Record tally of food safety alerts in EU

In 2007 there was a record number of notifications sent to the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) –7,354 altogether– indicating that this tool which ensures the safety of food for Europeans is functioning well. According to the "2007 RASFF annual report ", last year 961 alerts and 2015 information notifications were received, giving rise to 4339 additional information notifications. This high number is mainly attributed to the increase of the additional information notifications – up by 13.5% compared to 2006. Most notifications in 2007 concerned official controls on the internal market (43%), while 42% concerned products from non-EU countries which were blocked at the border by EU control authorities when the risks were identified. Just as in 2006, the product category for which the most alerts were sent was fish products (21%).

European Commission: IP/08/1194: Well-functioning RASFF processes more than 7,300 notifications in 2007 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1194&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/rasff/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/rasff/index_en.htm

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