{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1259/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1259/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/1259",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1259/2011 of 2 December 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels for dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs and non dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1259",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "Section 5: Dioxins and PCBs of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:\n(a) Section 5: Dioxins and PCBs is replaced by the following:\n‘\nSection 5:\nDioxins and PCBs (31)\nFoodstuffs\nMaximum levels\nSum of dioxins (WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ) (32)\nSum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBS (WHO-PCDD/F-PCB-TEQ) (32)\nSum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180 (ICES – 6) (32)\n5.1\nMeat and meat products (excluding edible offal) of the following animals (6):\n—\nbovine animals and sheep\n2,5 pg/g fat (33)\n4,0 pg/g fat (33)\n40 ng/g fat (33)\n—\npoultry\n1,75 pg/g fat (33)\n3,0 pg/g fat (33)\n40 ng/g fat (33)\n—\npigs\n1,0 pg/g fat (33)\n1,25 pg/g fat (33)\n40 ng/g fat (33)\n5.2\nLiver of terrestrial animals referred to in 5.1 (6), and derived products thereof,\n4,5 pg/g fat (33)\n10,0 pg/g fat (33)\n40 ng/g fat (33)\n5.3\nMuscle meat of fish and fishery products and products thereof (25) (34), with the exemption of:\nwild caught eel\nwild caught fresh water fish, with the exception of diadromous fish species caught in fresh water\nfish liver and derived products\nmarine oils\nThe maximum level for crustaceans applies to muscle meat from appendages and abdomen (44). In case of crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura) it applies to muscle meat from appendages.\n3,5 pg/g wet weight\n6,5 pg/g wet weight\n75 ng/g wet weight\n5.4\nMuscle meat of wild caught fresh water fish, with the exception of diadromous fish species caught in fresh water, and products thereof (25)\n3,5 pg/g wet weight\n6,5 pg/g wet weight\n125 ng/g wet weight\n5.5\nMuscle meat of wild caught eel (Anguilla anguilla) and products thereof\n3,5 pg/g wet weight\n10,0 pg/g wet weight\n300 ng/g wet weight\n5.6\nFish liver and derived products thereof with the exception of marine oils referred to in point 5.7\n—\n20,0 pg/g wet weight (38)\n200 ng/g wet weight (38)\n5.7\nMarine oils (fish body oil, fish liver oil and oils of other marine organisms intended for human consumption)\n1,75 pg/g fat\n6,0 pg/g fat\n200 ng/g fat\n5.8\nRaw milk (6) and dairy products (6), including butter fat\n2,5 pg/g fat (33)\n5,5 pg/g fat (33)\n40 ng/g fat (33)\n5.9\nHen eggs and egg products (6)\n2,5 pg/g fat (33)\n5,0 pg/g fat (33)\n40 ng/g fat (33)\n5.10\nFat of the following animals:\n—\nbovine animals and sheep\n2,5 pg/g fat\n4,0 pg/g fat\n40 ng/g fat\n—\npoultry\n1,75 pg/g fat\n3,0 pg/g fat\n40 ng/g fat\n—\npigs\n1,0 pg/g fat\n1,25 pg/g fat\n40 ng/g fat\n5.11\nMixed animal fats\n1,5 pg/g fat\n2,50 pg/g fat\n40 ng/g fat\n5.12\nVegetable oils and fats\n0,75 pg/g fat\n1,25 pg/g fat\n40 ng/g fat\n5.13\nFoods for infants and young children (4)\n0,1 pg/g wet weight\n0,2 pg/g wet weight\n1,0 ng/g wet weight\n’\n(b) footnote 31 is replaced by the following:\n‘(31)\nDioxins (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), expressed as World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalent using the WHO-toxic equivalency factors (WHO-TEFs)) and sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs (sum of PCDDs, PCDFs and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), expressed as WHO toxic equivalent using the WHO-TEFs). WHO-TEFs for human risk assessment based on the conclusions of the World Health Organization (WHO) – International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) expert meeting which was held in Geneva in June 2005 (Martin van den Berg et al., The 2005 World Health Organization Re-evaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds. Toxicological Sciences 93(2), 223–241 (2006))\nAbbreviations used: “T” = tetra; “Pe” = penta; “Hx” = hexa; “Hp” = hepta; “O” = octa; “CDD” = chlorodibenzodioxin; “CDF” = chlorodibenzofuran; “CB” = chlorobiphenyl.\nCongener\nTEF value\nDibenzo-p-dioxins (‘PCDDs’)\n2,3,7,8-TCDD\n1\n1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD\n1\n1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD\n0,1\n1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD\n0,1\n1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD\n0,1\n1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD\n0,01\nOCDD\n0,0003\nDibenzofurans (‘PCDFs’)\n2,3,7,8-TCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF\n0,03\n2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF\n0,3\n1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF\n0,1\n2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF\n0,1\n1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF\n0,01\n1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF\n0,01\nOCDF\n0,0003\n“Dioxin-like” PCBs Non-ortho PCBs + Mono-ortho PCBs\nNon-ortho PCBs\nPCB 77\n0,0001\nPCB 81\n0,0003\nPCB 126\n0,1\nPCB 169\n0,03\nMono-ortho PCBs\nPCB 105\n0,00003\nPCB 114\n0,00003\nPCB 118\n0,00003\nPCB 123\n0,00003\nPCB 156\n0,00003\nPCB 157\n0,00003\nPCB 167\n0,00003\nPCB 189\n0,00003\n’\n(c) footnote 33 is replaced by the following:\n‘(33)\nThe maximum level expressed on fat is not applicable for foods containing < 2 % fat. For foods containing less than 2 % fat, the maximum level applicable is the level on product basis corresponding to the level on product basis for the food containing 2 % fat, calculated from the maximum level established on fat basis, making use of following formula:\nMaximum level expressed on product basis for foods containing less than 2 % fat = maximum level expressed on fat for that food x 0,02’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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