A. MAIN EU LEGISLATION
Subject
Main EU Legislation
File
EC No 178 2004 28 January 2002.pdf
EC No 852 2004 29 April 2004.pdf
EC No 853 2004 29 April 2004.pdf
EC No 854 2004 29 April 2004.pdf
EC No 882 2004 29 April 2004.pdf
Title
REGULATION (EC) No 178/2002 OF
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF
THE COUNCIL of 28 January 2002 laying
down the general principles and
requirements of food law, establishing the
European Food Safety Authority and
laying down procedures in matters of food
safety
REGULATION (EC)No 852/2004 OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene
of foodstuffs
REGULATION (EC)No 853/2004 OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific hygiene rules for food of animal
origin.
REGULATION (EC)No 854/2004 OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific rules for the organisation of
official controls on products of animal
origin intended for human consumption.
REGULATION (EC)No 882/2004 OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on official
controls performed to ensure the
Requirement for organoleptic inspection
of fishery products and parasite checks
EC No 2074 2005 05 December 2005.pdf
Risk assessment bodies
EC No 2230 2004 23 December 2004.pdf
verification of compliance with feed and
food law, animal health and animal
welfare rules.
Commission Regulation (EC) No.
2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying
down implementing measures for certain
products under Regulation No 853/2004,
854/2004, 882/2004 and amending
Regulations 853/2004 and 854/2004
Regulations requiring Members States to
nominate national organisations
responsible for risk assessment, with a
view to publishing lists and funding and
maintaining a risk assessment network.
B. VETERINARY RESIDUES
Subject
System of approval for
registration, controls on import,
and production of
pharmacologically active
substances used for the
veterinary treatment of animals
which are used for human food
Compete list of amendments to
the Annexes I to IV of
Regulation 2377/90
Consolidated annexes
Establishes aquaculture
residue controls and residue
File
EEC No 2377 1990 26 June 1990.tif
Description
Council Regulation 2377/90
laying down a Community
procedure for the establishment
of maximum residue limits of
veterinary medicinal products in
foodstuffs of animal origin
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/mrl/regindex.htm Sets out lists of approved and
please bring in the list
non-approved
pharmacologically active
compounds authorized for use
Official Consolidated Reg No. 2377 90.pdf
Official consolidated version of
Council Regulation (EEC) N
2377/90, including annexes I to
V, updated up to 11 May 2005
Unofficial consolidated Annexes I to IV Reg No. 2377 90.pdf
Unofficial consolidated version
of the Annexes I to IV of Council
Regulation (EEC) N 2377/90
Updated up to 12.10.2005 Note
that the European Commission
states "This document is not an
official version and is only
intended for use as a search
tool. No liability for its content is
assumed. In case of doubt,
consult the Official Journal".
Directive 96 23 EC 29 April 1996.tif
Council Directive 96/23/EC of
29 April 1996 on measures to
monitoring programmes
Prohibition of use of stilbenes
Directive 96 22 EC 29 April 1996.tif
and thyrostats, and limitation of
use of steroid hormones and
beta-agonists
Directive 2003 74 EC 22 September 2003.pdf
monitor certain substances and
residues thereof in live animals
and animal products which
defines sampling requirements
and tests to be undertaken in
respect of aquaculture animals.
Council Directive 96/22/EC of
29 April 1996 concerning the
prohibition on the use in
stockfarming of certain
substances having a hormonal
or thyrostatic action and of betaagonists and
DIRECTIVE 2003/74/EC OF
THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 22 September
2003 amending Council
Directive 96/22/EC concerning
the prohibition on the use in
stockfarming of certain
substances having a hormonal
or thyrostatic action and of betaagonists
C. BIVALVE MOLLUSCS
Subject
Water quality for harvesting of Bivalve
Molluscs
File
Directive 79 923 EEC 30 October
1979.mht
Corrigenda Directive 79 923 EEC 30
October 1979.pdf
Derogation for processed scallops in
relation to ASP limits
Decision 2002 226 EC 15 March 2002.pdf
Description
Sets out the technical parameters for the
quality of waters from which shellfish are
harvested for human consumption
Correction to the Directive setting limits
for the effect of discharges on the colour
of waters from which shellfish are
harvested.
Sets out a derogation to the requirements
for ASP toxin content of certain species of
the genus Pectinidae, subject to
processing treatment to remove
contaminated organs.
