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Europe needs its RASFF system

Now more than ever, Europe relies on its system for quick warnings about food and animal fodder (RASFF). This was outlined by the European Commission last week to mark the presentation of the 2014 RASFF annual report.

The quick warning system has now been around for 35 years. Tonio Borg, European Commissioner of Health, praised the RASFF system as an important instrument that enables a quick exchange of information to protect the consumer in the EU. "The horse meat scandal showed how the RASFF system works and products which were mixed with illegal horse meat were traced to their source and taken off the market," says Borg. At the same time he pointed out the RASFF system's new internet portal at 'http://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/consumers/'. Here the consumer can access information about products that have been taken off the market and about warnings issued by health services and businesses in a particular EU country.