Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications: 1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers: - Industrial contaminants: benzo(a)pyrene (12.7 µg/kg - ppb) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (57.42 µg/kg - ppb) in sprats pate from Latvia, following an official control on the market. Notified by … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015

EU updates list of imports of plant origin subject to reinforced border checks

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Controls performed at European Union borders on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 continue to deliver results and, as a consequence, the EU is removing some products from the list of feed and food of non-animal origin that are subject to an increased level of official controls by national competent authorities at the border. … Continue reading EU updates list of imports of plant origin subject to reinforced border checks