Commission Regulation (EU) No 1019/2013 of 23 October 2013 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards histamine in fishery products Text with EEA relevance

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) No 1019/2013
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Chapter 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 is amended as follows:

(1)

row 1.27 is replaced by the following:

‘1.27

Fishery products, except those in food category 1.27a, which have undergone enzyme maturation treatment in brine, manufactured from fish species associated with a high amount of histidine ( 17 )

Histamine

9 ( 18 )

2

200  mg/kg

400  mg/kg

HPLC ( 19 )

Products placed on the market during their shelf-life’

(2)

the following row 1.27a is inserted:

‘1.27a

Fish sauce produced by fermentation of fishery products

Histamine

1

400  mg/kg

HPLC ( 19 )

Products placed on the market during their shelf-life’

(3)

footnote 2 is replaced by the following:

‘( 2 )

For points 1.1-1.25, 1.27a and 1.28 m = M.’;

(4)

footnote 18 is replaced by the following:

‘( 18 )

Single samples may be taken at retail level. In such a case the presumption laid down in Article 14(6) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, according to which the whole batch should be deemed unsafe, shall not apply, unless the result is above M.’;

(5)

under the heading ‘Interpretation of the test results’ the last paragraph of the text concerning Histamine in fishery products is replaced by the following:

‘Histamine in fishery products:

Histamine in fishery products from fish species associated with a high amount of histidine except fish sauce produced by fermentation of fishery products:

—

satisfactory, if the following requirements are fulfilled:

1.

the mean value observed is ≤ m

2.

a maximum of c/n values observed are between m and M

3.

no values observed excess the limit of M.

—

unsatisfactory, if the mean value observed exceeds m or more than c/n values are between m and M or one or more of the values observed are > M.

Histamine in fish sauce produced by fermentation of fishery products:

—

satisfactory, if the value observed is ≤ the limit,

—

unsatisfactory, if the value observed is > the limit.’