FVO Report – Italy deficiencies of official controls on milk and milk products

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The following FVO report stress several and persistent profiles of non compliance of the Italian official controls system on milk and milk products: the recommendations made in 2010, 2012 and 2013 were not properly addressed. The audit took place in Italy from 9 to 20 March 2015 in order to evaluate the official controls related … Continue reading FVO Report – Italy deficiencies of official controls on milk and milk products

Food recalls in EU/Week 40 – 2014

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This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have five recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notifications: - Allergens: undeclared soia in pasta e wholemeal pasta moose-shaped, following company's own check. Origin Sweden (via Germany), notified by Spain, distributed also to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom and United … Continue reading Food recalls in EU/Week 40 – 2014