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and cooked loins being exported to the EU (e.g. Ghana, Mauritius). Overall, alerts for canned tuna
and cooked loins are relatively rare for most countries, with most alerts relating to raw tuna product
rather than processed product (canned, cooked loins).
PNG had experienced only one alert until January 2008 (histamine in canned tuna) but has seen a
moderate number of relevant alerts in recent times. During 2011, two cooked loin alerts (histamine,
rupture of cold chain), and one canned tuna alert (histamine) have been registered, which gives
some cause for concern, although most alerts occurred beyond PNG, due to rupture of the cold
chain on transit vessels.
The CA is assuming that an FVO inspection is likely in 2012 and is preparing accordingly, with
continuing efforts to address issues raised during the 2007 and 2008 FVO visits, as well as the FFA
Project Assistance visit in 2009.
Table 5.6
Number of RASSF alerts for fish and fish products from selected EU exporting countries,
2006 – September 2011
Country
All Fish and
Fish Products
Number of Rapid Alerts Total Exports to EU - 2006-2010
(approx. mt)
Canned tuna Cooked loins
Canned tuna Cooked loins
Ecuador 24 1 1 (histamine) 360,000 174,000
Ghana 0 0 0 136,000 14,000
Indonesia 70 3 (histamine) 0 50,000 300
Mauritius 0 0 0 197,000 49,000
Papua
New
7 2 (histamine) 2 68,249 7,000
Guinea
Philippines 16 5 (3 histamine) 0 252,000 2,200
Seychelles 5 2 ( 1 histamine) 0 235,000 640
Solomon
Islands
0 0 0 85 10,300
Spain 310 5 0 n/a n/a
Thailand 72 22 (16 histamine) 0 344,000 50,000
Sources: RASFF 2011, Eurostat 2011
Availability of ‘originating’ fish and SPS/IUU compliant global sourcing fish to PNG
Prior to March 2008, fish caught by PNG-flag vessels (in PNG waters or beyond), and fish caught in
archipelagic waters by vessels of any flag, qualified as wholly originating fish eligible for processing in
certified plants for subsequent export to the EU, provided the vessels were also SPS-compliant. With
most fish caught by domestic vessels in archipelagic waters anyway, the amount of originating fish
available in 2007 was approximately 70,000 mt (see Section 3.1). This was higher than the amount of
fish being processed at the time (60,000 mt) and thus adequate, in theory, to meet existing raw
material needs at the time, subject to seasonal variations in supply and existing supply
contracts/arrangements of fishing firms. However, raw material supply volumes at this level (i.e.
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