ACN

The Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) facilitates the exchange of administrative information and the cooperation between Member States on official controls in the agri-food chain. The ACN is composed of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation Network (AAC) and the EU Agri-Food Fraud Network (FFN) as established by Commission Regulation 2019/1715 (IMSOC Regulation). Each network is responsible for different aspects of the agri-food chain, respectively: non-compliances with possible health risk (RASFF), non-compliances without health risk (AAC) and suspicions of fraud (FFN).

Each network member is represented by a Single Contact Point (SCP). One specialised AAC network in operation is the Agri-Food Fraud Network.

The ACN is governed by the rules for administrative assistance and cooperation set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council, also known as the Official Controls Regulation.

Information exchanges between ACN contact points are made in the iRASFF platform in the form of notifications.