# 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), Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.’

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1019/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1019/annex
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.