Following a review of the EU official controls on food imports consignments of bananas from the Dominican Republic, and basmati rice from India, are no longer subject to these official controls, and the frequency of physical checks on basmati rice from Pakistan has been reduced to 20%. Safeguard controls on certain ‘high-risk’ feed and food are listed in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) 212/2010. From 25 January 2010 imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin, from certain non-EU countries, that are considered to be ‘high-risk’ could only enter the UK through specific ports and airports approved as designated points of entry (DPEs) where official controls are carried out. A ‘high-risk’ product is feed or food that is either a known, or an emerging, risk to public health. This may be due to the presence of contaminants and/or undesirable substances such as aflatoxins, Sudan dyes, heavy metals or pesticides.
A list of the ‘high-risk’ products, country of origin and the frequency of checks can be found at Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) 669/2009, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 212/2010. In the UK importers and feed and food business operators must pre-notify DPEs at least one working day before the physical arrival of the consignment.
The amendment, Regulation (EU) 212/2010, requires that the following feed and food of non-animal origin is subject to an increased level of official controls at the designated point of entry:
Groundnuts (peanuts) and derived products (feed and food) from Argentina – risk Aflatoxins
Groundnuts (peanuts) and derived products (feed and food) from Brazil – risk Aflatoxins
Trace elements (feed and food) from China – risk Cadmium and lead
Groundnuts (peanuts) and derived products (feed and food), in particular peanut butter (food) from Ghana – risk Aflatoxins
Spices (food): Capsicum spp. (dried fruits thereof, whole or ground, including chillies, chilli powder, cayenne and paprika) Myristica fragrans (nutmeg) Zingiber officinale (ginger) Curcuma longa (turmeric) from India – risk Aflatoxins
Groundnuts (peanuts) and derived products (feed and food) from India – risk Aflatoxins
Melon (egusi) seeds and derived products from Nigeria – risk Aflatoxins
Dried vine fruit (food) from Uzbekistan – risk Ochratoxin A
Chilli, chilli products, curcuma and palm oil (food) from All third countries – risk Sudan dyes
Groundnuts (peanuts) and derived products (feed and food) from Vietnam – risk Aflatoxins
Basmati rice for direct human consumption (food) from Pakistan – risk Aflatoxins
Basmati rice for direct human consumption from India – risk Aflatoxins (Will be removed)
Mangos, yard long beans (Vigna sesquipedalis), melon bitter (Momordica charantia), Lauki, (Lagenaria siceraria), peppers and aubergines from Dominican Republic – risk Pesticide residues
Bananas from Dominican Republic – risk Pesticide residues (Will be removed)
Vegetables, fresh, chilled or frozen (peppers, courgettes and tomatoes) from Turkey – risk Pesticides: methomyl and oxamyl
Pears from Turkey – risk Pesticide: amitraz
Vegetables, fresh, chilled or frozen yard long beans (Vigna sesquipedalis) aubergines, Brassica vegetables from Thailand – risk Pesticide residues

The current list of “high-risk” feed and food of non-animal origin in Annex I of this Regulation may be accessed here.
Guidance from the FSA here
Commission Regulation 669/2009 can be found here.