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Document 92001E003683

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3683/01 by Nicholas Clegg (ELDR) to the Commission. Irradiated food.

OJ C 147E, 20.6.2002, p. 221–221 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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92001E3683

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3683/01 by Nicholas Clegg (ELDR) to the Commission. Irradiated food.

Official Journal 147 E , 20/06/2002 P. 0221 - 0221


WRITTEN QUESTION E-3683/01

by Nicholas Clegg (ELDR) to the Commission

(17 January 2002)

Subject: Irradiated food

Does the Commission believe that only the term irradiated, or a similar term, should be used to describe food that has undergone irradiation treatment on relevant labels?

At present in the United Kingdom, a number of different terms such as treated by cold pasteurisation, sterilised with electron beam (E-beam) technology and electronically pasteurised are all used.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(4 February 2002)

Labelling of irradiated foods is regulated by Article 6 of Directive 1999/2/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation(1). It provides that the words irradiated or treated with ionising radiation shall be used to indicate that the foodstuff or an ingredient of the foodstuff has been irradiated. This wording is therefore mandatory and aims at ensuring full transparency for the consumer.

Information about food irradiation is available on the following web site: http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sfp/sfp_index_en.html.

(1) OJ L 66, 13.3.1999,.

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