Food recalls in EU – Week 5 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have three recalls from consumers in EU, following an alert notification: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in smoked trout fillets, following company's own check. Origin Belgium (via Denmark), notification from France, distributed also to Luxembourg; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in gorgonzola cheese, following company's own check. Origin Italy, notification from Switzerland; - Mycotoxins: aflatoxins in blanched … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 5 – 2014

EU Commission report on official controls 2013

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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