Second detection of Moroccan strawberries with hepatitis A in 9 days; what is the EU doing?

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Published Mar 19, 2024

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The Unió Llauradora i Ramadera has reported a second case of strawberries from Morocco containing hepatitis A within nine days. The European Union's rapid alert system for food and feed control, RASFF, has issued an alert due to the serious risk. Despite the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture initially denying the presence of the virus after the first detection, a second detection confirms the issue. LA UNIÓ is now calling for stricter controls on imported products and equal treatment of EU and non-EU producers.

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The Unió Llauradora i Ramadera reports that a new shipment of strawberries from Morocco with hepatitis A has been detected, which is the second consecutive in just nine days, so the organization asks that health security be guaranteed. The RASFF, a rapid alert system for the control of food and feed in the European Union, published last Friday, March 15, a new alert regarding the presence of Hepatitis A in strawberries from Morocco. The notification issued qualifies the presence of this virus as a serious and potentially serious risk. This new rejection at the border adds to the one already detected on March 9 with the same characteristics. LA UNIÓ points out that the health of European consumers cannot be put at risk and therefore citizens must be informed about the controls carried out on products imported from third countries and in this case on strawberries that come from Morocco. “We are very afraid that only random controls and inspections are carried out and therefore ...

Source: Agrodigital