Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the year 2011

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 in the Official Journal of the European Union:

– the details of the approved irradiation facilities in the Member States as well as any changes in their status;

– a report on the information provided by the national supervisory authorities.

The current report covers the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011. It contains a compilation of the information forwarded to the Commission by 25 Member States. Bulgaria and Malta did not submit any data.

Information on general aspects of food irradiation is available on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Consumers [see Related url].

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)659: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:659: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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