{"id":7557,"date":"2025-09-08T11:57:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:57:30","slug":"eu-update-of-import-control-lists-for-certain-food-and-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/eu-update-of-import-control-lists-for-certain-food-and-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"EU: Update of Import Control Lists for Certain Food and Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 23 July 2025, the European Union updated its regulations on the <strong>import of certain foodstuffs and feed of non-animal origin<\/strong> by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019\/1793.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regulation 2019\/1793 specifies which goods from certain third countries must be subject to increased controls, and which special import conditions apply. There are two lists for this purpose:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annex I: <\/strong>Food and feed of non-animal origin that are subject to <strong>temporary increased controls<\/strong> when imported from certain countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annex II: <\/strong>Food and feed from certain countries that may only be imported into the EU if <strong>additional conditions<\/strong> are met.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These appendices are regularly updated to respond to current risks in the supply chains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Annex I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following have been added to the list of products subject to increased official controls:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bottle gourd (<em>Lagenaria siceraria<\/em>) from India<\/li>\n<li>Tomatoes (<em>Solanum lycopersicum<\/em>) from T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, certain spices <strong>from Ethiopia<\/strong> that were previously subject to special import conditions (Annex II) have now been transferred to Annex I:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peppers (Piper), ground fruit (genus: <em>Capsicum<\/em> or <em>Pimenta)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma)<\/li>\n<li>Thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Updated Annex II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following have been added to Annex II and simultaneously deleted from Annex I:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India<\/li>\n<li>Yardlong\u00a0beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. \u2018sesquipedalis\u2019 and \u2018unguiculata\u2019) from India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Further adjustments to inspection frequencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the <strong>frequency of identity checks and physical inspections<\/strong> has been changed for the following products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20% on granadillas and passion fruit from Colombia<\/li>\n<li>50% on vine leaves from Egypt<\/li>\n<li>30% on tahini and halva from\u00a0<em>Sesamum<\/em>seeds from Syria<\/li>\n<li>20% on mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Egypt<\/li>\n<li>30% on yardlong beans (\u2018sesquipedalis\u2019 and \u2018unguiculata\u2019) from Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>10% on grapefruits from T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n<li>30% on figs, mixtures and products made from dried figs from T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n<li>50% on cumin seeds from T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtai.de\/de\/trade\/eu\/zoll\/eu-futter-und-lebensmittel-nicht-tierischen-ursprungs-254834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTAI<\/a> (in German), <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32025R1441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUR-Lex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23 July 2025, the European Union updated its regulations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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