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Food safety of foods of non-animal origin imported to Portugal. Analysis of the data resulting from official controls on imports between 2014 and 2017
| Resumo: | The Community sets specific standards regarding safety and hygiene of foodstuffs and feed to be met by food businesses. So as to check conformity with these standards of foodstuffs imported from 3rd countries, when these have been identified to pose a risk to consumers, there are several Community measures and national control plans aimed at laying down procedures for the official controls on these consignments. The aim of this study is to provide a description of the evolution of FNAO imports into Portugal between 2014 and 2017, including the number and type of rejections and resulting RASFF notifications. In order to do so, data was extracted from online platform TRACES and analysed on Excel and all relevant legal measures, communications and plans consulted. Results show that there was an increase in imports, specifically in the category of ‘Edible Fruits and Nuts’, most of which originating in Brazil. The number of rejections was similar throughout the four years, but those pertaining to groundnuts from China and food supplements from the USA revealed to be re-occurring and problematic. Overall, only 0.2% of imports over the four years were non-compliant, showing that the great majority of foodstuffs imported are safe for human consumption |
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| Autores principais: | Golding, Carolina de Arouca |
| Assunto: | official controls FNAO rejection non-compliance food law |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | The Community sets specific standards regarding safety and hygiene of foodstuffs and feed to be met by food businesses. So as to check conformity with these standards of foodstuffs imported from 3rd countries, when these have been identified to pose a risk to consumers, there are several Community measures and national control plans aimed at laying down procedures for the official controls on these consignments. The aim of this study is to provide a description of the evolution of FNAO imports into Portugal between 2014 and 2017, including the number and type of rejections and resulting RASFF notifications. In order to do so, data was extracted from online platform TRACES and analysed on Excel and all relevant legal measures, communications and plans consulted. Results show that there was an increase in imports, specifically in the category of ‘Edible Fruits and Nuts’, most of which originating in Brazil. The number of rejections was similar throughout the four years, but those pertaining to groundnuts from China and food supplements from the USA revealed to be re-occurring and problematic. Overall, only 0.2% of imports over the four years were non-compliant, showing that the great majority of foodstuffs imported are safe for human consumption |
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