The 2020 report on the use of the RASFF rapid alert system for food and feed, published by the European Commission on Monday 23 August, shows that a total of 3,862 notifications of risks related to food or feed were sent by Member States to the Commission last year.
This figure is slightly lower than last year’s report, probably due to the pandemic, which led to a decrease in product rejections at the border. Over the last seven years, the annual number of alert notifications has doubled,...