The report sorts suspicions into three groups: other non-compliances with implicit claim violations (75, many of them unauthorised ingredients in supplements such as cannabidiol, pancreatin and kava), product tampering (48) and record tampering (41). Product tampering covers additives above limits, adulteration and substitution. Examples include honey with foreign alpha-amylase notified from several origins, olive oil mixed with other vegetable oils, shrimp and pangasius fillets with added water, and undeclared irradiation of pangasius fillets. For honey and olive oil producers, such listings show which products are checked and how fraud affects fair competition.

Record tampering includes misuse of protected names, such as cheese sold as “Queso Manchego” made with cow and goat milk, “Mel de Barroso” honey with a deviating sugar profile, lentils evoking “Lentille verte du Puy” and counterfeit “Kalamata” olive oil sold online, as well as unsubstantiated health claims on supplements sold online and an organic claim on strawberries with a pesticide residue. The monthly report is meant to help Member State authorities plan risk-based controls and to give businesses material for vulnerability assessments.

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