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

European Commission: September 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 September 2024 report includes notifications concerning the following AGRINFO partner countries: Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of North Macedonia, Syria, 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; dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods; feed materials; fish and fish products; food additives and flavourings; fruits and vegetables; herbs and spices; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; nuts, nut products, seeds; other food products/ mixed; poultry meat and its products; prepared dishes and snacks; soups, broths, sauces and condiments.

What is changing?

The September 2024 report includes notifications involving the following 23 AGRINFO partner countries:

Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of North Macedonia, Syria, 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 September 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.

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Tables & Figures

Source: based on September 2024 report on EU agri-food fraud suspicions