NOTIFICATIONS BY PRODUCT CATEGORY
RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FEED (RASFF)Annual Report 2013
Food andfeed
3137Number of
notifications transmittedthrough the RASFF
-9%compared
to 2012
NOTIFICATIONS BY HAZARD
Comparedto 2012
-11%
-17%
-18%
-16%
+35%
-13%
+83%
-15%
-8%
+130%
-35%
NUTS, NUT PRODUCTS AND SEEDS
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS
FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS
POULTRY & POULTRY PRODUCTS
DIET PRODUCTS, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
HERBS & SPICES
SHELLFISH
CEREALS & BAKERY PRODUCTS
FEED
PESTICIDERESIDUES
452
HEAVY METALS
290
COMPOSITION
181
642
311
272
250
223
215
272
156
138
123
112
MYCOTOXINS
405
PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS
774
ADULTERATION/FRAUD
168
RASFF
SOURCES: all data are taken from the RASFF 2013 Annual Report
MORE INFO: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/index_en.htm
EXAMPLES OF NOTIFICATIONS AFFECTING SEVERAL EU MEMBER STATES
SWEDEN GERMANY
ITALY
UNLABELLEDEGGS
GLASS FRAGMENTS
RHUBARBPIE
FRUIT BAR
HUNGARY
FOOD SUPPLEMENTSCONTAINING CAFFEINE
SPAIN
POISONOUSDRIED DOGFOOD
ORGANICFLAXSEED OIL
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
EU countries a�ected
FRANCE
SALMONELLA
CHEESE FROMSHEEP’S MILK
CHINA
MIGRATION OF PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINES
PLASTICSERVINGTONGS
RISK OF BREAKAGE OF BOTTLES
SOME SOFTDRINKS
UNITEDKINGDOM
UKRAINE
AFLATOXINS
PEANUT BARS
POLAND
SALMONELLA
CHILLED CHICKEN
Origin of product
Hazard
UNAUTHORIZEDSUBSTANCE
CHINA
LISTERIAMONOCYTOGENES
ENOKIMUSHROOMS
INDIA
DIOXINS
SOYBEANMEALEXPELLER
OIL