REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL ON FOOD INGREDIENTS TREATED WITH IONISING RADIATION FOR THE YEAR 2012 /* COM/2014/052 final */





REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL ON FOOD INGREDIENTS TREATED WITH IONISING RADIATION FOR THE YEAR 2012 1. Introduction The current report, as requested by Article 7(4) of Directive 1999/2/EC, covers the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. It contains a compilation of the information forwarded to the Commission by 27 Member States. 2. Legal basis and background 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[1], 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 and – 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. Information on general aspects of food irradiation is available on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Consumer[2]. 2.1. Irradiation facilities According to Article 3(2) of Directive 1999/2/EC, food and food ingredients may be irradiated only in approved irradiation facilities. For facilities in the EU, approval is given by the competent authorities of the Member States. Article 7(3) requires Member States to inform the Commission on the list of their approved irradiation facilities. Irradiation of food and food ingredients may only be carried out by means of the following sources: – Gamma rays from radionuclides 60Co or 137Cs; – X-rays generated from machine sources operated at or below a nominal energy (maximum quantum energy) level of 5 MeV; – Electrons generated from machine sources operated at or below a nominal energy (maximum quantum energy) level of 10 MeV. The list of approved irradiation facilities in Member States is publicly available as it was published by the Commission[3]. 2.2. Irradiated food and food ingredients The irradiation of dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings is authorised at EU level by Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the establishment of a Community list of food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation[4]. In addition, seven Member States have notified to the Commission that they maintain national authorisations for certain food and food ingredients in accordance with Article 4(4) of Directive 1999/2/EC. The list of national authorisations has been published by the Commission[5]. Any irradiated foodstuff containing one or more irradiated food ingredient must be labelled with the words “irradiated” or “treated with ionising radiation”. If an irradiated product is used as an ingredient in a compound food, the same words shall accompany its designation in the list of ingredients. In the case of products sold in bulk, these words shall appear together with the name of the product on a display or notice above or beside the container in which the products are placed. To enforce correct labelling or to detect non-authorised products, several analytical methods have been standardised by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), following a mandate given by the European Commission. 3. Results of checks carried out in irradiation facilities and doses administered This section of the report deals with the results of the checks carried out in irradiation facilities, in particular regarding categories and quantities of products treated and doses administered. According to the information submitted by the Member States, the controls carried out by the competent authorities confirmed the compliance of the approved irradiation facilities with the requirements of Directive 1999/2/EC. The following tables and figures show the results of checks carried out in the approved irradiation facilities in EU Member States in 2012, in particular regarding the categories and quantities of food and food ingredients treated and the doses administered. 3.1. Summary for the EU The following table summarises the quantities of foodstuffs (in tonnes) treated by ionising radiation in the approved irradiation facilities within the European Union: Member State || Number of approved facilities || Treated quantity (tonnes) Belgium || 1 || 5157,7 Bulgaria || 2 || No food irradiated Czech Republic || 1 || 23.8 Germany || 4 || 125.8 Estonia || 1 || 33.7 Spain || 2* || 326.6 France || 5 || 612.9 Italy || 1 || No food irradiated Hungary || 1 || 124.9 Netherlands || 2 || 1476.0 Poland || 2 || 89.0 Romania || 1 || 1.6 United Kingdom || 1 || No food irradiated Total: || 24 || 7972.1 * No food was irradiated in one of these facilities. The following figure summarises the quantities of foodstuffs (in tonnes) treated by ionising radiation in approved irradiation facilities within the European Union in 2012: There are no approved facilities in the following Member States: Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Portugal. 3.2. Belgium Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 5 - 9 Dehydrated blood, plasma, coagulates || 2 - 4 Frozen frog legs || 2.7 - 5.5 Frozen peeled or decapitated shrimps || 2 - 7 Poultry || 2 - 6.1 3.3. Czech Republic Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 5.77 - 9.82 Dried vegetables and fruits || 5.66 - 6.55 3.4. Germany Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetables seasoning (dried) || <10 3.5. Estonia Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 10 3.6. Spain Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 9.09 3.7. France Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 10 Frozen frog legs || 5 Gum arabic || 3 Poultry || 5 3.8. Hungary Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 2 - 10 3.9. Netherlands Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 6.9 Chicken meat || 3.8 Dried vegetables and fruits || 3 Egg white || 1 Frozen frog legs || 4 Shrimps || 3.2 3.10. Poland Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 5 - 10 3.11. Romania Foodstuffs || Absorbed dose (kGy) Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 8 4. Results of checks carried out at the product marketing stage and methods used to detect irradiated foods The following tables show the results of the checks carried out at the product marketing stage and the methods used to detect treatment with ionising radiation. 