Annex 1 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
Wales
Table 1
| Country of origin | Food and feed (intended use) | Commodity codef1 | 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 3 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 3 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/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” is defined in Article 2(1)(n) of 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety. | ||||
(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 15 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 15 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. | ||||
| Bolivia (BO) | 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 | |||
| Peanut butter (Food and feed) | 2008 11 10 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Brazil (BR) | Black pepper (Piper) (Food – neither crushed nor ground) | 0904 11 00 10 | Salmonellaf2 | 50 |
| Papaws (papayas) (Food) | 0807 20 00 | Pesticide residuesf3f4 | 10 | |
| China (CN) | 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 | |||
| Peanut butter (Food and feed) | 2008 11 10 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Colombia (CO) | Granadilla (Passiflora ligularis) and passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) (Food) | 0810 90 20 40 0810 90 20 50 | Pesticide residues | 10 |
| 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 | 50 | |
| Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen) | ex0708 20 00 10 ex0710 22 00 10 | Pesticide residues | 50 | |
| Ecuador (EC) | Bananas (Food - fresh or dried) | 0803 90 | Pesticide residues | 5 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| Ghana (GH) | Palm oil (Food) | 1511 10 90 1511 90 11 ex1511 90 19 90 1511 90 99 | Sudan dyes f5 | 20 |
| Israel (IL) | Basil (holy, sweet) (Food – fresh or chilled herbs) | 1211 90 86 20 | Pesticide residues | 10 |
| Mint (Food – fresh or chilled herbs) | 1211 90 86 30 | Pesticide residuesf6 | 10 | |
| India (IN) | Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers (Food – dried spices) | 0906 | Pesticide residuesf7 | 10 |
| Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) (Food – dried spices) | 0907 | Pesticide residues | 10 | |
| Cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground (Food) | 0909 31 00 | Pesticide residuesf8f9 | 10 | |
| Cumin seeds, crushed or ground (Food) | 0909 32 00 | Pesticide residues | 10 | |
| 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 residuesf10 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Iran (IR) | Melon seeds (Food) | 1207 70 | Aflatoxins | 10 |
| Kenya (KE) | Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) (Food – fresh or chilled) | 0708 20 | 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 | 10 | |
| Cambodia (KH) | Chinese celery (Apium graveolens) (Food – fresh or chilled herb) | 0709 40 00 20 | Pesticide residues | 50 |
| Yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) (Food – fresh, chilled or frozen) | ex0708 20 00 10 ex0710 22 00 10 | Pesticide residues | 50 | |
| 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 |
| Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) (Food – prepared or preserved by brine or citric acid, not frozen) | ex2005 99 80 93 | Rhodamine B | 50 | |
| Sri Lanka (LK) | Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis) (Food) | 0709 99 90 35 | Pesticide residues | 10 |
| Madagascar (MG) | Cow peas (Vigna unguiculata subspp.) (Food) | 0713 35 00 | Pesticide residues | 10 |
| 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 | |||
| Peanut butter (Food and feed) | 2008 11 10 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Malaysia (MY) | Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) (Food – fresh) | 0810 90 20 20 | Pesticide residues | 20 |
| Nigeria (NG) | Sesamum seeds (Food) | 1207 40 2008 19 19 49 2008 19 99 49 | Salmonella | 50 |
| Pakistan (PK) | Rice (Food) | 1006 | Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A | 5 |
| Pesticide residues | 5 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Peanut butter (Food and feed) | 2008 11 10 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Groundnut paste (Food and feed) | 2007 10 10 80 2007 10 99 50 2007 99 39 07 2007 99 39 08 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| Peanut butter (Food and feed) | 2008 11 10 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| Thailand (TH) | Food containing or consisting of betel leaves (Piper betle) (Food) | ex1404 90 00 | Salmonellaf11 | 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 | |
| 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 consumerf12f13 (Food) | 1212 99 95 20 | Cyanide | 50 | |
| 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 | |||
| Peanut butter (Food and feed) | 2008 11 10 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Uzbekistan (UZ) | Dried apricots (Food) | 0813 10 00 | Sulphitesf14 | 50 |
| Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved (Food) | 2008 50 | |||
| 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 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 | 50 | |
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Annex 1 substituted (W.) (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) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1169), reg. 1(2)(c), Sch. 1
Extent
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This version of this provision applies to Wales only; separate versions have been created for England only and for Scotland only
Footnotes
- f1
(1)
Where only certain products under any commodity code are required to be examined, the commodity code is marked ‘ex’.
- f2
(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.
- f3
(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).
- f4
(5)
Residues of Ethepon.
- f5
(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).
- f6
(7)
Residues of Penthiopyrad.
- f7
(8)
Residues of Ethylene Oxide (sum of ethylene oxide and 2-chloro-ethanol, expressed as ethylene oxide).
- f8
(9)
Residues of Picoxystrobin.
- f9
(10)
Residues of Trichlorfon.
- f10
(11)
Residues of Anthraquinone.
- f11
(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.
- f12
(12)
‘Unprocessed products’ as defined in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
- f13
(13)
‘Placing on the market’ and ‘final consumer’ as respectively defined in Article 3(8) and (18) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
- f14
(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.