Rules for the selection of specific combination of contaminants or contaminant groups and commodity groups
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I Rules for the selection of specific combination of contaminants or contaminant groups and commodity groups (1) Member States shall control the following combinations of contaminants or contaminant groups in the following commodity groups: Commodity groups Halogenated persistent organic pollutants Metals Mycotoxins Other contaminants Unprocessed bovine, ovine and caprine meat (including edible offal) x x x Unprocessed porcine meat (including edible offal) x x x Unprocessed equine meat (including edible offal) x x Unprocessed poultry meat (including edible offal) x x x Unprocessed meat from other farmed terrestrial animals ( * ) (including edible offal) x Raw bovine, ovine and caprine milk x x x x Fresh hen eggs and other eggs x x x Honey x x Unprocessed fishery products ( ** ) (excluding crustaceans) x x x Crustaceans and bivalve molluscs x x x Animal and marine fats and oils x x x Processed products of animal origin ( *** ) x x x (2) Member States shall consider all combinations of contaminants or contaminant groups and commodity groups of food of non-animal origin for which maximum levels or other regulatory levels are set under Union legislation. (3) Each Member State shall consider the following criteria for selecting specific combinations of contaminants or contaminant groups and commodity groups to be controlled: (a) frequency of the detection of non-compliance in the Member State’s samples, in other Member States’ samples or in third countries’ samples, especially when reported under the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed or the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation System; (b) availability of suitable laboratory methods and analytical standards; (c) possible risk for consumers or certain population groups arising from consumption of contaminants present in food, taking into account the relevant information available from the European Food Safety Authority, or in absence of such information, other sources of information such as scientific publications or national risk assessments; (d) consumption data (dietary exposure patterns); (e) as regards food falling within the scope of the control plan for food of animal origin entering the Union as described in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2022/932, the following criteria shall also be considered, where available: (i) the outcome of Commission controls in third countries; (ii) any information casting doubt on the reliability of guarantees on the compliance of imported food with Union rules; (iii) information on increased vigilance. ( * ) Other farmed terrestrial animals as defined in entry 1017000 of Annex I, Part A, to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. ( ** ) Fishery products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ( OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55 ). ( *** ) Processed products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs ( OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ).