Food and Feed Changes 26th July 2019

Food and Feed Changes – 26th July 2019

  There are several changes to the list of ‘high risk’ non-animal origin products subject to control under Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009. The current legislative update is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1249 which comes into force on 26th July 2019. A common entry document (CED) will need to be submitted for all consignments and sampling will be carried out in accordance with the published frequencies as a minimum. All CEDs must be submitted on TRACES. The Commission Implementing Regulation will update and replace the list of food and feed controlled by Commission Regulation 669/2009. Products that are affected by the changes have been identified below. New products subject to control (arriving on or after 26th July 2019)

Product	CN Code	Country of Origin	Contaminant	Sampling Frequency
Unprocessed whole, ground, milled, cracked, chopped apricot kernels intended to be placed on the market for the final consumer (Food)	ex 1212 99 95 20	Turkey	Cyanide	50%
Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled Peanut butter Grundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and Feed)	1202 41 00 1202 42 00 2008 11 10 2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98	United States	Aflatoxins	10%
Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. Rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen)	ex 2005 99 80 93	Lebanon	Rhodamine B	50%
Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. Rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen)	ex 2005 99 80 93	Syria	Rhodamine B	50%
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) (Food – fresh)	ex 0810 90 20 20 (jackfruits only)	Malaysia	Pesticide residues	20%
Watermelon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products (Food)	ex 1208 90 00 10 (rather than ex 1106 30 90 30)	Sierra Leone	Aflatoxins	50%

  Products subject to a change to the frequency of sampling

Product	CN code	Country of Origin	Contaminant	Sampling Frequency
Goji berries (wolfberries) (Lycium barbarum L.) (Food – fresh, chilled or dried)	ex 0813 40 95 10 ex 0810 90 75 10	China	Pesticide residues	20% (increase from 10%)
Tea, whether or not flavoured (Food)	0902	China	Pesticide residues	20% (increase from 10%)
Sweet peppers (Capsicum annum) Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 10 0710 80 51   ex 0709 60 99 20 ex 0710 80 59 20	Dominican Republic	Pesticide residues	50% (increase from 20%)
Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex 0708 20 00 10 ex 0710 22 00 10	Dominican Republic	Pesticide residues	50% (increase from 20%)
Dried apricots Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food)	0813 10 00 2008 50 61	Turkey	Sulphites	10% (decrease from 20%)