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AFC Consultants International GmbH
For more than 30 years AFC is recognized as one of the worlds leading consulting companies, specialised in agribusiness, food industry and life science in more than 110 countries world wide. As an exclusive partner of RQA Europe Ltd. we provide clients with consulting services in the field of crisis management, product recall, recall response, recovery services, business continuity planning and quality assurance within Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern-Europe.
QPRO International
QPRO International is a South African based business offering food safety auditing, training, microbiological testing and consultancy services to the manufacturing, retail and hospitality industries. QPRO is proud to be affiliated with RQA enabling the provision of RQA recall consultancy and training services to the Southern African region.
Chartis (formerly AIG)
Crisis Management and Product Recall
Chartis is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization serving more than 40 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions. With a 90-year history, one of the industry's most extensive ranges of products and services, deep claims expertise and excellent financial strength, Chartis enables its commercial and personal insurance clients alike to manage virtually any risk with confidence.
RQA are the approved crisis consultants of Chartis.
Europa
The food law aims at ensuring a high level of protection of human life and health, taking into account the protection of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment. This integrated "farm to fork" approach is now considered a general principle for EU food safety policy.
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the keystone of European Union (EU) risk assessment regarding food and feed safety. In close collaboration with national authorities and in open consultation with its stakeholders, EFSA provides independent scientific advice and clear communication on existing and emerging risks.
RQA, Inc.
Retail Quality Assurance
RQA is a global leader in strategic product development, quality assurance, crisis management and recall services to the consumer products industry. RQA supports a broad range of functions including marketing, research and development, quality assurance, operations, logistics, consumer care, risk management, legal and regulatory.
Recall Alert Information
From here you can link to a number of the top official sites that provide up to date food and non-food consumer product recall alerts and statistics.
Next to each link you will find a brief explanation of what you can expect to find on the site in terms of detail and amount of information.
If you are looking for very specialised information and statistics in regard to a particular industry or product - RQA can provide such customised data for companies. To find out more about this or any of RQA's services, please contact us either by email or phone.
- RASFF Europa (Food) – The Europa site is the site to visit if you require the very latest list of all the European food alerts (RASFF) that are published on a week by week basis - including both alert and informational notices.
- RAPEX Europa (Non Food) – This lists European recall alert information for non-food consumer products - RAPEX, updated weekly. It is also useful as unlike the RASFF system, RAPEX also includes pictures of affected products.
- UK Food Standards Agency – This easy to navigate and well presented website provides up to date recall notifications of the most significant UK food recall alerts. It also contains a useful news section where you can find out about developments and issues currently affecting the food industry.
- UK Trading Standards – This is a another site which provides a compendium of all the latest food as well as non food recalls in the UK, with brief descriptions of each. It is a functional site, and while basic, is easy to understand and get the information you require.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Search US recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts by brand, product or company
- US Consumer Product Safety Commision (CPSC) – This is a site which can be used to search and filter through all recall alerts in the US, both food and non food.
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency - This site lists food recalls and allergy alerts. There is a search engine available to search on key words.
- Health Canada - A searchable database of consumer product recalls dating back to 1995.
- Australian recall alerts – This site provides alert information on all recalls throughout Australia including food and non-food products.
RAPEX Contact Points
If you need to notify your national authority about a product safety issue for a non-food consumer product, you need to make contact with your RAPEX contact point. To see a list of these for all EU Member states, please click here.
RAPEX Annual Reports
RAPEX Annual Report 2008 RAPEX Annual Report 2008 (FR)
RAPEX Annual Report 2007 RAPEX Annual Report 2007 (FR)
RAPEX Annual Report 2006 RAPEX Annual Report 2006 (FR)
RASFF Annual Reports
Food Safety Authorities
On this page RQA have compiled links to a variety of Food Safety Authorities and related sites from across the globe.
European
European Food Safety Authority
European Food Information Council
Austria
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Belgium
Cyprus
Cyprus Safety & Health Association
Denmark
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Estonia
Finland
France
L'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments
Germany
Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL)
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Hungary
Department for European Integration
Iceland
National Environment Agency of Iceland
Ireland
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Latvian Food and Veterinary Service
Lithuania
State Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg
Le Gouvernement du Grand-Douché de Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
The Dutch Food and Non-Food Authority
Norway
Poland
Spain
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo
Sweden
United Kingdom
Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (N Ireland)
Australia
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand Food Safety Authority
U.S Sites
Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA
Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Other
International Food Information Council (IFIC)
National Food Authority Links
Recall Alert Information
Jun/09
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Follow this link for RASFF & RAPEX annual reports going back to 2004. View >
Jun/09
This gives an overview of the relevant web sites where recalls are published by national authorities for food and non-food in countries around the world. View >
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