Reports on non-compliance with EU food law and agri-food fraud: August 2024

European Commission: August 2024 report on EU agri-food fraud suspicions

Update

The European Commission publishes monthly overviews of foods that are not compliant with EU food law. The August 2024 report includes notifications concerning the following 27 AGRINFO partner countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Vietnam.

These monthly overviews highlight ongoing and emerging risks of non-compliance that will help agri-food exporters and competent authorities in non-EU countries to monitor and address risks that may affect trade.

Impacted Products

Cereals and bakery products; cocoa, coffee, tea; confectionery; crustaceans and their products; dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods; feed materials; fish and fish products; food contact materials; fruits and vegetables; herbs and spices; honey and royal jelly; ices and desserts; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; nuts, nut products, seeds; poultry meat and its products; prepared dishes and snacks.

What is changing?

The August 2024 report includes notifications impacting the following 27 AGRINFO partner countries:

Afghanistan, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, Vietnam.

These notifications concern:

• product non-compliance and tampering (Table 1)
• record tampering, avoidance of control, false or deficient documentation (including mislabelling), identification, origin, and traceability defects (Table 2)
• non-compliance with maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides and veterinary medicines (Table 3).

See RASFF notifications in August 2024.

Timeline

These reports are issued every month.

Recommended Actions

Competent authorities in countries that are included in these monthly overviews should pay attention to any non-compliances identified in the reports. It is particularly important that the producer-export companies concerned are informed as soon as possible so that they can take action and prevent a recurrence. These incidents also potentially indicate a more widespread problem that may require a coordinated response by the food sector in the country concerned.

Background

These monthly reports compile information notified to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Network (RASFF), Administrative Assistance and Cooperation Network (AAC), and Agri-Food Fraud Network (FFN). The reports also include non-compliances with EU rules that do not present a risk, but have triggered investigations by the competent authorities of individual importing EU Member States.

Resources

Sources

Tables & Figures

Adapted from Monthly reports on EU Agri-Food Fraud suspicions – August 2024