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The 2022 annual report of the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) has just been published.
In 2022, the number of notifications exchanged by the Food Fraud Network (FFN) reached a total of 600, with a significant increase compared to 2021 (407).
The countries that reported the most suspected fraud were Germany (26.5% of notifications), Belgium (21%) and France (13.3%).
As regards the origin of the products reported in the system, 72.7% concerned goods from within the EU and 26.7% from outside the EU.
For products from the EU:
- 15.4% of cases concerned Spain (suspected adulteration of squid-based products, mislabelling of olive oil as extra virgin olive oil),
- 12.9% of cases concerned the Netherlands (misdescription
