EU: 2019 RASFF Annual Report
The European Commission has recently published the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) 2019 Annual Report.
In 2019, the product category "nuts, nut products and seeds" reached a total of 669 notifications, very similar to 2018. However, the number of notifications for this category has been increasing over the last years –more than double since 2014.
| Year | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Total notifications | 669 | 667 | 536 | 443 | 477 | 308 |
The most notified hazard in the ‘nuts, nut products and seeds’ category and countries of origin were:
- Salmonella in nuts, nut products and seeds from Sudan: 99 notifications.
- Aflatoxins in nuts, nut products and seeds from USA: 80 notifications.
- Aflatoxins in nuts, nut products and seeds from Argentina: 63 notifications.
- Aflatoxins in nuts, nut products and seeds from Turkey: 55 notifications.
A more detailed analysis of the nut and dried fruit notifications can be found here.