RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FEED

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RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FEED

• RASFF

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flow-chart of activities carried out by
SANCO-RASFF
MEMBER STATE NOTIFICATION
Third county / Media
E-MAIL
CIRCA
HOT-LINE TO DIRECTOR GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER FOR
EVENTS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE
RASFF ASSESSMENT
INFORMATION
ALERT
NEWS
ELABORATION OF THE NOTIFICATION
RASFF ASSESSMENT
TRANSMISSION OF NOTIFICATIONS TO THE THIRD
COUNTRIES CONCERNED
TRANSMISSION VIA CIRCA/E-MAIL
FEEDBACK FROM MEMBER STATES
REPORTS/ STATISTICS
COMMISSION SERVICES
MEMBER STATES
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SANCO RASFF
THIRD COUNTRIES
MEMBER STATES
OTHER DGS
DG SANCO
FVO
Decisions
Pistachios Iran
DG ENV
Emergency missions
Priority missions
Regulation
Peanuts Egypt
Missions
Animal productsfrom China
Radioactivity mushrooms
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procedure for requesting guaranties after
repetitive notifications
RASFF
LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL COPIES OF
NOTIFICATIONS
MISSION THIRD COUNTRY
MEMBERS STATES CONTACT POINTS
GUARANTIES
THIRD COUNTRY COMPETENT AUTHORITY
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RASFF notifications used for taking Commission
decisions

• 2001/705/EC Protective measures on fishery
  products and aquaculture from Indonesia.
• 2002/75/EC Special conditions on import from
  third countries of star anise
• 2002/247/EC Suspending the placing on the market
  and import of jelly confectionery containing the
  food additive E 425 konjac.
• 2002/249/EC Protective measures on fishery
  products and aquaculture from Myanmar.
• 2002/699/EC Protective measures on fishery
  products and aquaculture from China and Vietnam.
• Several Decisions imposing special conditions on
  the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios from
  Turkey, China, Egypt and Iran

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Alert notifications per notifying country in 2002
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information notifications per notifying country
in 2002
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Notifications per country of origin in 2002
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reasons for alert notifications in 2002
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reasons for information notifications in 2002
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categories of products notified in 2002 as alerts
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categories of products notified in 2002 as
informations
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