Food recalls in EU – Week 23 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have two recalls from consumers in EU in the information for attention notifications: - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in sliced bamboo, following company's own check. Origin China, notified by Germany; - Heavy metals: cadmium in frozen whole squids, following a border control. Origin Argentina, notified by France. Between the alert notifications, followed by a withdrawal from … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 23 – 2014

EU Commission report on official controls 2013

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Here's an abstract of the content of the report, published here, where I enlight the most critical points found by the Commission. There are data also related to other sectors/problems, but since the level of compliance was satisfactory, I've decided to not talk about them in the post. LEGAL BASIS Article 44 (4) and (6) of … Continue reading EU Commission report on official controls 2013