RASFF NOTIFICATION ON FOODS ORIGINATED FROM EUROPEAN UNION AND TURKEY BETWEEN 2009–2018

Abstract

The aim of this study is to extensively investigate of the numbers of notifications in foods between 2009 and 2018 by using the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) data source. In the RASFF portal, food and food products notifications obtained from member countries and Turkey are classified as years, product categories, types of notifications, risk decisions, source of notifications, and hazard categories. When the results are evaluated according to the product category, the most notification was found in fruits and vegetables. The notifications ratio in this category constituted 20% of total and the notification of fruits and vegetables originated from Turkey were determined remarkably higher (62%). In this period (2009–2018), it was seen that mycotoxin notifications take the first place according to the hazard category. Once the mycotoxins notifications were examined, it was shown that aflatoxins were the most reported one (89%) and it was followed by ochratoxin A (9%). A similar trend was also observed in food notifications originated from our country.

Keywords

• Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF),product categories,risk decisions,type of notification,source of notification,hazard categories,mycotoxins

AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ VE TÜRKİYE KAYNAKLI GIDALARDA 2009–2018 YILLARI ARASINDA RASFF BİLDİRİMLERİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Gıda ve Yemler için Hızlı Alarm Sistemi (RASFF) veri kaynağında 2009–2018 yılları arasında gıdalarda yapılan bildirim sayılarını geniş kapsamlı incelemektir. Portalda RASFF üye ülkeleri ile Türkiye kaynaklı gıda ve gıda ürünlerinden elde edilen veriler; yıllara, ürün kategorilerine, bildirim türlerine, risk kararlarına, bildirim kaynağına ve tehlike kategorilerine göre sınıflandırılmıştır. Ürün kategorisine göre sonuçlar değerlendirildiğinde, en fazla bildirim meyve ve sebzelerde tespit edilmiştir. Bu ürün grubunun; veri kaynağına aktarılan tüm gıdalar içerisindeki oranı %20 olarak saptanmış, Türkiye kaynaklı bildirimi yapılan gıdalar arasındaki payı ise dikkate değer düzeyde (%62) yüksek bulunmuştur. İlgili süreçte, gıdalarda yapılan bildirimlerde tehlike kategorilerine bakıldığında ilk sırayı mikotoksinlerin aldığı görülmektedir. Mikotoksinler incelendiğinde en fazla bildirimin aflatoksinlerde (%89) olduğu ve bunu okratoksin A (%9)’nın takip ettiği belirlenmiştir. Ülkemiz kaynaklı gıda bildirimlerinde de benzer bir tablo elde edilmiştir.

Keywords

• Gıda ve Yemler için Hızlı Alarm Sistemi (RASFF),ürün kategorileri,risk kararları,bildirim türü,bildirim kaynağı,tehlike kategorileri,mikotoksinler

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