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SANCO/1522/2007 rev.=20 4

COMMISSION OF THE = EUROPEAN=20 COMMUNITIES

Brussels,

C(2007)           &nbs= p;           =20 draft

SANCO/1522/2007 rev. 4 (27.2.2008)

Draft

COMMISSION = REGULATION

of

amending Regulation (EC) No = 1881/2006=20 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs =

(Text with EEA=20 relevance)

(Memorandum from Ms A.=20 VASSILIOU)

 

 

Draft

COMMISSION = REGULATION

of

amending Regulation (EC) No = 1881/2006=20 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs =

 (Text with EEA=20 relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE = EUROPEAN=20 COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty = establishing the=20 European Community,

Having regard to Council = Regulation (EEC) No=20 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for = contaminants in=20 food[1], = and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)           = ;   =20 Commission Regulation = (EC) No=20 1881/2006[2]=20 sets maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs.

(2)           = ;   =20 It is essential, in = order to=20 protect public health, to keep contaminants at levels which do not cause = health=20 concerns. Maximum levels for lead, cadmium and mercury must be safe and = as low=20 as reasonably achievable based upon good manufacturing and = agricultural/fishery=20 practices.

(3)           = ;   =20 On the basis of new = information,=20 good agricultural and fisheries practices do not allow keeping levels of = lead,=20 cadmium and mercury in certain aquatic species and fungi as low as = required in=20 the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006. It is therefore necessary to = revise=20 the maximum levels fixed for those contaminants while maintaining a high = level=20 of consumer health protection.

(4)           = ;   =20 An amendment of = footnote 1 of=20 Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is necessary to clarify that the maximum = level for=20 fruit does not apply to tree nuts.

(5)           = ;   =20 New monitoring = recommendations=20 have been introduced by Commission Recommendation 2007/196/EC of 28 = March 2007=20 on the monitoring of the presence of furan in foodstuffs[3]=20 and Commission Recommendation 2007/331/EC of 3 May 2007 on the = monitoring of=20 acrylamide levels in food[4]. = The provisions on monitoring and reporting in Regulation 1881/2006 = therefore=20 need to be completed with references to those new Recommendations. The=20 monitoring exercise on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons set out in = Commission=20 Recommendation 2005/108/EC[5]=20 has been finalised. Therefore, the reference to that monitoring = Recommendation=20 can be deleted.

(6)           = ;   =20 The measures provided = for in=20 this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing = Committee on=20 the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS=20 REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as = follows:

(1)=20        =  In Article 9, paragraph 3 is = replaced by=20 the following:

"3.     =20 Member States should report to the Commission findings on = aflatoxins,=20 dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs, non-dioxin-like PCBs as specified in = Commission=20 Decision 2006/504/EC(44) and Commission Recommendation=20 2006/794/EC(45). Member States should report to EFSA findings on = acrylamide and=20 furan as specified in Commission Recommendation = 2007/196/EC(46) and=20 Commission Recommendation 2007/331/EC(47).

(44)           &nbs= p;=20 OJ=20 L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 21.

(45)           &nbs= p;=20 OJ L 322,=20 22.11.2006, p. 24.

(46)           &nbs= p;=20 OJ L 88,=20 29.3.2007, p. 56.

(47)           &nbs= p;=20 OJ=20 L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 33."

(2)=20        = The=20 Annex is amended in accordance to the Annex to this Regulation. =

 

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into = force on=20 the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European=20 Union.

This Regulation shall be binding = in its=20 entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

           &nbs= p;            = ;            =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;         =20 For the Commission

           &nbs= p;            = ;            =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;         =20 Androulla VASSILIOU

           &nbs= p;            = ;            =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;         =20 Member of the Commission

ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No = 1881/2006 is=20 amended as follows:

(1) In=20 Subsection 3.1 (Lead), = point 3.1.11=20 is replaced by the following:

 

 

 

3.1.11

'Brassica=20 vegetables, leaf vegetables and the following fungi(27): Agaricus bisporus = (common=20 mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus = (Oyster=20 mushroom), Lentinula = edodes=20 (Shiitake mushroom)'

0,30

 

(2) Subsection 3.2. (Cadmium) is replaced by the=20 following:

'3.2

Cadmium

 

3.2.1

Meat (excluding offal) of = bovine=20 animals, sheep, pig and poultry (6)

0,050

3.2.2

Horsemeat,=20 excluding offal (6) =

0,20

3.2.3

Liver of bovine animals, = sheep, pig,=20 poultry and horse (6)

0,50

3.2.4

Kidney of bovine animals, = sheep, pig,=20 poultry and horse (6)

1,0

3.2.5

Muscle meat=20 of fish (24)(25), excluding species listed = in points=20 3.2.6, 3.2.7 and 3.2.8

0,050

3.2.6

Muscle meat=20 of the following fish(24)(25):
bonito (Sarda sarda)
common = two-banded=20 seabream (Diplodus=20 vulgaris)
eel (Anguilla=20 anguilla)
grey mullet (Mugil=20 labrosus labrosus)
horse mackerel or scad (Trachurus = species)
louvar or=20 luvar (Luvarus=20 imperialis)
mackerel (Scomber = species)
sardine (Sardina = pilchardus)
sardinops=20 (Sardinops = species)
tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus = species,=20 Katsuwonus pelamis)
wedge sole (Dicologoglossa=20 cuneata)

0,10

3.2.7

Muscle meat=20 of the following fish(24)(25):
bullet = tuna (Auxis = species)=20

0,20

3.2.8

Muscle meat=20 of the following fish(24)(25):
anchovy = (Engraulis = species)
swordfish=20 (Xiphias=20 gladius)

0,30

3.2.9

Crustaceans, excluding brown = meat of=20 crab and excluding head and thorax meat of=20 lobster and similar large crustaceans (Nephropidae and Palinuridae)(26)

0,50

3.2.10

Bivalve=20 molluscs(26)

1,0

3.2.11

Cephalopods=20 (without viscera)(26) =

1,0

3.2.12

Cereals=20 excluding bran, germ, wheat and rice

0,10

3.2.13

Bran, germ,=20 wheat and rice

0,20

3.2.14

Soybeans

0,20

3.2.15

Vegetables=20 and fruit, excluding leaf vegetables, fresh herbs, fungi, stem = vegetables,=20 root vegetables and potatoes(27)

0,050

3.2.16

Stem=20 vegetables, root vegetables and potatoes, excluding = celeriac(27). For potatoes = the maximum=20 level applies to peeled potatoes.

0,10

3.2.17

Leaf=20 vegetables, fresh herbs, celeriac and the following = fungi(27): Agaricus bisporus = (common=20 mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus = (Oyster=20 mushroom), Lentinula = edodes=20 (Shiitake mushroom)

0,20

3.2.18

Fungi,=20 excluding those listed in point 3.2.17=20 (27)

1,0'

 

(3) In Subsection 3.3 (Mercury), point 3.3.2 is = replaced be=20 the following:

 

 

 

3.3.2

'Muscle meat of = the=20 following fish(24)(25):
anglerfish (Lophius = species)
atlantic=20 catfish (Anarhichas=20 lupus)
bonito (Sarda=20 sarda)
eel (Anguilla=20 species)
emperor, orange roughy, rosy soldierfish (Hoplostethus = species)
grenadier=20 (Coryphaenoides=20 rupestris)
halibut (Hippoglossus=20 hippoglossus)
kingklip (Genypterus = capensis)
marlin=20 (Makaira = species)
megrim (Lepidorhombus species)
mullet (Mullus species)
pink cusk = eel (Genypterus = blacodes)
pike (Esox lucius)
plain = bonito (Orcynopsis = unicolor)
poor cod=20 (Tricopterus=20 minutes)
portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus = coelolepis)
rays=20 (Raja = species)
redfish (Sebastes marinus, S. = mentella, S.=20 viviparus)
sail fish (Istiophorus=20 platypterus)
scabbard fish (Lepidopus caudatus, = Aphanopus=20 carbo)
seabream, pandora (Pagellus species)
shark (all species)
snake = mackerel or=20 butterfish (Lepidocybium=20 flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus, Gempylus = serpens)
sturgeon (Acipenser = species)
swordfish=20 (Xiphias = gladius)
tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus = species,=20 Katsuwonus pelamis)'

1,0

 

 

(4)         =20 In footnote (1) the following sentence is = added:

 'Tree nuts are not covered by = the maximum=20 level for =91fruit=92'.

(5)       =20 Footnote (8) is replaced by the following:

"(8)=20 Foodstuffs listed in this category as defined in Commission Directive=20 2006/141/EC (OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1)."

 

 


[1]            &nbs= p; =20 OJ L 37, 13.2.1993, p. 1 Regulation as amended  by Regulation (EC) No = 1882/2003 of the=20 European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p.=20 1)

[2]            &nbs= p; =20 OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 5. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) = No=20 1126/2007 (OJ L 255, 29.9.2007, p. 14).

[3]            &nbs= p; =20 OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 56

[4]            &nbs= p; =20 OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 33

[5]            &nbs= p; =20 OJ L 34, 8.2.2005, p. = 43