Annex I Food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries subject to a temporary increase of official controls at border control posts and control pointsE1 F1

England

Row	Country of origin	Food and feed (intended use)	Commodity code ^f1	Hazard	Frequency of physical and identity checks (%)
(1) Where only certain products under any commodity code are required to be examined, the commodity code is marked ‘ex’.
(2) The sampling and the analyses must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods set out in point 1(a) of Annex III to this Regulation.
(3) The sampling and the analyses must be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods set out in point 1(b) of Annex III to this Regulation.
(4) Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopted in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored in or on products of plant origin only).
(5) Residues of Ethephon.
(6) For the purposes of this Annex, ‘Sudan dyes’ refers to the following chemical substances: (i) Sudan I (CAS Number 842-07-9); (ii) Sudan II (CAS Number 3118-97-6); (iii) Sudan III (CAS Number 85-86-9); (iv) Scarlet Red; or Sudan IV (CAS Number 85-83-6).
(7) Residues of Penthiopyrad.
(8) Residues of Ethylene Oxide (sum of ethylene oxide and 2-chloro-ethanol, expressed as ethylene oxide).
(9) Residues of Picoxystrobin.
(10) Residues of Trichlorfon.
(11) Residues of Anthraquinone.
(12) ‘Unprocessed products’ as defined in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
(13) ‘Placing on the market’ and ‘final consumer’ as respectively defined in Article 3(8) and (18) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
(14) The following reference methods may be used: (1) BS EN 1988-1:1998 “Foodstuffs. Determination of sulfite - Optimized Monier-Williams method”, published by the British Standards Institution on 15th June 1998 (ISBN 0 580 29239 8), available from the British Standards Institution at https://knowledge.bsigroup.com; (2) BS EN 1988-2:1998 “Foodstuffs. Determination of sulfite - Enzymatic method”, published by the British Standards Institution on 15th June 1998 (ISBN 0 580 29240 1), available from the British Standards Institution at https://knowledge.bsigroup.com; (3) ISO 5522:1981 “Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of total sulphur dioxide content”, published by the International Organization for Standardization in September 1981, edition 1, available from the ISO at https://www.iso.org.
1	Bolivia (BO)	Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	1208 90 00 20	Aflatoxins	50
		Groundnuts paste (Food and feed)	2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08
		Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell (Food and feed)	1202 41 00
		Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and feed)	2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98
		Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled (Food and feed)	1202 42 00
		Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	2305 00 00
		Peanut butter (Food and feed)	2008 11 10
2	Brazil (BR)	Black pepper (Piper) (Food – neither crushed nor ground)	0904 11 00 10	Salmonella^f2	50
2	Brazil (BR)	Papaws (Papaya) ?(Food)	0807 20 00	Pesticide Residues ^f3^f4	10
3	China (CN)	Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	1208 90 00 20	Aflatoxins	10
		Groundnuts paste (Food and feed)	2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08
		Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell (Food and feed)	1202 41 00
		Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and feed)	2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98
		Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled (Food and feed)	1202 42 00
		Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	2305 00 00
		Peanut butter (Food and feed)	2008 11 10
4	Colombia (CO)	Granadilla (Passiflora ligularis) and passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) (Food)	0810 90 20 40 0810 90 20 50	Pesticide residues	10
5	Dominican Republic (DO)	Aubergines (Solanum melongena) (Food – fresh or chilled)	0709 30 00 05	Pesticide residues	50
		Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 99 20 0710 80 59 20	Pesticide residues	50
		Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 10 0710 80 51	Pesticide residues
		Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex0708 20 00 10 ex0710 22 00 10	Pesticide residues
6	Ecuador (EC)	Bananas (Food - fresh or dried)	0803 90	Pesticide residues	5
7	Egypt (EG)	Oranges (Food – fresh or dried)	0805 10	Pesticide residues	10
		Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 99 20 0710 80 59 20	Pesticide residues	20
		Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 10 0710 80 51	Pesticide residues	20
8	Georgia (GE)	Hazelnuts (Corylus spp.), in shell (Food)	0802 21 00	Aflatoxins	20
		Hazelnuts (Corylus spp.), shelled (Food)	0802 22 00
		Hazelnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, including mixtures (Food)	2008 19 12 30 2008 19 19 30 2008 19 92 30 2008 19 95 20 2008 19 99 30 2008 97 12 15 2008 97 14 15 2008 97 16 15 2008 97 18 15 2008 97 32 15 2008 97 34 15 2008 97 36 15 2008 97 38 15 2008 97 51 15 2008 97 59 15 2008 97 72 15 2008 97 74 15 2008 97 76 15 2008 97 78 15 2008 97 92 15 2008 97 93 15 2008 97 94 15 2008 97 96 15 2008 97 97 15 2008 97 98 15
		Flour, meal and powder of hazelnuts (Food)	1106 30 90 40
		Hazelnut oil (Food)	1515 90 99 20
		Hazelnut paste (Food)	2007 10 10 70 2007 10 99 40 2007 99 39 05 2007 99 39 06 2007 99 50 33 2007 99 97 23
		Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing hazelnuts (Food)	0813 50 39 70 0813 50 91 70 0813 50 99 70
9	Ghana (GH)	Palm oil (Food)	1511 10 90 1511 90 11 ex1511 90 19 90 1511 90 99	Sudan dyes ^f5	20
10	Israel (IL)	Basil (holy, sweet) (Food – fresh or chilled herbs)	1211 90 86 20	Pesticide residues	10
10	Israel (IL)	Mint (Food – fresh or chilled herbs)	1211 90 86 30	Pesticide residues ^f6	10
11	India (IN)	Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers (Food – dried spices)	0906	Pesticide residues ^f7	10
		Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) (Food – dried spices)	0907	Pesticide residues
		Cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground (Food)	0909 31 00	Pesticide residues ^f8^f9
		Cumin seeds, crushed or ground (Food)	0909 32 00	Pesticide residues
		Curry leaves (Bergera/ Murraya koenigii) (Food – fresh, chilled, frozen or dried)	1211 90 86 10	Pesticide residues	50
		Fenugreek leaves (Food)	ex0910 99 91 ex0910 99 99	Pesticide residues	10
		Guar gum (Food and feed)	ex1302 32 90	Pentachlorophenol and dioxins	20
		Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) (Food – dried spices)	0908 11 00 0908 12 00	Aflatoxins	50
		Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms (Food – dried spices)	0908	Pesticide residues ^f10	50
		Peppers of the genus Capsicum (sweet or other than sweet) (Food - dried, roasted, crushed or ground)	0904 21 10 0904 21 90 20 0904 22 00 11 0904 22 00 19 ex2005 99 10 10 ex2005 99 10 90 ex2005 99 80 94	Aflatoxins	20
		Rice (Food)	1006	Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A	5
		Rice (Food)	1006	Pesticide residues	5
		Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) (Food - fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex0708 20 00 10 ex0710 22 00 10	Pesticide residues	20
12	Iran (IR)	Melon seeds (Food)	1207 70	Aflatoxins	10
13	Kenya (KE)	Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) (Food – fresh or chilled)	0708 20	Pesticide residues	10
13	Kenya (KE)	Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 99 20 0710 80 59 20	Pesticide residues	10
14	Cambodia (KH)	Chinese celery (Apium graveolens) (Food – fresh or chilled herb)	0709 40 00 20	Pesticide residues	50
14	Cambodia (KH)	Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	ex0708 20 00 10 ex0710 22 00 10	Pesticide residues	50
15	Lebanon (LB)	Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid)	2001 90 97 11 2001 90 97 19	Rhodamine B	50
15	Lebanon (LB)	Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen)	ex2005 99 80 93	Rhodamine B	50
16	Sri Lanka (LK)	Mukunuwenna (Alternantherasessilis) (Food)	0709 99 90 35	Pesticide residues	10
17	Madagascar (MG)	Cow peas (Vigna unguiculata subspp.) (Food)	0713 35 00	Pesticide residues	10
		Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	1208 90 00 20	Aflatoxins	50
		Groundnuts paste (Food and feed)	2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08
		Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell (Food and feed)	1202 41 00
		Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and feed)	2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98
		Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled (Food and feed)	1202 42 00
		Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	2305 00 00
		Peanut butter (Food and feed)	2008 11 10
18	Malaysia (MY)	Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) (Food – fresh)	0810 90 20 20	Pesticide residues	20
19	Nigeria (NG)	Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 2008 19 19 49 2008 19 99 49	Salmonella	50
20	Pakistan (PK)	Rice (Food)	1006	Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A	5
20	Pakistan (PK)	Rice (Food)	1006	Pesticide residues	5
21	Paraguay (PY)	Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell *(Food and feed)*	1202 41 00	Aflatoxins	10
		Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled (Food and feed)	1202 42 00
		Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and feed)	2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98
		Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	1208 90 00 20
		Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil *(Food and feed)*	2305 00 00
		Groundnuts paste *(Food and feed)*	2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08
		Peanut butter *(Food and feed)*	2008 11 10
22	Sierra Leone (SL)	Watermelon (egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and derived products (Food)	1207 70 00 10 1208 90 00 10 2008 99 99 50	Aflatoxins	50
23	Senegal (SN)	Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell (Food and feed)	1202 41 00	Aflatoxins	50
		Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled (Food and feed)	1202 42 00
		Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and feed)	2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98
		Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	1208 90 00 20
		Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	2305 00 00
		Groundnuts paste (Food and feed)	2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08
		Peanut butter *(Food and feed)*	2008 11 10
24	Syria (SY)	Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 2008 19 19 49 2008 19 99 49	Salmonella	10
		Tahini and halva from Sesamum seeds (Food)	1704 90 99 12 1704 90 99 92 1806 20 95 13 1806 20 95 93 1806 90 50 10 1806 90 60 11 1806 90 60 91 2008 19 19 41 2008 19 99 41	Salmonella	10
		Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid)	2001 90 97 11 2001 90 97 19	Rhodamine B	50
		Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen)	ex2005 99 80 93	Rhodamine B	50
25	Thailand (TH)	Food containing or consisting of betel leaves (Piper betle) (Food)	ex1404 90 00	Salmonella^f11	10
		Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 99 20 0710 80 59 20	Pesticide residues	50
		Pitahaya (dragon fruit) *(Food - fresh or chilled)*	0810 90 20 10	Pesticide residues	10
26	Türkiye (TR)	Grapefruits (Food)	ex0805 40 00	Pesticide residues	10
		Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) (Food – fresh, chilled or dried)	0805 50 10	Pesticide residues	20
		Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids (Food – fresh or dried)	0805 21 0805 22 0805 29	Pesticide residues	20
		Oranges (Food – fresh or dried)	0805 10	Pesticide residues	20
		Pomegranates (Food – fresh or chilled)	0810 90 75 30	Pesticide residues	20
		Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 99 20 0710 80 59 20	Pesticide residues	20
		Sesamum seeds (Food)	1207 40 2008 19 19 49 2008 19 99 49	Salmonella	10
		Sweet Peppers (Capsicum annuum) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen)	0709 60 10 0710 80 51	Pesticide residues	20
		Tahini and halva from Sesamum seeds (Food)	1704 90 99 12 1704 90 99 92 1806 20 95 13 1806 20 95 93 1806 90 50 10 1806 90 60 11 1806 90 60 91 2008 19 19 41 2008 19 99 41	Salmonella	10
		Unprocessed whole, ground, milled, cracked, chopped apricot kernels intended to be placed on the market for the final consumer^f12^f13 (Food)	1212 99 95 20	Cyanide	50
27	United States (US)	Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell (Food and feed)	1202 41 00	Aflatoxins	10
		Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled (Food and feed)	1202 42 00
		Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (Food and feed)	2008 11 91 2008 11 96 2008 11 98
		Groundnut flours and meals (Food and feed)	1208 90 00 20
		Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (Food and feed)	2305 00 00
		Groundnuts paste (Food and feed)	2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08
		Peanut butter *(Food and feed)*	2008 11 10
28	Uzbekistan (UZ)	Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food)	2008 50	Sulphites ^f14	50
28	Uzbekistan (UZ)	Dried apricots (Food)	0813 10 00	Sulphites	50
29	Vietnam (VN)	Basil (holy, sweet) (Food – fresh or chilled herbs)	1211 90 86 20	Pesticide residues	50
		Coriander leaves (Food – fresh or chilled herbs)	0709 99 90 72	Pesticide residues	50
		Mint (Food – fresh or chilled herbs)	1211 90 86 30	Pesticide residues	50
		Okra *(Food - fresh, chilled or frozen)*	0709 99 90 20 0710 80 95 30	Pesticide residues	20
		Parsley *(Food - fresh or chilled herbs)*	0709 99 90 40	Pesticide residues	50
		Peppers of the genus Capiscum (other than sweet) *(Food - fresh, chilled or frozen)*	0709 60 99 20 0710 80 59 20	Pesticide residues	50
		Pitahaya (dragon fruit) (Food - fresh or chilled)	0810 90 20 10	Pesticide residues	50

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Annex 1 substituted (E.) (1.1.2026) by The Official Controls (Import of High-Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793) (England) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1162), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1

Extent

E1: This version of this provision applies to England only; separate versions have been created for Wales only and for Scotland only

Footnotes

f1

(2)

The sampling and the analyses are to be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods set out in point 1(a) of Annex III of these Regulations.

f2

(3)

The sampling and the analyses are to be performed in accordance with the sampling procedures and the analytical reference methods set out in point 1(b) of Annex III of these Regulations.

f3

(5)

Residues of Ethepon.

f4

(6)

For the purposes of this Annex, ‘Sudan dyes’ refers to the following chemical substances: (i) Sudan I (CAS Number 842-07-9); (ii) Sudan II (CAS Number 3118-97-6); (iii) Sudan III (CAS Number 85-86-9); (iv) Scarlet Red; or Sudan IV (CAS Number 85-83-6).

f5

(7)

Residues of Penthiopyrad.

f6

(8)

Residues of Ethylene Oxide (sum of ethylene oxide and 2-chloro-ethanol, expressed as ethylene oxide).

f7

(9)

Residues of Picoxystrobin.

f8

(10)

Residues of Trichlorfon.

f9

(11)

Residues of Anthraquinone.

f10

(12)

‘Unprocessed products’ as defined in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs.

f11

(4)

Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopted in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monitored in/on products of plant origin only).

f12

(13)

‘Placing on the market’ and ‘final consumer’ as respectively defined in Article 3(8) and (18) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

f13

(14)

The following reference methods may be used: (1) BS EN 1988-1:1998 “Foodstuffs. Determination of sulphite – Optimized Monier-Williams method”, published by the British Standards Institution on 15 June 1998 (ISBN 0 580 29239 8), available from the British Standards Institution at https://knowledge.bsigroup.com; (2) EN 1988-2:1998 “Foodstuffs. Determination of sulfite – Enzymatic method”, published by the British Standards Institution on 15 June 1998 (ISBN 0 580 29240 1), available from the British Standards Institution at https://knowledge.bsigroup.com; and (3) ISO 5522:1981 “Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of total sulphur dioxide content”, published by the International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO) on 1 September 1981, last reviewed and confirmed on 13 January 2022, available from ISO at https://www.iso.org/home.html.

f14

(1)

Where only certain products under any commodity code are required to be examined, the commodity code is marked ‘ex’.

Annex I Food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries subject to a temporary increase of official controls at border control posts and control pointsE1F1

Annotations

Textual amendments

Extent

Footnotes

Annex I Food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries subject to a temporary increase of official controls at border control posts and control pointsE1 F1