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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-107/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/107",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 107/2013 of 5 February 2013 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for melamine in canned pet food (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-107",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 107/2013\nof 5 February 2013\namending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for melamine in canned pet food\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed, and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 2002/32/EC provides that the use of products intended for animal feed which contain levels of undesirable substances exceeding the maximum levels laid down in Annex I to that Directive is prohibited.\n(2)\nInformation has been provided that melamine is used in the coating of cans containing pet food and can migrate into that pet food. Cans with the same coating are used for the canning of food and in accordance with the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) a scientific opinion on melamine in food and feed, a specific migration limit (SML) of 2,5 mg/kg for the canned food as such has been established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1282/2011.\n(3)\nThe Codex Alimentarius Commission has established maximum levels for melamine in feed and food which are to apply to feed as sold, while the maximum levels established in Directive 2002/32/EC concern feed with a moisture content of 12 %.\n(4)\nRecently provided information has demonstrated that melamine can migrate in wet pet food from the can coating at a level above 2,5 mg/kg relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % but below the SML of 2,5 mg/kg in the wet pet food. In the light of this development in scientific and technical knowledge, it is appropriate to establish the maximum level of 2,5 mg/kg for melamine for canned wet pet food on a ‘as sold’ basis and this in line with what is foreseen for canned food.\n(5)\nDirective 2002/32/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) and EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF); Scientific Opinion on Melamine in Food and Feed. EFSA Journal 2010; 8(4):1573. [145 pp.]. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1573. Available online: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/1573.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 12, 15.1.2011, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 328, 10.12.2011, p. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Report on the Thirty-Third Session of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-9 July 2010 (ALINORM 10/33/REP)."
    }
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