Intensified official controls announced

Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 regulates the frequency of official controls on imports of certain foodstuffs into the EU. With the current Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/286 by 01/16/24 various adjustments to the control plan were published, which apply from 02/06/24.

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.

We have omitted the numerous footnote citations and the list of deletions from Annex 1 of the regulation here and refer to the original texts that we have linked.

Link: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/286

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger