According to the European Federation of the Trade in Dried Fruit & Edible Nuts, Processed Fruit & Vegetables, Processed Fishery products, Spices, Honey (FRUCOM), the European Commission has shared with Member States an overview of the results of border controls.The border controls have been carried out by National Competent Authorities on food products listed in Annex I to Regulation 669/2009 in the first and second quarters of 2016. The table below summarizes the results on nuts and dried fruit products.
| Q1 |
Nº consignments |
Nº physical checks | Nº non-compliances |
% of non-compliances |
| Dried grapes from Afghanistan (control freq. 50% for Ochratoxin A). Delisted since 1 July 2016. |
37 |
18 | 2 |
11,1% |
| Almonds from Australia (control freq. 20% for aflatoxins). Delisted since 1 July 2016. |
102 |
20 | 0 |
0,0% |
| Groundnuts from Brazil (control freq. 10% for aflatoxins). Delisted since 2 February 2016. |
225 |
34 | 3 |
8,8% |
| Groundnuts from Gambia (control freq. 50% for aflatoxins). |
0 |
— | — |
— |
| Groundnuts from Sudan (control freq. 50% for aflatoxins). |
0 |
— | — |
— |
| Dried apricots from Turkey (control freq. 10% for sulphites) |
1039 |
113 | 6 |
5,3% |
| Pistachios from US (control freq. 20% for aflatoxins). |
390 |
86 | 5 |
5.8% |
| Dried apricots from Uzbekistan (control freq. 50% for sulphites) |
4 |
0 | — |
— |
| Q2 |
Nº consignments |
Nº physical checks | Nº non-compliances |
% of non-compliances |
| Dried grapes from Afghanistan (control freq. 50% for Ochratoxin A). Delisted since 1 July 2016. |
9 |
4 | 0 |
0,0% |
| Almonds from Australia (control freq. 20% for aflatoxins). Delisted since 1 July 2016. |
175 |
28 | 0 |
0,0% |
| Groundnuts from Gambia (control freq. 50% for aflatoxins). |
0 |
— | — |
— |
| Groundnuts from Madagascar (control freq. 50% for aflatoxins). |
10 |
6 | 5 |
83,3% |
| Groundnuts from Sudan (control freq. 50% for aflatoxins). |
0 |
— | — |
— |
| Dried apricots from Turkey (control freq. 10% for sulphites) |
1015 |
106 | 5 |
4,7% |
| Pistachios from US (control freq. 20% for aflatoxins). |
462 |
94 | 1 |
1,1% |
|
Dried apricots from Uzbekistan (control freq. 50% for sulphites)
|
3 | 0 | — |
— |
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