{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-208/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/208",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2005 of 4 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-208",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 the following Section 7 is added:\n‘\nSection 7: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)\nSee page 15 of this Official Journal.\nBenzo(a)pyrene, for which maximum levels are listed, is used as a marker for the occurrence and effect of carcinogenic PAH. These measures therefore provide full harmonisation on PAH in the listed foods across the Member States. The Commission shall review the maximum levels for PAH in the listed food categories by 1 April 2007, taking into account the progress in scientific and technological knowledge on the occurrence of benzo(a)pyrene and other carcinogenic PAH in food.\nCocoa butter is excluded from this category whilst investigations into the presence of benzo(a)pyrene in cocoa butter are made. This derogation will be reviewed by 1 April 2007.\nBaby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children as defined in Article 1 of Directive 96/5/EC. The maximum level refers to the product as sold.\nInfant formulae and follow-on formulae as defined in Article 1 of Directive 91/321/EEC. The maximum level refers to the product as sold.\nDietary foods for special medical purposes as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 1999/21/EC. The maximum level refers to the product as sold.\nFish and fishery products as defined in the categories (b), (c), and (f) of the list in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.\nFish as defined in the category (a) of the list in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.\nProduct\nMaximum level(μg/kg wet weight)\nPerformance criteria for sampling\nPerformance criteria for methods of analysis\n7.1. Benzo(a)pyrene\n7.1.1.\nOils and fats intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in foods\n2,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n7.1.2.\nFoods for infants and young children\n1,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n7.1.2.1.\nBaby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children\n7.1.2.2.\nInfant formulae and follow-on formulae, including infant milk and follow-on milk\n7.1.2.3.\nDietary foods for special medical purposes intended specifically for infants\n7.1.3.\nSmoked meats and smoked meat products\n5,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n7.1.4.\nMuscle meat of smoked fish and smoked fishery products, excluding bivalve molluscs\n5,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n7.1.5.\nMuscle meat of fish, other than smoked fish\n2,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n7.1.6.\nCrustaceans, cephalopods, other than smoked\n5,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n7.1.7.\nBivalve molluscs\n10,0\nDirective 2005/10/EC\nDirective 2005/10/EC\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Benzo(a)pyrene, for which maximum levels are listed, is used as a marker for the occurrence and effect of carcinogenic PAH. These measures therefore provide full harmonisation on PAH in the listed foods across the Member States. The Commission shall review the maximum levels for PAH in the listed food categories by 1 April 2007, taking into account the progress in scientific and technological knowledge on the occurrence of benzo(a)pyrene and other carcinogenic PAH in food."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cocoa butter is excluded from this category whilst investigations into the presence of benzo(a)pyrene in cocoa butter are made. This derogation will be reviewed by 1 April 2007."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See page 15 of this Official Journal."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Baby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children as defined in Article 1 of Directive 96/5/EC. The maximum level refers to the product as sold."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Infant formulae and follow-on formulae as defined in Article 1 of Directive 91/321/EEC. The maximum level refers to the product as sold."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Dietary foods for special medical purposes as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 1999/21/EC. The maximum level refers to the product as sold."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Fish and fishery products as defined in the categories (b), (c), and (f) of the list in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Fish as defined in the category (a) of the list in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000."
    }
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