The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic checked a twenty-tonne consignment of Chinese raisins even before the entry onto the European market. At the control the CAFIA inspectors found out that individual cartons, in which the raisins were packed, contain live larvae as well as insect pupas. Therefore the raisins were qualified as unsuitable for human consumption and CAFIA issued a binding position not to release the whole consignment containing 1609 cartons into circulation.

Thanks to the cooperation of customs officers and CAFIA the raisins will not reach the market and thus will not endanger the consumers in any way.

The other EU Member States will be informed about the case by means of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).