2023 Annual Report on Food Safety Alerts and Agri-Food Fraud Investigations
European Union
Sep 16, 2024
The European Commission published its 2023 report on the Alert and Cooperation Network, which facilitates cooperation and information exchange between Member States on official controls in the agri-food chain. The report reveals a significant increase in notifications compared to 2022 – a sign of the growth in cooperation between Member States in this area.
The Alert and Cooperation Network is composed of four sub-networks, each with an individual focus.
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) facilitates the rapid exchange information between food safety authorities on health risks related to food, feed or food contact materials. In 2023, there was an 8% rise in RASFF notifications, with a total of 4695 notifications. As in previous years, the most reported issue in RASFF concerned pesticide residues, followed closely by pathogenic micro-organisms. The top notifying countries continued to be Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
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