EU RAPID ALERT SYSTEMS
March 1st, 2005
BY DEIRDRE MASONDO product and food alerts work? For consumer safety, it is essential that they do, but the global nature of today's markets means that the recall net has to be cast over a vastly wider area than in the past. The recent problems caused across the European Union (EU) with chilli powder contaminated by the industrial dye, Sudan 1, showed what a recall system means today and the number of food products that can be affected by a single contaminated batch of an ingredient.Because dangerous products are sold across Europe, an updated EU general product ...
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