According to an annual report published recently, the number of notifications in a Spanish food alert system went down in 2022.
The 880 notifications in the Coordinated System for the Rapid Information Exchange of Information (SCIRI) are declining from the record high of 1,081 alerts in 2021.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) coordinates national actions related to food products and food contact materials that may pose a risk to public health. The agency said the fall in notifications could be linked to the reduced influence of COVID-19 pandemic measures and fewer ethylene oxide alerts.
Fewer alerts and information notifications were made in 2022, and the 617 notices were mainly split between animal and plant-origin products, with food contact materials in third.
Based on food product type, fish and fish products were top followed by meat products and food supplements.
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