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Intensified official controls announced

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Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 regulates the frequency of official controls on imports of certain foods into the EU. The current amending Regulation (EU) 2025/1441, valid from 12 August 2025, published various adjustments to the control plan (Annexes 1 and 2).

 

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.

 

For footnotes, please refer to the text of the regulation. All information is provided without guarantee.

 

Appendix I

 

Foodstuff Origin Reason / Frequency
Deletions
none
New entries
  Test for:
Mango fruit (Mangifera indica)  Egypt Pesticide residues (3)  / 20%
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)  India Pesticide residues  (3)  / 20%
Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.)  Turkey Pesticide residues  (3)  / 20%
Change of control frequency
  Test for:
Granadilla and passion fruit (Passiflora ligularis und Passiflora edulis)  Colombia Pesticide residues  (3) / 20% ⇑
Grape leaves Egypt Pesticide residues  (3)  / 50% ⇑⇑

Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis and ssp. unguiculata)

 Sri Lanka Pesticide residues  (3)  / 30% ⇑
Grapefruits Turkey Pesticide residues  (3)  / 10% ⇓

  

Transfer of products from Appendix II to Appendix I:

Foodstuff Origin Reason / Frequency
  Test for:
Drumsticks (Moringa oleifera)a India Pesticide residues  (3) / 30% ⇑
Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis und ssp. unguiculata)  India Pesticide residues  (3)  / 50% ⇑⇑

 

Appendix II

Foodstuff

Origin

Reason / Frequency

Change of control frequency
 

Test for:

Dried figs, Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing figs

Turkey

Ochratoxin A / 30% ⇑

Dried figs, Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing figs

Turkey

Aflatoxins / 30% ⇑

 

For footnotes, please refer to the text of the regulation. All information is provided without guarantee.

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger