Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the year 2014

Article 7(3) 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, 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.

The current report, provided for by Article 7(4) of Directive 1999/2/EC, covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2014. It contains a compilation of the information forwarded to the European Commission by 27 Member States and one EFTA country (Norway). Croatia did not submit data for 2014.

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