Inspection of food and agricultural products imported from abroad

IJHARS conducts daily border controls of agri-food products imported into Poland from third countries. The number of batches inspected this year has already exceeded 65,000. A total of 0.2% of products that do not meet commercial quality requirements have been challenged and prohibited from being introduced to the Polish and EU markets. What falls under IJHARS border controls? At the import stage from abroad, i.e., from non-EU countries, IJHARS controls include: Agri-food products – listed in the catalog of imported agri-food items and their minimum quantities subject to commercial quality control specified by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development [i]. Fresh fruits and vegetables, including bananas – covered by the EU trade standards [ii], including: apples, pears, citrus fruits, kiwifruit, grapes, peaches and nectarines, pears, strawberries, lettuces, peppers, tomatoes, and many other imported species. In cases where there is justified suspicion that agri-food ...