{"id":30687,"date":"2023-12-15T11:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=30687"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:11:29","slug":"2022-annual-report-on-food-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingphytocontrol.shdesign.fr\/en\/regulatory-watch\/2022-annual-report-on-food-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 annual report on food fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[hover_box image=&#8221;\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Miel.png&#8221; image_hover=&#8221;\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/actu_publication-rasff-2016_02.jpg&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; target=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 annual report of the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) has just been published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the number of notifications exchanged by the Food Fraud Network (FFN) reached a total of 600, with a significant increase compared to 2021 (407).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The countries that reported the most suspected fraud were Germany (26.5% of notifications), Belgium (21%) and France (13.3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As regards the origin of the products reported in the system, 72.7% concerned goods from within the EU and 26.7% from outside the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For products from the EU:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15.4% of cases concerned Spain (suspected adulteration of squid-based products, mislabelling of olive oil as extra virgin olive oil),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12.9% of cases concerned the Netherlands (misdescription and smuggling of animal products).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For products not originating in the EU:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>21% concerned China (suspected adulteration of honey, misdescription of fish products),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12% concerned India (suspected adulteration of shrimp with undeclared water).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The most frequently reported product categories were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Honey and royal jelly (15.7%): adulteration of honey with foreign sugars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live animals (8.3%) excluding cats and dogs, especially horses: lack of control with falsification of documents, food unfit for human consumption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meat and meat products (except poultry) (7.7%): smuggling, imports, production, slaughter, illegal trade, labelling errors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fish and fish-based products (7.7%): falsification by replacing fish with lower-value species or with a processed product, application of an unapproved treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fats and oils (6.8%): mislabelling (sale of olive oil as extra virgin olive oil).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poultry and poultry-based products (6.17%): water added to chicken, misleading product labelling (freezing date, quantity and\/or quality).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods (5.8%): unauthorised food supplements placed on the market, addition of unapproved substances, unauthorised health claims.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crustaceans and their products (5.5%): undeclared addition of water to shrimps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cephalopods and derived products (4.9%): adulteration, ingredient substitution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant protection products: illegal trade in substances within the EU, unapproved composition or use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The most frequently reported types of fraud were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adulteration\/falsification of products (47.8%): substitution (in honey and royal jelly, cephalopods and crustaceans and their products), unapproved\/undeclared process or product (in dietetic foods, food supplements and enriched foods, fish and fish products and non-alcoholic drinks).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Description, labelling and brand errors (22.5%): false claims, false quality terms, misleading declaration of product weight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The grey market (16.1%): smuggling, imports, production and illegal trading of live animals, plant protection products, dietetic foods, food supplements and enriched foods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falsification of documents (9.3%): falsification of passports, animal identification documents, batch numbers (in the live animals, meat and meat products categories, with the exception of poultry).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Counterfeiting (4.3%): Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), infringement of intellectual property rights (relating to chocolate, tea and plant protection products).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Phytocontrol&#8217;s experts can assist you with these issues relating to fraud and food safety. 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