Report from the Commission on food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the year 2008

Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 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 irradiation facilities, in particular regarding the categories and quantities of food and food ingredients treated and the doses administered
– the results of checks carried out at the product marketing stage and the methods used to detect treatment with ionising radiation.

Article 7(4) of the Directive requires the Commission to publish the details of the approved irradiation facilities in the Member States as well as any changes in their status, and a report on the information provided by the national supervisory authorities.

The current report covers the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008. It contains a compilation of the information forwarded to the Commission by the 27 Member States.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)359: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:359:FIN

European Commission: DG Health and Consumers: Food safety: Food irradiation http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/irradiation/index_en.htm

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