULTRY & POULTRY PRODUCTS

DIET PRODUCTS, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS

HERBS & SPICES

SHELLFISH

CEREALS & BAKERY PRODUCTS

FEED

PESTICIDERESIDUES

452

HEAVY METALS

290

COMPOSITION

181

642

311

272

250

223

215

272

156

138

123

112

MYCOTOXINS

405

PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS

774

ADULTERATION/FRAUD

168

RASFF

SOURCES: all data are taken from the RASFF 2013 Annual Report

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

EXAMPLES OF NOTIFICATIONS AFFECTING SEVERAL EU MEMBER STATES

SWEDEN GERMANY

ITALY

UNLABELLEDEGGS

GLASS FRAGMENTS

RHUBARBPIE

FRUIT BAR

HUNGARY

FOOD SUPPLEMENTSCONTAINING CAFFEINE

SPAIN

POISONOUSDRIED DOGFOOD

ORGANICFLAXSEED OIL

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS

EU countries a�ected

FRANCE

SALMONELLA

CHEESE FROMSHEEP’S MILK

CHINA

MIGRATION OF PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINES

PLASTICSERVINGTONGS

RISK OF BREAKAGE OF BOTTLES

SOME SOFTDRINKS

UNITEDKINGDOM

UKRAINE

AFLATOXINS

PEANUT BARS

POLAND

SALMONELLA

CHILLED CHICKEN

Origin of product

Hazard

UNAUTHORIZEDSUBSTANCE

CHINA

LISTERIAMONOCYTOGENES

ENOKIMUSHROOMS

INDIA

DIOXINS

SOYBEANMEALEXPELLER

OIL