Reports on non-compliance with EU food law and agri-food fraud: August 2024
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Latest EU overview of food found not to comply with EU law
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
Monthly reports on EU agri-food fraud suspicions
Regulation 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing entry into the EU of certain goods from third countries
Regulation 2019/1873 on the procedures at border control posts for a coordinated performance by competent authorities of intensified official controls on products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and composite products
Sources
European Commission: August 2024 report on EU agri-food fraud suspicions
Tables & Figures
