Intensified official controls announced

: Published: 06 February 2025

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) 2024/3153 valid from 01/08/25, 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.

Appendix I

Food	Country of origin	Reason / Frequency of checks
Deletion
		Checks
Yardlong beans	Dom. Republic	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾
New entry
		Checks / Frequency
Zara-lemons	Bangladesh	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 20%
Changes of control frequency
		Checks / Frequency
Oranges	Egypt	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 20%
Okras	India	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 30%
Cumin seeds	Turkey	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 30%
Black-eyed beans	Madagascar	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 50%
Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet)	Ruanda	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 30%
Oregano (dried)	Turkey	Pyrrolizidine alkaloids / 30%
Durian fruit	Vietnam	Pestizidrückstände ⁽³⁾ / 30%

Transfer of products from Annex I to Annex II,

which means, among other things, that a health certificate is no longer required:

Food	Country of origin	Reason / Frequency of checks
		Checks / Frequency
Sesamum seeds	Ethiopia	Salmonella / 50%
Turnips (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved)	Lebanon	Rhodamin B /50%
Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet)	Sri Lanka	Aflatoxins / 50%

Transfer of products from Annex II to Annex I,
which means, among other things, that a health certificate is required, including a certificate of analysis for the required parameters:

Food	Country of origin	Reason / Frequency of checks
		Checks / Frequency ( from 8.3.2025)
Cumin seeds	Turkey	Pesticide residues ⁽³⁾ / 30% (see above)

Appendix II

Food	Country of origin	Reason / Frequency of checks
Changes of control frequency
		Checks / Frequency:
Sesamum seeds	India	Ethylene oxide /2-Chlorethanol ⁽¹⁰⁾/ 20%
Food supplements containing botanicals	India	Ethylene oxide/2-Chlorethanol ⁽¹⁰⁾/ 20% (does not apply to guar gum as a raw material)

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).}

¹⁰⁾ _{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).}

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger, AGROLAB GROUP

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