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FASFC Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food chain of Belgium

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

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. illegal introduction of ‘exotic’ meat products in Belgium Meat of • Monkey • Antelope • Domestic pigs • Wild boar • Snake • ….. Fish products FASFC - DG Control Policy

  4. 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

  5. Total number of illegal consignments of meat and milk productsin personal luggage confiscated at Brussels Airport in 2004 FASFC - DG Control Policy

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Case report Official information of the competent authorities CVO France European Commission, DG SANCO FASFC - DG Control Policy

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