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Intensified official controls announced

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Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 regulates the frequency of official controls on the import of certain foodstuffs into the EU. With the current amending Regulation (EU) 2022/193, various adjustments to the control plan were published.

 

Here is a selection of the current risk profile-based regular import controls. It can serve as a suggestion for adapting internal inspection plans.

We have limited ourselves only to the import goods and countries of origin that are important from our point of view. In addition to fruit and vegetables, other product groups that may be of interest to our customers will also be taken into account.

 

 

New entries:

Food

KN Code

Country of origin

Reason /frequency

Oranges

 

0805 10

 

Egypt

Pesticide residues / 20% 3)

Yardlong beans

(Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata)

ex 0708 20 00;

ex 0710 22 00

India

Pesticide residues / 20%3)

Guaves

(Psidium guajava)

ex 0804 50 00

Pesticide residues / 20%3)

Rice

1006

India & Pakistan

Pesticide residues / 5%3)

 

Extension of the scope of the inspection and/or change in the inspection frequency

Food

KN Code

Country of origin

Reason /frequency

 

Hazelnuts
(Corylus sp.), in shell or shelled

Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing hazelnuts


Hazelnut paste

 



Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, including mixtures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flours, meals and powder of hazelnuts

Hazelnut oil

 

 

0802 21 00

 

 

ex 0813 50 39;

ex 0813 50 91;
ex 0813 50 99

ex 2007 10 10;
ex 2007 10 99;
ex 2007 99 39; ex 2007 99 50; ex 2007 99 97

ex 2008 19 12;
ex 2008 19 19;
ex 2008 19 92;
ex 2008 19 95;
ex 2008 19 99;
ex 2008 97 12;

ex 2008 97 14;

ex 2008 97 16;

ex 2008 97 18;

ex 2008 97 32;

ex 2008 97 34;

ex 2008 97 36;

ex 2008 97 38;

ex 2008 97 51;

ex 2008 97 59;

ex 2008 97 72;

ex 1106 30 90

 

ex 1515 90 99

Georgia

Aflatoxins / 30% (é)

mixtures of food additives containing locust bean gum or guar gum +++)

 

India

Ethylene oxide / 2-Chlorethanol / 20% 11)

mixtures of food additives containing locust bean gum +++)

ex 2106 90 92

ex 3824 99 93

ex 2106 90 98

ex 3824 99 96

Malaysia
Turkey

Ethylene oxide / 2-Chlorethanol / 20% 11)

Nutmeg
(Myristica fragrans)

0908 11 00;

0908 12 00

India

Aflatoxins / 30% (ê)

Indonesia

Aflatoxins / 30% (é)

Palm oil++)

1511 10 90;

1511 90 11;

ex 1511 90 19;

1511 90 99

Ghana

Sudan dyes / 50% 12)

Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet)

ex 0709 60 99
ex 0710 80 59

Thailand

Pesticide residues / 30% (é) 3)

Rice

1006

India & Pakistan

Aflatoxins & Ochratoxin A / 5% (ê)


Footnotes and numbering cited according to the regulation

3) Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopted in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored in/on products of plant origin only).

(11) Residues of Ethylene Oxide (sum of ethylene oxide and 2-chloro-ethanol, expressed as ethylene oxide). In case of food additives, the applicable MRL is 0.1 mg/kg (LOQ). Prohibition of use of ethylene oxide provided for in Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.

 

(12) For the purposes of this Annex, “Sudan dyes” refers to the following chemical substances: (i) Sudan I (CAS Number 842-07-9); (ii) Sudan II (CAS Number 3118-97-6); (iii) Sudan III (CAS Number 85-86-9); (iv) Scarlet Red orSudan IV (CAS Number 85-83-6).

 

 

Link: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger