Food recalls in EU – Week 44/2015

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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: Allergens: undeclared almond in smoked organic tofu from Austria, following company's own check. Notified by Germany; Heavy metals: mercury (1.99 mg/kg - ppm) in frozen tuna (Thunnus obesus) from Italy, … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 44/2015

EUROPHYT Annual Report 2014 – Plant health interceptions in EU

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EUROPHYT is the plant health interception, notification and rapid alert system for the EU Member States and Switzerland, managed by the European Commission. This report presents key statistics on the 2014 notifications and provides analysis of trends in interceptions, based on annual figures from the period 2010-2014. In 2014, EUROPHYT received 6,662 notifications about consignments … Continue reading EUROPHYT Annual Report 2014 – Plant health interceptions in EU