Abstract
Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) is a system that provides rapid information exchange to ascertain food safety. The aim of the current study is to prepare a detailed report of food and food contact material notifications of the year 2021 in RASFF portal. The related data in the internet tool were extracted and analyzed for subject, notification basis, notification type, products, notifying country, risk level, distribution status and measures taken. A total of 4438 notifications were identified and the most frequent hazard was pesticides. Alert, border rejection, information notification for attention, information notification for follow-up and news notification classes contained 1455, 1433, 972, 564 and 13 notices, respectively. The most frequently notifying country was Germany, followed by Spain. The mostly notified product category was fruits and vegetables and the majority of the cases had serious risk degree.
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