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Intensified official controls announced

Kontrolle

Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 regulates the frequency of official controls on imports of certain foodstuffs into the EU. With the current amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1110, (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1110 ) various adjustments to the control plan were published, which apply from 27.6.

 

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 what we consider to be important import goods and countries of origin. In addition to fruit and vegetables, other product groups that may be of interest to our customers are also taken into account.

 

Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 lists the food (and feed) products that are subject to increased official routine controls. Annex II lists the products subject to emergency measures outside routine controls. The annexes are reviewed every 6 months and adapted if necessary. Ultimately, they reflect the experience gained from the alerts in the RASFF system with a time lag.

 

 

New entries (Annex I)

Food

KN Code

Country of origin

Reason / frequency

Sugar apple
(Annona squamosa)

ex 0810 90 75

Egypt

Pesticides / 20 % 3)

Cumin seeds

0909 31 00
0909 32 00

India

Pesticides / 20 % 3)

green papaya (Carica papaya)

0807 20 00

Mexico

Pesticides / 20 % 3)

Tahini and Halva made of

sesame seeds

ex 1704 90 99
ex 1806 20 95
ex 1806 90 50
ex 1806 90 60
ex 2008 19 19
ex 2008 19 99

Syria

Salmonella / 20% 2)

 

Extension of scope of inspection and/or change in inspection frequency (Annex I)

Food

KN Codes

Country of origin

Reason / frequency

Groundnuts and products produced from groundnuts

various

Egypt

Aflatoxins / 30% ⇑

Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) and peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet

0709 60 10
0710 80 51

Egypt

Pesticides / 30% ⇑ 3),6)

Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica)

ex 1211 90 86

Sri Lanka

Pesticides / 50% ⇑⇑ 3)

Pomegranates

ex 0810 90 75

Turkey

Pesticides / 30% ⇑ 3)

Guaves

ex 0804 50 00

India

Pesticides / 30% ⇑ 3)

Mukunu-Wenna (Alternanthera sessilis)

ex 0709 99 90

Sri Lanka

Pesticides / 50% ⇑⇑ 3)

Oranges

ex 0805 10

Egypt

Pesticides / 30% ⇑ 3)

Turkey

Pesticides / 30% ⇑ 3)

Rice

1006

India

Pesticides / 10% ⇑ 3)

Drumsticks (Moringa oleifera)

ex 0709 99 90

India

Pesticides / 20% ⇑ 3)

 

Transfer of products from Appendix II into Annex I

Food

KN Codes

Country of origin

Reason / frequency

Peppers of the genus Capsicum (sweet or other than sweet

0709 60 10
0710 80 51
ex 0709 60 99
ex 0710 80 59

Dom. Republic

Pesticides / 50%  3)

India

Pesticides / 10% 3)

Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet)

ex 0709 60 99
ex 0710 80 59

Pakistan

Pesticides / 20% 3)

Mixtures of food additives

containing locust bean gum or

guar gum

ex 2106 90 92

ex 2106 90 98

ex 3824 99 93

ex 3824 99 96

India

Pesticides / 20% 9)

Guar gum

ex 1302 32 90

India

Pesticides / 20% 13)

Pentachlorophenol & Dioxins / 50%

Locust beans (carob), locust beans seeds, not decorticated, crushed or ground, and mucilage and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans or locust beans seeds

various

India

Pesticides / 20% 13)

Turkey

Groundnuts and products produced from groundnuts

 various

Gambia

Aflatoxins / 50%

Sudan

Instant noodles containing spices/seasonings or sauces

 

South Korea

Pesticides / 20% 13)

Vietnam

 

New entries (Appendix II)

Food

KN Codes

Country of origin

Reason / frequency

Pistachios and derived products

various

USA, via Turkey imported to EU

Aflatoxins / 50%

 

Transfer of products from Annex I into Annex II
(Import only with official certificate with the analysis results)

Food

KN Codes

Country of origin

Reason / frequency

Unprocessed apricot kernels

 

Turkey

Cyanide /50%

 

Footnotes and numbering cited according to the regulation:
2 ) The sampling and the analyses shall be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods set out in point 1(b) of Annex III
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 2005 on 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).
(9 &13) 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 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1).

  

We have not listed deletions in Annex I.

 

Links: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1110 and the immediate correction thereof. 

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger