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FASFC Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food chain of Belgium. illegal introduction of bush meat in Belgium SCoFCAH 12-13 april 2005. Legal base.
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FASFC Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food chain of Belgium illegal introduction of bush meat in Belgium SCoFCAH 12-13 april 2005 FASFC - DG Control Policy
Legal base • Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 of 16 April 2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption FASFC - DG Control Policy
illegal introduction of ‘exotic’ meat products in Belgium Meat of • Monkey • Antelope • Domestic pigs • Wild boar • Snake • ….. Fish products FASFC - DG Control Policy
List of the five third countries from which passengers were most regularly found to be carrying illegal meat and milk consignments Congo (76% of all confiscated consignments) Far East Turkey Africa (countries other then Congo and Morocco) Morocco FASFC - DG Control Policy
Total number of illegal consignments of meat and milk productsin personal luggage confiscated at Brussels Airport in 2004 FASFC - DG Control Policy
illegal introduction of ‘exotic’ animal products African family tradition : gift of food when visiting family and friends evolution to illegal import business in ‘exotic’ products for retail trade, ‘exotic’ restaurants, …etc FASFC - DG Control Policy
Trafic routes Kinshasa - Brussels Flights SN Brussels airlines other possibility: Flight Air France: Kinshasa – Paris Charles De Gaulle Roissy Thalys: Paris – Brussels south Five daily high-speed Thalys trains connect Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport to the center of Brussels FASFC - DG Control Policy
Case report African ‘exotic’ retail trade in Brussels: • On 26 january 2005: visit of Social Legislation Police • Several infractions against Social legislation and Food law • Seizure of products of animal origin Immediate closing of the shop and interdiction of all trade activities • On 27 january 2005: Police visit with agent of the FASFC • Infrastructure: not conform • Shop: no refrigeration • Meat and fish products: no packing, no identification • Locals: unhygienic, dirty • Keeping qualities of products: date depassed • Holding of products of different kinds: meat products, cosmetics, … FASFC - DG Control Policy
Case report • On 27 january 2005: • Judicial investigations and official report of responsible persons • Trafic route: Kinshasa – Paris Thalys: Paris – Brussels south • Transmission of products for laboratory analysis and identification: • Originated of animals not protected by the CITES Convention of Washington • 26 smoked fish (species Protopterus) • 11 parts of carcasses and 6 legs of antelope (Cephalophus?), domestic african pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) and african wild boar (Potamochoerus porcus) • Originated of animals protected by the CITES Convention of Washington • one head of monkey of the Cercopithecas species • 3 carcasses of monkeys (2 Cercopithecus ascanius and 1 Cercopithecus neglectus) FASFC - DG Control Policy
Case report Official information of the competent authorities CVO France European Commission, DG SANCO FASFC - DG Control Policy