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| dossier | COM(2016)738 - Food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation for the year 2015. |
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| document | COM(2016)738  |
| date | November 25, 2016 |
Brussels, 25.11.2016
COM(2016) 738 final
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS TREATED WITH IONISING RADIATION FOR THE YEAR 2015
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS TREATED WITH IONISING RADIATION FOR THE YEAR 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Approved irradiation facilities
4. Results of checks in irradiation facilities
5. Results of checks at product marketing stage
6. Conclusion
1. Summary
According to Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC, the Member States shall forward to the Commission every year the results of checks carried out in ionising irradiation facilities, including, in particular, the categories and quantities of foodstuff treated with ionising radiation and the doses administered, and the results of checks carried out at product marketing stage.
The checks performed by the Member States in 2015 show almost total compliance of products controlled with the EU legislation.
Period: 1/1/2015 – 31/12/2015
Countries concerned: EU Member States and EFTA countries
Source: All 28 Member States and Norway
Irradiation facilities:
– Number of countries equipped: 14 Member States & Norway
– Number of approved facilities: 26
– Number of new facilities: One in Croatia and one in Norway
– Number of closed facilities: None
– Number of countries irradiating: 10 Member States & Norway
Treatment data:
– Quantity of products treated: 5,686 tonnes (+9.7% compared to 2014)
– Main commodities treated: Frog legs (54.8%) and dried aromatic herbs,
spices and vegetables seasoning (16.1%)
– Main place of irradiation: Belgium (68.9%) and the Netherlands (11.1%)
Checks at marketing stage:
– Number of samples analysed: 5,973
– Number of non compliant samples: 104 (1.7%)
– Main commodities analysed: Herbs and spices (45.6%)
Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruits and their products
(21%)
2. Background
Ionising radiation of foods and food ingredients is a physical technique used for several purposes, e.g. to reduce the incidence of food-borne diseases by reducing pathogenic organisms, to reduce loss of food by premature ripening, germination or sprouting and to get food rid of organisms harmful to plant or plant products. Information on general aspects of food irradiation is available on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety 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 2 lays down specific provisions for the manufacturing, marketing and importation of treated foods and food ingredients. The Directive introduced a stepwise harmonised listing of food, authorised for irradiation, starting from existing national authorisations.
Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the establishment of a Community list of foods and food ingredients treated with ionising treatment 3 listed one category of food authorised at EU level: dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings. Other food categories authorised at national level prior to 1999 are maintained in seven Member States in accordance with its Article 4(4) but can no longer be extended. The list of national authorisations has been published by the Commission 4 .
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 State. Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC requires Member States to inform the Commission on the list of their approved irradiation facilities. The list of approved irradiation facilities in Member States is 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 Commission.
In accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC, Member States forward to the Commission every year:
– the results of their checks carried out in the ionising radiation facilities, in particular regarding the categories and quantities of food and food ingredients treated and the doses administered,
and
– the results of their checks carried out at the product marketing stage and the methods used to detect treatment with ionising radiation.
Article 7(4) of the same Directive requires the Commission to subsequently publish annually 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 every year by the national supervisory authorities.
The present report, produced accordingly, covers the period from 1st January to 31st December 2015 and includes the information forwarded to the European Commission by the 28 Member States and one EFTA country (Norway).
3. Approved irradiation facilities
26 irradiation facilities are approved in the European Union and are located in 14 Member States: five in France, four in Germany, three in Spain, two in Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Poland, one in Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia (a new facility), Italy, Hungary, Romania and United Kingdom. There are no approved facilities in the other Member States. No approved irradiation facilities have been closed.
Of the 14 Member States equipped with irradiation facilities, ten, as well as one EFTA country (Norway), irradiated foodstuffs in 2015, as illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1 – Percentage of irradiated foodstuffs within each Member State and Norway in 2015
Green: countries with approved irradiation facilities and food irradiation;
Yellow: countries with approved irradiation facilities and no food irradiation;
Grey: countries without approved irradiation facilities)
4. Results of checks in irradiation facilities
Official Controls carried out by the competent authorities confirmed the compliance of the approved irradiation facilities with the requirements of Directive 1999/2/EC which are based on the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission Recommended International Code of Practice for the operation of irradiation facilities used for the treatment of foods 6 .
The range of the average absorbed dose reported for the irradiated food in the EU in 2015 is 1-10 kGy, the categories of products irradiated and the doses administered for each Member State are listed in Annex.
A total quantity of 5,685.9 tonnes of products were treated with ionising irradiation in EU Member States, 80% of which were irradiated mainly in two Member States: Belgium (68.9%) and the Netherlands (11.1%).
