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Annual Report 2009 The RASFF was put in place to provide food and feed control authorities with an effective tool to exchange information about measures taken responding to serious risks detected in relation to food or feed. This exchange of information helps Member States to act more rapidly and in a coordinated manner in response to a health threat caused by food or feed. Its effectiveness is ensured by keeping its structure simple: it consists essentially of clearly identified contact points in the Commission, EFSA 1 , EEA 2 and at national level in member countries, exchanging information in a clear and structured way by means of templates. THE LEGAL BASIS The legal basis of the RASFF is Regulation (EC) N° 178/2002. Article 50 of this Regulation establishes the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed as a network involving the Member States, the Commission as member and manager of the system and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Also the EEA countries: Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, are longstanding members of the RASFF. Whenever a member of the network has any information relating to the existence of a serious direct or indirect risk to human health deriving from food or feed, this information is immediately notified to the Commission under the RASFF. The Commission immediately transmits this information to the members of the network. Article 50.3 of the Regulation lays down additional criteria for when a RASFF notification is required. Without prejudice to other Community legislation, the Member States shall immediately notify the Commission under the rapid alert system of: a. any measure they adopt which is aimed at restricting the placing on the market or forcing the withdrawal from the market or the recall of food or feed in order to protect human health and requiring rapid action; b. any recommendation or agreement with professional operators which is aimed, on a voluntary or obligatory basis, at preventing, limiting or imposing specific conditions on the placing on the market or the eventual use of food or feed on account of a serious risk to human health requiring rapid action; c. any rejection, related to a direct or indirect risk to human health, of a batch, container or cargo of food or feed by a competent authority at a border post within the European Union. 8 1 European Food Safety Authority, www.efsa.europa.eu 2 EFTA Surveillance Authority, http://www.eftasurv.int
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) All members of the system have out-of-hours arrangements (7 days/7, 24 hour/24) to ensure that in case of an urgent notification being made outside of office hours, on-duty officers can be warned, acknowledge the urgent information and take appropriate action. All member organisations of the RASFF are listed and their home pages can be consulted on the internet from the following RASFF web page: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/food/food/ rapidalert/members_en.htm EUROPEAN UNION • European Commission – Health and Consumers Directorate-General • European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) THE MEMBERS EFTA • EFTA Surveillance Authority AUSTRIA • Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH und Bundesamt für Ernährungssicherheit BELGIUM • A.F.S.C.A. – Agence Fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire • F.A.V.V. – Federaal Agentschap voor de Veiligheid van de Voedselketen BULGARIA • Министерство на земеделието и горите • Ministry of Agriculture and Food CYPRUS • Ministry of Health – Medical and Public Health Services CZECH REPUBLIC • Státní zemědělská a potravinářská inspekce • Czech Agriculture And Food Inspection Authority DENMARK • Fødevaredirektorate – Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri • The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration – Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries ESTONIA • Veterinaar- ja Toiduamet (Veterinary and Food Board) FINLAND • Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto Evira (Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira) 9
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