4.1. Summary for the EU The following table summarises the samples analysed and the results obtained for the European Union as a whole: Member State || Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-compliant || Total samples || % Versus EU total samples BE || 89 || 18 || 3 || 110 || 2,1% BG || 47 || 0 || 2 || 49 || 0,9% CZ || 23 || 7 || 0 || 30 || 0,6% DK || NCP || NCP || NCP || NCP || DE || 2676 || 27 || 13 || 2716 || 52,4% EE || NCP || NCP || NCP || NCP || IE || 78 || 0 || 0 || 78 || 1,5% EL || NCP || NCP || NCP || NCP || ES || 139 || 1 || 0 || 140 || 2,7% FR || 46 || 5 || 3 || 54 || 1,0% IT || 281 || 3 || 7 || 291 || 5,6% CY || NCP || NCP || NCP || NCP || LV || 6 || 0 || 5 || 11 || 0,2% LT || 63 || 0 || 20 || 83 || 1,6% LU || 12 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0,2% HU || 60 || 0 || 0 || 60 || 1,2% MT || 20 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 0,4% NL || 362 || 0 || 11 || 373 || 7,2% AT || 132 || 0 || 2 || 134 || 2,6% PL || 241 || 1 || 4 || 246 || 4,7% PT || 47 || 0 || 2 || 49 || 0,9% RO || 104 || 0 || 1 || 105 || 2,0% SI || 21 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 0,4% SK || 22 || 1 || 0 || 23 || 0,4% FI || 219 || 4 || 31 || 254 || 4,9% SE || NCP || NCP || NCP || NCP || UK || 291 || 13 || 19 || 323 || 6,2% Total EU || 4979 || 80 || 123 || 5182 || 100,0% 96,1% || 1,5% || 2,4% || 100,0% || NDS: No data submitted NCP: No check performed The following figure summarises the samples analysed and the results obtained for the European Union as a whole: 4.2. Belgium Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 107 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 24 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788 Cereal products || 8 || 8 || 0 || EN 1788 Food supplements || 14 || 2 || 2* || EN 1788 Fruit (dried) || 6 || 3 || 0 || EN 1788 Molluscs || 16 || 3 || 1* || EN 1788 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Pulses || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Tea || 16 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Total: || 89 || 18 || 3 || Total % of analysed samples: || 83% || 17% || 3% || * erroneously labelled 4.3. Bulgaria Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 49 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 19 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 1787 Fish and fish products || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Fruit (dried) || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 13708 Herbal teas / Infusions || 8 || 0 || 2* || EN 1788;EN 13751;EN 1787 Meals and dishes (prepared) || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 1787 nuts || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 1787 Poultry meat || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Shrimps || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Total: || 47 || 0 || 2 || Total % of analysed samples: || 96% || 0% || 4% || * erroneously labelled 4.4. Czech Republic Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 30 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 7 || 2 || 0 || EN 1788 Food supplements || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Garlic || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Herbal teas / Infusions || 3 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788 Instant noodles || 6 || 3 || 0 || EN 1788 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 2 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788 Total: || 23 || 7 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 77% || 23% || 0% || 4.5. Denmark Due to limited financial resources no checks were carried out at product marketing stage in 2012. 4.6. Germany Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 2716 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 1285 || 15 || 4* || EN 1788;EN 13751; EN 1787 Butter (seasoned) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;L12.01-1; EN 13751;EN 1787 Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit || 94 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Cheese (containing spices/herbs) || 41 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 1787 Cheese (preparations without herbs and spices) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 1787 Coffee || 64 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) || 83 || 1 || 2* || EN 1788; EN 13751 Fish and fish products || 121 || 0 || 3** || EN 1788; EN 13751; EN 1786 Food supplements || 97 || 9 || 2** || EN 1786 Fruit (dried) || 63 || 1 || 1 || EN 1788; L12.01-1; EN 13751 Fruits (fresh) || 88 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751; EN 1787; EN 13708 Meals and dishes (prepared) || 64 || 1 || 2** || EN 1788; EN 13751; EN 1787 Meat || 41 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Meat (except poultry and game) || 61 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 1786 Meat products (except sausages) || 30 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Mushrooms (fresh) || 51 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784; EN 1786 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 111 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 1785;ESR; EN 13751 Other || 21 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751; EN 1787 Egg and egg products || 16 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Pulses, oil seeds, nuts || 15 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Tea, tea like products || 73 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751; EN 1787 Potatoes || 30 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751; EN 1787 Poultry meat || 40 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Sauces and soups (dehydrated) || 83 || 0 || 1* || EN 1784; EN 1786 Sausage products || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 46 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784; EN 1786 Vegetables (fresh) || 47 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751; EN 1787 Total: || 2676 || 27 || 13 || Total % of analysed samples: || 98% || 1% || 1% || * erroneously labelled ** irradiation not allowed 4.7 Estonia No checks were carried out at product marketing stage in 2012. 