Figure 2 summarises the categories of foodstuffs submitted to irradiation. The two main commodities irradiated in the EU are frog legs (54.75%) and dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetables seasoning (16.10%).
Figure 2 – Distribution by category of irradiated foodstuffs in the EU in 2015
Since Directives 1999/2/EC and 1999/3/EC have become applicable in the Member States, the quantities of food irradiated have decreased, though a slight increase of 9.7% is noted in 2015 compared to 2014.
Figure 3 shows the distribution of irradiated foodstuffs (in tonnes) by Member State in 2015.
Figure 3 – Quantity and category of foodstuffs irradiated in approved facilities within each Member State in 2015.
5. Results of checks at product marketing stage
5,973 samples were analysed by 24 Member States in 2015, i.e. overall 3.4% more than in 2014.
Four Member States accounted for 75.6% of the samples (Germany 56%, Italy 9%, Poland 5.3% and Romania 5.3%), as illustred in Figure 4. Five countries (four Member States and Norway) did not perform any analytical checks at product marketing stage in 2015 for different reasons: budgetary restrictions in Denmark, lack of laboratory capacity for such analyses in Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus and Norway.
Figure 4 – Percentage of checks and total samples analysed at product marketing stage within each Member States in 2015.
Among the products analysed in the European Union in 2015, the two main categories are “herbs and spices” (45.54%) and “cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products” (21.01%). Details are given in the tables reporting the tests carried out for each Member State (Annex). The category “other” includes mainly food supplements (45.92%) and soup and sauces (30.89%).
Figure 5 –Foodstuffs category analysed at product marketing stage within the European Union in 2015
For 2015, 5,802 samples (97.1%) were compliant with EU requirements, 104 (1.7%) non-compliant, and 67 samples (1.1%) gave inconclusive results. The two main reasons for non-compliance of tested samples were similar to the previous years, namely, incorrect labelling and forbidden irradiation, irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU. Details by Member State are available in annex.
Figure 6 – Percentage of compliant, non-compliant and inconclusive results of checks carried out at product marketing stage within the European Union for the year 2015
6. Conclusion
The data submitted by the 28 EU Member States for 2015 show a 9.7% increase of the quantity of foodstuffs submitted to irradiation in the EU, compared to 2014 and a concomittant 3.4% increase of the checks performed at product marketing stage by competent authorities. The checks showed almost full respect of EU legislation, with less than 2% of products found to be non-compliant.
In Europe, the main commodity irradiated is frog legs, followed, though in much lower quantities, by dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetables seasoning. Around 70% of the commodities are irradiated in Belgium, which remains the leading irradiating country within the EU.
In terms of control at marketing stage, the main commodity checked in the EU remains herbs and spices (45.6%) followed by cereals, seed, vegetables and fruits (21%), with Germany leading in the number of controls carried out representing alone more than all other Member States together.
Finally, the use of this decontamination technique stays marginal in Europe when compared to other regions of the world, where the use of irradiation for decontamination purposes is steadily increasing mainly in American and Asian countries.
Annex – Food irradiation data collection 2015
Quantities of foodstuffs (in tonnes) treated by ionising radiation
in approved irradiation facilities (EU and EFTA)
| Country | Number of approved facilities | Treated quantity (tonnes) |
| Belgium | 1 | 3,916.9 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | No food irradiated |
| Croatia | 1 | 12.0 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 28.3 |
| Estonia | 1 | 36.9 |
| France | 5 | 376.6 |
| Germany | 4 | 211.1 |
| Hungary | 1 | 103.0 |
| Italy | 1 | No food irradiated |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 629.2 |
| Poland | 2 | 45.9 |
| Romania | 1 | No food irradiated |
| Spain | 3 | 326.0 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | No food irradiated |
| Total EU | 26 | 5,685.9 |
| Norway | 1 | 4.2 |
| Total EU-EFTA | 27 | 5,690.1 |
Categories of products irradiated and respective doses administered, by country.
