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Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Training Workshop: Food recall and traceability - Application in National food safety control 15 -17 February 2013, Chiang Mai , Thailand The EU Rapid Alert for Food and Feed (RASFF) Patrick Deboyser

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Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Patrick Deboyser Advisor - Health & Consumers DG, European Commission Professor - European College of Parma

Training Workshop: Food recall and traceability - Application in National food safety control

15 -17 February 2013, Chiang Mai , Thailand

“The EU Rapid Alert for Food and Feed (RASFF)”

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Key facts

The EU Rapid Alert System for Food (RASF) was created in the EU in 1979. It is essentially a network to circulate rapidly, amongst food safety regulators, information about food-borne risks. Over the years, the RASF has proved its usefulness in disseminating key information and mitigating the impact

  • f food safety crisis.

In 2002, the RASF was:

enshrined in legislation (Regulation 178/2002) extended to the feed sector, and became: the RASFF.

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Objective

To provide a rapid exchange of information among European countries and the European Commission about direct or indirect risks detected in relation to food

  • r feed

To provide an overview of hazards and risks related to food and feed on the EU market, at a given time or ovedr a certain period:

By product category By hazard category By country of origin

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Structure

Clearly identified national contact points (NCPs) Organized way of information exchange by means of template (now: online information system) In case of an urgent notification outside of office hours all members have out-of-hours arrangements (24/7)

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Trigers

Usually triggered by a:

A control on the EU market A control at the EU border

In a minority of the cases:

Consumer complaint Food poisoning Third country EU or third country Media

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Famous past cases

Antifreeze and methanol in wine in Italy - 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident - 1986 BSE: “mad cow disease” - 1997 Dioxins in feed and meat in Belgium - 1999 Illegal use of dyes in spices - 2004 Melamine in feed and in food - 2008 Dioxins in pork from Ireland – 2008 Escherichia coli in fenugreek sprouts from Egypt – 2011 Methanol in spirits from Czech Republic - 2012

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Exchanges of info with third countries

If the product originates from or is distributed to a third country, the third country is informed without undue delay. Notifications are sent to a single designated contact point in the third country for attention or for follow-up based on the seriousness of the risk. RASFF Window for third countries (presently: 90)

Information published within 24 hours Restricted access provided to a single contact point responsible for further coordination of information in its country Engaged towards observing confidentiality and providing feedback

  • n actions taken
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RASFF portal database

Through the Portal anyone can search RASFF notifications based on a set of parameters. Information given on notification, product type, hazards found, measures taken, country of origin and distribution

  • f the product.

In a second phase it may link through to public recalls.

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RASFF portal database

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iRASFF

In June 2011 the first six countries were ready and trained to implement the new online RASFF application baptised ‘iRASFF’. In contrast with the RASFF, which is e-mail based, in the iRASFF, member countries enter the notification directly

  • nline in iRASFF.

More specifically regarding follow-up, the system provides very new possibilities.

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iRASFF notification screen

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European Food Safety Authority European Commission Contact point in each Member Country

Austria Greece Poland Iceland Belgium Hungary Portugal Norway Cyprus Ireland Slovakia Liechstenstein Czech Republic Italy Slovenia (Switzerland) Denmark Latvia Sweden Estonia Lithuania Spain Finland Luxembourg United Kingdom France Malta Bulgaria Germany Netherlands Rumania

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MEMBER COUNTRY NOTIFICATION RASFF ASSESSMENT

FEEDBACK FROM MEMBER COUNTRIES

RASFF TRANSMISSION

MEMBER COUNTRIES

THIRD COUNTRY CONCERNED Business / Consumer

FEEDBACK FROM THIRD COUNTRY CONCERNED WEB PORTAL

ANNUAL REPORT Border Control Market Control Third country / Media Media

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https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/portal/

WEB PORTAL

ANNUAL REPORT

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RASFF database

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Notifications by: type control (2009)

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Notifications on: Salmonella by category of food (2009)

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Notifications on: veterinary drug residues by category of food (2009)

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Notifications by:

  • hazard category
  • classification
  • notification basis

(2011)

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Notifications by:

  • product category
  • classification

(2011-2008)

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Notifications by: composition of food (2011)

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Notifications on: heavy metals (2011)

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Pathogenic micro-organisms in food and feed

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Notifications on: mycotoxins (2002-2011)

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Notifications on: aflatoxins by product category (2011)

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Notifications by country (2011)

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Notifications by: World region of origin (2000-2011)

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Notifications by: country (top 25) (2009-2011)

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Exchanges of info with third countries

If the product originates from or is distributed to a third country, the third country is informed without undue delay. Notifications are sent to a single designated contact point in the third country for attention or for follow-up based on the seriousness of the risk. RASFF Window for third countries (presently: 90)

Information published within 24 hours Restricted access provided to a single contact point responsible for further coordination of information in its country Engaged towards observing confidentiality and providing feedback

  • n actions taken
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Thank you!