4.8 Ireland Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 78 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Food supplements || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Instant noodles || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Breadcrumbs || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Herbs and spices || 29 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Sauces and soups (dehydrated) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Seeds || 6 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Tea || 27 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788; EN 13751 Total: || 78 || 0 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 100% || 0% || 0% || 4.9. Greece No checks were carried out at product marketing stage in 2012. 4.10. Spain Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 140 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 76 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751;EN 1787 Fish and fish products || 30 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Herbal teas / Infusions || 8 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787 Meat and meat products || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751;EN 1787 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Nuts || 6 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Vegetables (fresh) || 8 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Total: || 139 || 1 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 99% || 1% || 0% || 4.11. France Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 54 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Food supplements || 6 || 3 || 0 || EN 1788 Frog legs || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Fruit (dried) || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Herbal teas / Infusions || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Instant noodles || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Avocado || 2 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788 Poultry meat || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Sauces and soups (dehydrated) || 4 || 1 || 3* || EN 1788 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Total: || 46 || 5 || 3 || Total % of analysed samples: || 85% || 9% || 6% || * erroneously labelled 4.12. Italy Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 291 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs and spices || 96 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Fish and fish products || 5 || 2 || 0 || EN 13751 Food supplements || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13783;EN 1788;EN 13751;EN 1787 Food supplements || 9 || 1 || 2 || EN 13784;EN 1788;EN 1785;EN 13751;EN 1786 Frog legs || 4 || 0 || 5 || EN 13751 Fruits (fresh) || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 13783;EN 13751;EN 1787 Garlic and Onion || 14 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787;EN 13708 Herbal teas / Infusions || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Land snail || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Meat || 67 || 0 || 0 || EN 13783;EN 13751;EN 1787 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751;EN 1785;EN 1786 Nuts and dried fruit || 14 || 0 || 0 || EN 13783;EN 13751;EN 1787 Oil seeds || 6 || 0 || 0 || EN 13783;EN 1788;EN 13751 Potatoes || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751;EN 1787 Pulses || 13 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 1786 Vegetable seasonings || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Vegetables (fresh) || 15 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787;EN 13708 Wheat || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Total: || 281 || 3 || 7 || Total % of analysed samples: || 97% || 1% || 2% || 4.13. Cyprus In 2012 no checks were carried out at the product marketing stage. There is no laboratory in Cyprus carrying out analyses for ionising radiation. Due to the limited financial resources, samples were not sent abroad for analysis. 4.14. Latvia Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 11 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Food supplements || 6 || 0 || 5* || EN 1788 Total: || 6 || 0 || 5 || Total % of analysed samples: || 55% || 0% || 45% || * irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU 4.15. Lithuania Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 83 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 50 || 0 || 0 || EN 13783 Food supplements || 13 || 0 || 20 || EN 13783 Total: || 63 || 0 || 20 || Total % of analysed samples: || 76% || 0% || 24% || 4.16. Luxembourg Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 12 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Fruit (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Herbal teas / Infusions || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Tea || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787 Yeast products || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Total: || 12 || 0 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 100% || 0% || 0% || 4.17. Hungary Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 60 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried), tea || 60 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Total: || 60 || 0 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 100% || 0% || 0% || 4.18. Malta Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 20 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Coffee || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Fish and fish products || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Frog legs || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Garlic || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Herbal teas / Infusions || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Honey