| Country | Foodstuffs | Absorbed dose (kGy) |
| Belgium | Dehydrated blood, plasma, coagulates | 5.0 - 6.7 |
| Egg white | 4.3 - 5.0 | |
| Frozen frog legs | 4.4 - 5.7 | |
| Frozen peeled or decapitated shrimps | 4.0 - 4.3 | |
| Poultry | 3.7 - 4.3 | |
| Croatia | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 10 |
| Czech Republic | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 6.3 |
| Estonia | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 10 |
| France | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 5 - 10 |
| Dried vegetables and fruits | 1 - 10 | |
| Frozen frog legs | 1 - 10 | |
| Germany | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 10 |
| Hungary | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 2 - 10 |
| The Netherlands | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 6 |
| Dried vegetables and fruits | 6 | |
| Poland | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 5 |
| Spain | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 8.6 – 9.5 |
| Norway | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 10 |
Samples analysed and results obtained for the European Union:
| Country | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-compliant | Total samples | % of total EU samples |
| Austria | 83 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 1.4% |
| Belgium | 110 | 8 | 3 | 121 | 2.0% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP |
| Cyprus | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP |
| Czech Republic | 25 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0.5% |
| Denmark | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP |
| Estonia | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP |
| France | 160 | 3 | 11 | 174 | 2.9% |
| Finland | 213 | 9 | 8 | 230 | 3.9% |
| Germany | 3,281 | 24 | 39 | 3344 | 56.0% |
| Greece | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.2% |
| Hungary | 75 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 1.3% |
| Ireland | 86 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 1.5% |
| Italy | 532 | 0 | 7 | 539 | 9.0% |
| Latvia | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.2% |
| Lithuania | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1.3% |
| Luxembourg | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.3% |
| Malta | 69 | 3 | 5 | 77 | 1.3% |
| Netherlands | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.9% |
| Poland | 315 | 0 | 2 | 317 | 5.3% |
| Portugal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.2% |
| Romania | 297 | 7 | 10 | 314 | 5.3% |
| Slovakia | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.4% |
| Slovenia | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.3% |
| Spain | 235 | 2 | 0 | 237 | 4.0% |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 93 | 5 | 14 | 112 | 1.9% |
| Total EU | 5,802 | 67 | 104 | 5,973 | 100% |
| 97.1% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 100.0% | ||
| Norway | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP | NCP |
NCP: no check performed
Results of checks at product marketing stage in Europe
and methods used to detect ionising treatment.
Austria
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Berries | 29 | 0 | 0 | EN 1787 |
| Fish, crustaceans. Shellfish and their products | Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) | 25 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 29 | 0 | 2* | EN 1788 |
| Total (85) | 83 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 97.6% | 0% | 2.4% |
*erroneously labelled
Belgium
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit | 8 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Fruit (dried) | 10 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Fish, crustaceans. Shellfish and their products | Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) | 33 | 2 | 1* | EN 1788 |
| Herbs and spices | Herbs and spices (frozen) | 13 | 2 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Tea | 22 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Meat / meat products | Frog legs | 7 | 2 | 2* | EN 1788 |
| Other | Food supplements | 17 | 2 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Total (121) | 110 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 90.9% | 6.6% | 2.5% |
*erroneously labelled
Bulgaria
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Tea | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Total (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Croatia
Due to lack of laboratories carrying out analyses for ionising radiation, no checks were performed at product marketing stage in Croatia during the year 2015.
Cyprus
Due to lack of laboratories carrying out analyses for ionising radiation, no checks were performed at product marketing stage in Cyprus during the year 2015.
Czech Republic
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 7 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Other | Food supplements | 5 | 2 | 1* | EN 1788 |
| Soup | 9 | 2 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Total (30) | 25 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 83.4% | 13.3% | 3.3% |
*irradiation not allowed
Denmark
Due to budgetary restrictions, no checks were performed at product marketing stage in Denmark during the year 2015.
Estonia
Due to lack of laboratories carrying out analyses for ionising radiation, no checks were performed at product marketing stage in Estonia during the year 2015.
France
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit | 59 | 0 | 1* | EN 1787 |
| Food supplements | 7 | 1 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) | 21 | 0 | 3** | EN 1786 |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 36 | 0 | 5* | EN 1788 |
| Meat and meat products | Frog legs | 11 | 0 | 1* | EN 1786 |
| Meat and meat products | 26 | 2 | 1* | EN 1784 | |
| Total (174) | 160 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 92.0% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
*erroneously labelled
**erroneously labelled and/or irradiation not allowed
Finland
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Berries | 3 | 1 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Cereal products | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Onions | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Seaweeds (dried) | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Pasta products | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Rice (flour) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Seeds | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 25 | 2 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 99 | 4 | 4* | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 6 | 2 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Tea | 13 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other | Cocoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Coffee | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Food supplements | 28 | 0 | 3** | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Meals and dishes (prepared) | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 13 | 0 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Total (230) | 213 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 92.6% | 3.9% | 3.5% |
*erroneously labelled and/or irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU
**irradiation not allowed
Germany
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Cereal products | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1787 |
| Fruit (dried) | 133 | 0 | 9*** | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Fruits (fresh) | 81 | 0 | 0 | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms (fresh) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; | |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 140 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Potatoes | 9 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Pulses | 110 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 44 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1786; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables (fresh) | 21 | 0 | 0 | EN 1787; EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) | 273 | 0 | 5** | EN13708; EN 1786; EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 |
| Fish and fish products | 58 | 0 | 8*** | EN 1786; EN 1788 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 1,254 | 10 | 2* | EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 |
| Seasoning | 303 | 2 | 0 | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN 1785; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Tea | 195 | 0 | 1*** | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN 1785; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Meat and meat products | Meat (except poultry and game) | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 |
| Meat (from different birds, kangaroo, hare) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Meat products (except sausages) | 32 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 | |
| Poultry meat | 142 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 | |
| Sausage products | 27 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Milk and milk products | Cheese (containing spices/herbs) | 33 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 |
| Other | Food supplements | 168 | 0 | 3*** | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Meals and dishes (prepared) | 29 | 2 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1786 | |
| Eggs and eggs products | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784 | |
| Various food | 35 | 0 | 0 | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 159 | 10 | 11** | EN 1784; EN 1788; EN 1785; EN 13751 | |
| Total (3,344) | 3,281 | 24 | 39 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 98.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
*erroneously labelled
**erroneously labelled and/or irradiation not allowed
***irradiation not allowed
Greece
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 10 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Total (10) | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Hungary
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 75 | 0 | 1* | EN 1788 |
| Total (76) | 75 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 98.7% | 0% | 1.3% |
*erroneously labelled
Ireland
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Berries | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Peanut bars | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Herbs and spices | Herbal teas / Infusions | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Herbs and spices (fresh) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other: Basil (3), Bay leaves (1), Oregano (1), Spice mixture for pickling cucumber (1), Smoked paprika (1), Garam Masala (1), Organic hot paprika (1), Ground cinnamon (1), Ground mace (1), Herbs and spices (1) | 12 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other | Food for particular nutritional uses | 35 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Food supplements | 31 | 1 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Soy sauces | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Total (87) | 86 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 98.9% | 1.1% | 0% |
Italy
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 82 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13784; EN 1787; EN 13751 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Tea | 8 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Meat and meat products | Frog legs | 21 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 |
| Meat (except poultry and game) | 16 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786; EN 13784 | |
| Poultry meat | 37 | 0 | 0 | EN 13784; EN 1786; EN 1785 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) | 109 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1786; EN 13751 |
| Fish and fish products | 44 | 0 | 1* | EN 13784; EN 1786; EN 1785 | |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Cereals | 18 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Fruit (dried) | 18 | 0 | 0 | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN 1787 | |
| Fruits (fresh) | 11 | 0 | 0 | EN 13708; EN 1788; EN13784; EN 1787 | |
| Garlic | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 13784; EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 22 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Nuts | 32 | 0 | 0 | EN 13784; EN 1788; EN 1787 | |
| Oil seeds | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Onions | 16 | 0 | 0 | EN 13784; EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Tomatoes and carrots | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Potatoes | 18 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Pulses | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 13784; EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Other | Food supplements | 2 | 0 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 1787 |
| Raw material of plant origin, intended for use as an ingredient in plant food supplements | 34 | 0 | 5** | EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Total (539) | 532 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 98.7% | 0.7% | 1.3% |
*erroneously labelled
**erroneously labelled and/or irradiation not allowed
Latvia
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Other | Food supplements | 7 | 0 | 1* | EN 1788 |
| Total (12) | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 91.7% | 0% | 8.3% |
*irradiation not allowed
Lithuania
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 13783 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 13783 | |
| Other | Food supplements | 62 | 0 | 0 | EN 13783 |
| Vegetables, vegetable products and mushrooms, dried seaweed (raw material for food production) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 13783 | |
| Total (75) | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Luxembourg
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Other | Sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 9 | 1 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Total (19) | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 94.7% | 5.3% | 0% |
Malta
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Fruit (dried) | 12 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Instant noodles | 8 | 2 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Onions | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Dried seaweed | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Fish and seafood (dried) | 1 | 0 | 3* | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 11 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 17 | 0 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Tea | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other | Soup | 8 | 1 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Total (77) | 69 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 89.6% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
