UK: Food Standards Agency (FSA) reveals some imports missed required checks

Published 2021년 5월 29일

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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has identified a issue where some products, particularly those of animal origin and certain non-animal high-risk foods, have bypassed necessary controls coming from non-EU countries through Dover, an unauthorized border control post for sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) products. Approximately 55 importers have been involved, leading to concerns about compliance. The FSA is working with local authorities to ensure correct procedures are followed, and is experiencing challenges due to capacity issues at Dover and the need for checks on EU imports. Additionally, the FSA is addressing recruitment and retention issues of Official Veterinarians, with support from Eville and Jones. The agency also mentioned ongoing investigations into food safety outbreaks, including hepatitis A from dates and Salmonella from chicken products, and noted improvements in Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks. A future annual report will focus on changes to food safety and standards in the UK post-Brexit.

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Some products have gone through an English port without the necessary controls, according to the Food Standards Agency’s chief executive. Emily Miles said the items came through the European Union to Great Britain from non-EU countries without checks since the start of this year. “There have been a small number of imports that have come through Dover which is not a recognized border control post for sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) products and so the correct checks have not taken place on those imports. As far as we are aware there has been no evidence of risk to animal or public health and we consider this to be a business compliance issue. We think it’s only about 55 importers who’ve been doing it and 20 of those do about 90 percent of the products,” she said during the FSA’s board meeting this past week. The goods are products of animal origin such as meat, eggs and milk and high risk food not of animal origin, which can be nuts or herbs from certain countries. They are ...

Source: Foodsafetynews