Food Safety
This section contains information on the food chain. Statistics on food and feed controls are under development at the moment and might be incorporated later. In the meantime, several reports on the safety of products are available on the web page of the Directorate General for Health and Consumers (see 'Links')
Presentation of the Data
The statistics presented have been gathered together from various places on Eurostat's website. They have the following features:
- Only statistics providing information on food products and the food sector and relevant for food safety purposes are included − for example, only imports from countries outside the EU are presented
- The data are presented in terms of volume rather than value
- The data include "products with distinctive marks", such those derived from:
- Organic farming
- Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
Use of the Data
The purpose of food safety statistics is to provide a framework for the quantitative evaluation of data on the safety of products used for human or animal consumption in the EU, irrespective of whether these products are produced within the EU or imported.