*irradiation not allowed
**erroneously labelled
Netherlands
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Cereals products | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables and fruit | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Nuts | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Shrimps | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 8 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Meat and meat products | Poultry meat | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Other | Chips | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Soup | 7 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Total (54) | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Poland
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Fruit (dried) | 8 | 0 | 0 | EN 13708 |
| Fruits (fresh) | 7 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1787 | |
| Fruit (tropical) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Garlic | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13708 | |
| Instant noodles | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms (fresh) | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 12 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Nuts | 10 | 0 | 0 | EN 1787 | |
| Onions | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Pasta with spinach | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Pasta products | 9 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Potatoes | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Pulses | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables (fresh) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 |
| Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) | 6 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786; EN 1788 | |
| Fish and fish products | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Shrimp broth | 0 | 0 | 1* | EN 1788 | |
| Shrimps | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 48 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Tea | 12 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Milk and milk products | Cheese (containing spices/herbs) | 27 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Cheese (cottage) | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Cheese (ripened) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Meat and meat products | Chicken broth | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Frog legs | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Meat | 20 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Meat and meat products | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Meat (except poultry and game) | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 | |
| Meat (from different birds, kangaroo, hare) | 12 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 | |
| Meat, offal, meat products | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 | |
| Poultry meat | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784; EN 1786 | |
| Other | Cocoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Coffee | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 | |
| Food for particular nutritional uses | 16 | 0 | 1* | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Food supplements | 16 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Other: Barbecue sauce (1), vegetable broth (1), paste of coriander (1), seasoning for chicken soup (1), instant for noodle dish (1), vegetable stock cube (1), fix oriental dish with chicken (1), instant soup flavour chicken curry with noodle (1) | 8 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 20 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Total (317) | 315 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 99.4% | 0% | 0.6% |
*erroneously labelled
Portugal
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Plant parts (senna pod, chamomile flower and moringa) | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other | Enzymes | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Food supplements | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Ginseng extract | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Total (9) | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Romania
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Fruit (dried) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 3 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 86 | 0 | 2* | EN 13751 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 143 | 1 | 8* | EN 13751 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 32 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Tea | 9 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Other | Food supplements | 22 | 6 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Total (314) | 297 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 94.6% | 2.2% | 3.2% |
*irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU
Slovakia
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Nuts | 17 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784 |
| Oil seeds | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788 |
| Meat and meat products | Salmon fillets | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784 |
| Milk and milk products | Cheese (ripened) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784 |
| Total (314) | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Slovenia
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Garlic | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 |
| Tea | 4 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Meat and meat products | Poultry meat | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 |
| Other | Sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 2 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Total (17) | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Spain
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Fruit (dried) | 16 | 0 | 0 | EN 13708 |
| Mushrooms or mushrooms products (dried) | 8 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Nuts | 16 | 0 | 0 | EN 1787 | |
| Oil seeds | 14 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (dried) | 32 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 1787; EN 13751 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 91 | 2 | 0 | EN 1787; EN 13751 |
| Herbal teas / Infusions | 32 | 0 | 0 | EN 13751 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans, shellfish, mussels and other aquatic animals (including their products) | 16 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 |
| Fish and fish products | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 | |
| Meat and meat products | Poultry meat | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1786 |
| Total (237) | 235 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 99.2% | 0.8% | 0% |
Sweden
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Meat and meat products | Meat | 5 | 0 | 0 | EN 1784 |
| Total (5) | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 100% | 0% | 0% |
United Kingdom
| Foodstuff category | Foodstuffs | Compliant | Inconclusive | Non-Compliant | CEN method |
| Cereals, seed, vegetables, fruit and their products | Fruit (tropical) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Instant noodles | 20 | 3 | 6* | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Fish, crustaceans, shellfish and their products | Crustaceans or molluscs (frozen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Fish and fish products | 1 | 0 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Herbs and spices | Aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasoning (dried) | 56 | 1 | 4* | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Tea | 0 | 0 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Other | Food supplements | 11 | 1 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 |
| Sauces and soups (dehydrated) | 1 | 0 | 0 | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Soup | 2 | 0 | 1** | EN 1788; EN 13751 | |
| Total (112) | 93 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Total % of analysed samples | 83.0% | 4.5% | 12.5% |
*erroneously labelled and/or irradiation in facilities not approved by the EU
**irradiation not allowed
Norway
Due to lack of laboratories carrying out analyses for ionising radiation, no checks were performed at product marketing stage in Norway during the year 2015.
(1) http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/biosafety/irradiation/index_en.htm
(2) 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 66, 13.3.1999, p. 16).
(3) Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the establishment of a Community list of foods and food ingredients treated with ionising treatment (OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 24).
(4) OJ C 283, 24.11.2009, p. 5.
(5) OJ C 51, 13.2.2015, p. 59–63
(6) Reference FAO/WHO/CAC, vol. XV edition 1.