and other bee products || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Instant noodles || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Poultry meat || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Prawns and snacks (fried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Sausage products || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Soup || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Tea || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Total: || 20 || 0 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 100% || 0% || 0% || 4.19. Netherlands Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 373 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Cereal products || 34 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Fish and fish products || 19 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Food supplements || 52 || 0 || 9* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Fruit (dried) || 36 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Other || 6 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Poultry meat || 23 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Salads, pasta and soup etc. || 40 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Seeds || 35 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Special herb mixtures || 57 || 0 || 2* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Spices/flavours || 34 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 22 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Vitamin preparations || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Total: || 362 || 0 || 11 || Total % of analysed samples: || 97% || 0% || 3% || * non compliance either for irradiation in a unapproved facility or lack of labelling 4.20. Austria Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 134 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 46 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Poultry meat || 62 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Sauces and soups (dehydrated) || 24 || 0 || 2* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Total: || 132 || 0 || 2 || Total % of analysed samples: || 99% || 0% || 1% || * erroneously labelled 4.21. Poland Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 246 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 57 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Berries || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787 Cheese containing spices/herbs || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Cheese (cottage) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Coffee || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Dried fruit || 17 || 0 || 0 || EN 13708 Dried fruit || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Fish and fish products || 9 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Fish and seafood (dried) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Food for particular nutritional uses || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Food for particular nutritional uses || 1 || 0 || 2 || EN 1788 Food supplements || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Food supplements || 6 || 1 || 0 || EN 1788 Frog legs || 1 || 0 || 2 || EN 1786 Fruits (fresh) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Fruits (fresh) || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Fruit (tropical) || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Fruit (tropical) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787 Fruit (tropical) || 8 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Garlic || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Garlic || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787 Garlic || 10 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Herbal teas/Infusions || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Meat || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Meat and meat products || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Meat (except poultry and game) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Meat (except poultry and game) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Meat from different birds, kangaroo, hare) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Meat from different birds, kangaroo, hare) || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Meat products (except sausages) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Milk and milk products || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Nuts || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1786 Nuts || 20 || 0 || 0 || EN 1787 Other || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13708 Other || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Other || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Pulses || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Red Pepper || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Sauces and soups (dehydrated) || 11 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Shrimps || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Soups || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Tea || 11 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Vegetables (fresh) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788 Total: || 241 || 1 || 4 || Total % of analysed samples: || 98% || 0% || 2% || 4.22. Portugal Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 49 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Food supplements || 18 || 0 || 2 || EN 13751 Tea || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Vegetable extracts (dried) || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Plant parts (roots, bay leaves) || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Frozen clam (with shell) || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Total: || 47 || 0 || 2 || Total % of analysed samples: || 96% || 0% || 4% || 4.23 Romania Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 105 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 68 || 0 || 1* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Food supplements || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Herbal teas / Infusions || 10 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Seeds || 6 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Tea || 11 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Total: || 104 || 0 || 1 || Total % of analysed samples: || 99% || 0% || 1% || * irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU 4.24. Slovenia Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 21 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 14 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Tea || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Total: || 21 || 0 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 100% || 0% || 0% || 4.25. Slovakia Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 23 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 15 || 1 || 0 || EN 1784;EN 1788 Cheese (ripened) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Nuts || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 1784 Total: || 22 || 1 || 0 || Total % of analysed samples: || 96% || 4% || 0% || 4.26. Finland Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 254 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 119 || 3 || 8* || EN 1788 for confirmation; EN 13751 Berries || 6 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Food for particular nutritional uses || 4 || 0 || 2** || EN 1788 for confirmation; EN 13751 Food supplements || 35 || 0 || 13** || EN 1788 for confirmation; EN 13751 Herbal teas / Infusions || 11 || 1 || 1** || EN 1788 for confirmation; EN 13751 Other (sauce ingredients, food ingredients etc.) || 26 || 0 || 7** || EN 1788 for confirmation; EN 13751 Tea || 17 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Total: || 219 || 4 || 31 || Total % of analysed samples: || 86% || 2% || 12% || * erroneously labelled, irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU ** irradiation not allowed 4.27. Sweden In 2012 no checks were carried out at the product marketing stage. 4.28. United Kingdom Foodstuffs analysed at product marketing stage || Number of Samples: 323 || CEN method used Compliant || Inconclusive || Non-Compliant Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) || 156 || 5 || 3* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Cereal products || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Flavoured couscous || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Flavoured icing sugar || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Food supplements || 26 || 3 || 1** || EN 1788;EN 13751 Fruit (dried) || 2 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Fruit Juice || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Fruits (fresh) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Garlic || 13 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Herbal teas / Infusions || 5 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Herb and spice pastes || 7 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Herbs and spices (fresh) || 4 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Instant noodles || 40 || 4 || 7* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Meals and dishes (prepared) || 3 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Nuts || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Rice || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 1788;EN 13751 Sauces and soups (dehydrated) || 21 || 1 || 7** || EN 1788;EN 13751 Seeds || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) || 0 || 0 || 1* || EN 1788;EN 13751 Vegetables (fresh) || 1 || 0 || 0 || EN 13751 Total: || 291 || 13 || 19 || Total % of analysed samples: || 90% || 4% || 6% || * erroneously labelled and/or irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU ** irradiation not allowed, erroneously labelled, irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU 5. Summary The current report covers the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. It contains a compilation of the information forwarded to the Commission by the 27 Member States. In 2012, 24 approved irradiation facilities were operational in 13 Member States in accordance with Article 7(2) of Directive 1999/2/EC. No new irradiation facilities have been approved. No approved irradiation facilities have been closed. Five irradiation facilities did not irradiate any food during 2012. A total quantity of 7972 tonnes of products were treated with ionising irradiation in EU Member States, 91% of which were irradiated mainly in three Member States: Belgium (64.7%), Netherlands (18.5%) and France (7.7%). The three biggest commodities within the irradiated categories are: frog legs (36%), poultry (35%) and dried aromatic herbs and spices (15%). There has been a slight decrease in the total quantity of products irradiated in the EU compared to the previous year 2011 (8.067,5 tonnes). 27 Member States submitted information regarding the checks carried out at the product marketing stage. Five Member States did not perform any analytical checks in official control and inspection in 2012. A total of 5.182 samples have been analysed by 22 Member States, three Member States accounted for 66% of the samples (Germany 52,4.0%, the Netherlands 7.2%, and United Kingdom 6.2%). 4.979 samples (96.1%) were compliant with the provisions of the Directive, 123 samples (2.4%) were non-compliant, 80 samples (1.5%) gave inconclusive results. The two main reasons for non-compliance of tested samples were incorrect labelling and forbidden irradiation; non-compliance was also due to irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU. Reasons for non-compliance are given in each table reporting the tests carried out in each Member State. [1] OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 16. [2] http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/irradiation/index_en.htm [3] OJ C 265, 1.9.2012, p. 3. [4] OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 24. [5] OJ C 283, 24.11.2009, p. 5.