Annexes to COM(2023)676 - Food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the years 2020-2021 - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)676 - Food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the years 2020-2021. |
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| document | COM(2023)676 |
| date | October 27, 2023 |
Figure 3 – Samples analysed at product marketing stage within each Member State in 2020-2021
Three Member States did not perform any analytical checks at product marketing stage in 2020-2021 due to budgetary restrictions (Denmark) or lack of laboratory capacity (Cyprus and Estonia).
From the total of 7 667 samples analysed, 66 were not compliant (0.9%) and 80 (1%) gave inconclusive results. The non-compliance observed were mainly incorrect labelling and forbidden irradiation. The percentage of non-compliance (0.9%) was slightly lower than in the previous reporting period 2018-2019 (1%).
At marketing stage, as illustrated in Figure 4, the main foodstuffs analysed were 'herbs and spices' (43.84%) followed by 'cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products' (25.98%).
Figure 4 – Foodstuffs category analysed at product marketing stage within the European Union in 2020-2021
1 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 (OJ L 066 13.3.1999, p. 16).
2 OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 24.
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