Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the year 2013

The current report, as requested by Article 7(4) of Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013. It contains a compilation of the information forwarded to the European Commission by 26 Member States. Malta and Croatia did not submit data for 2013. Croatia joined the EU as of 1 of July 2013.

Food and food ingredients may be irradiated only in approved irradiation facilities. For facilities in the EU, approval is given by the competent authorities of the Member States. Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC requires Member States to inform the Commission on the list of their approved irradiation facilities.

Article 7(3) also requires Member States to forward to the Commission every year:
– the results of checks carried out in the ionising radiation facilities, in particular regarding the categories and quantities of food and food ingredients treated and the doses administered, and
– the results of checks carried out at the product marketing stage and the methods used to detect treatment with ionising radiation.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)69: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:069:FIN

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