| Abstract: |
Germany (58) made the most requests last year, up slightly from 52 last year. There were 32 in France up from 35 and 23 in Belgium. Cases reported by the Netherlands and Italy both dropped in 2018. The Netherlands reported 23 cases in 2017, dropping to seven last year. In Italy, they fell from 20 to 11.EU food is safer than ever, yet consumer trust is low“The complex nature of our globalised food supply chains and the economic motivation to provide cheaper food products have contributed to the prevalence of food fraud,” said the report. |
