As a result of the Standing Committee of the Section ‘Novel Food and Toxicological Safety’ held on February 8, 2019, (summarized here) the EC has issued a draft moving peanuts from Gambia and Sudan (frequency of physical and identity checks of 50% of aflatoxin) from Regulation No 669/2009 to Regulation No 884/2014, which poses stricter import controls. Therefore these entries are deleted from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 and added to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 884/2014.
In addition, in the Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 884/2014:
- The frequency of identity and physical checks of aflatoxin in dried figs from Turkey is increased from 10 to 20%.
- The CN codes to “hazelnut paste” and “figs, prepared or preserved, including mixtures” are added.
The new Regulation will enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication.
Draft imposing special conditions governing the import of groundnuts from Gambia and Sudan and amending Regulations (EC) No 669/2009 and (EU) No 884/2014