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The regulation on general food law, which entered into force in February 2002, contains new provisions as regards the rapid alert system. With a view to increasing transparency according to Article 10, the Commission published for the first time a report on the rapid alert system for food and feed for the year 2002. We will do so for each subsequent year. However, we cannot apply the food law retroactively and go back as far as 1992.
The publication of this annual report was, however, only the first step. In addition, since the end of May 2003, the Commission has published, on the Internet, summary reports containing information on all notifications received on a weekly basis. These reports contain information on the type of product and the problem identified, the origin of the product and the notifying Member State.
The rapid alert system defined in Article 50 of the regulation is designed primarily as a tool for the rapid transmission of information amongst competent authorities in cases where a risk has been identified and measures have already been taken by the notifying Member State, such as withholding, recalling, seizure or rejection of the products concerned.
The quick transmission of information allows all other Member States to verify immediately whether they are also affected by the problem in question, or to ensure that a product rejected at one point of entry does not enter through another place. It also ensures coherent and simultaneous actions by all Member States.
In cases where a product is still on the market and should not be consumed, the authorities of the Member States are in a position to take all the necessary urgent measures, including providing direct information to the public.
In addition, the information collected by the rapid alert system is used by the Commission. For example, my services use the information to set priorities for the Food and Veterinary Office and to propose measures such as suspension of the placing on the market, suspension of imports or any other emergency measure under Article 53 of the regulation.
The Commission also uses this information to assist third countries. When products subject to a notification originate from a third country, its competent authorities are systematically informed in order to enable them to correct the problem at source and prevent further cases.
It is true that, according to Article 52 of the Food Law Regulation, the Commission does not publish trade names and the identity of individual companies in the regular rapid alert summaries. However, where emergency measures are taken by Member States or the Commission, in the light of the analysis of the risk posed by the alert, such relevant information on the products concerned by the action is made public.
The RASFF is used both to take actions to prevent further occurrence of food-related risks and to react immediately to such related risks in order to provide consumers with safe food."@en1
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