D. CONTAMINANTS AND ADDITIVES
Subject
Establishes limits for the composition of
fish and fish oil for human consumption,
including heavy metals and dioxins.
File
EC No 1881 2006 19 December 2006.pdf
Draft Commission Regulation amending
EC 1881 2006.mht
Sampling and analytical methods applied
by laboratories, for analysis of dioxins and
dioxin-like PCBs
EC No 1883 2006 19 December 2006.pdf
Sampling and analytical methods applied
by laboratories for heavy metals
Directive 2001 22 EC 8 March 2001.pdf
Directive 2005 4 EC 19 January 2005.pdf
Sampling and monitoring of dioxins
Recommendation 2006 88 EC 06
February 2006.pdf
Guidelines Dioxins.pdf
Description
Commission Regulation (EC) No
1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting
maximum levels for certain contaminants
in foodstuffs
Draft COMMISSION REGULATION
amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006
setting maximum levels for certain
contaminants in foodstuffs
Commission Regulation (EC) No
1883/2006 of 19 December 2006 laying
down methods of sampling and analysis
for the official control of levels of dioxins
and dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs
Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the
sampling methods and the methods of
analysis for the official control of the levels
of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD
in foodstuffs
amended by
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2005/4/EC of
19 January 2005
Commission recommendation to Member
States regarding random sampling and
monitoring of foodstuffs for dioxins and
dioxin like PCBs.
The Commission has published guidelines
Chemical Contamination
New Food Safety Incidents.doc
Microbiological criteria for fishery products EC No 2073 2005 15 November 2005.pdf
(including histamine content)
Additives in fishery products
Directive 95 2 EC 20 February 1995.tif
for the actions to be taken in cases where
dioxin levels in foodstuffs exceed the
MRLs. In the cases of fish, it requires
tracing of source and consideration of
closure of the fishery.
SCFCAH Working Document on the
Member State and Commission
procedures to be followed in the case of a
food safety incident involving chemical
contamination of foods.
Commission Regulation (EC) No
2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on
microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.
European Parliament and Council
Directive No 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995
on food additives other than colours and
sweeteners
E. FISH HEALTH
Subject
Fish Health
File
Decision 2003 804 EC 14 November
2003.pdf
Decision 2003 858 EC 21 November
2003.pdf
Decision 2004 914 EC 16 December
2004.pdf
Decision 2006 767 EC 06 November
2006.pdf
Description
Completely revised animal health
conditions for the import of live molluscs.
Establishes requirements for “approved
import centres” and import from approved
disease free third countries.
Commission Decision harmonising
Community animal health controls for the
import of live fish, fish from aquaculture,
their gametes and eggs (does not apply to
ornamental fish). Limits imports of
aquaculture fish and their products to
those from authorised third countries with
adequate animal health controls; requires
that live fish are not introduced to
unenclosed waters; products for human
consumption must be imported via an
approved import centre unless they are
eviscerated and/or in consumer ready
packs.
Commission decision amending the
regulations regarding the import
procedures, animal health conditions and
certification of live fishery products from
aquaculture for human consumption.
Commission decision setting out the
revised and updated animal health
conditions and certification requirements
Defines the provisions for animal health
controls in respect of ornamental fish
Decision 2006 656 EC 20 September
2006.pdf
for live molluscs and live fish of
aquaculture origin, and their products
imported from third countries.
COMMISSION DECISION 2006/656/EC
of 20 September 2006 laying down the
animal health conditions and certification
requirements for imports of fish for
ornamental purpose and amending
Decision 2003/858/EC
F. FISH MEAL AND ANIMAL FEEDS
Subject
Defines animal health and food safety
requirements for production of animal byproducts, including by-products for
feeding to animals
File
EC No 1774 2002 03 October 2002.pdf
Establishes conditions for the production
and composition of animal feeds
Directive 2002 32 EC 07 May 2002.pdf
Transitional period
EC No 1246 2007 24 October 2007.pdf
Official control of establishments for the
processing of animal by-products
EC No 668 2004 10 March 2004.pdf
EC No 93 2005 19 January 2005.pdf
Composition of fish feeds particularly in
relation to dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs,
organochlorines.
Methods of sampling and analysis of
Directive 2003 100 EC 31 October
2003.pdf
Directive 2005 86 EC 05 December
2005.pdf
Directive 2006 13 EC 03 February
2006.pdf
Directive 2006 77 EC 29 September
2006.pdf
Directive 76 371 EEC 1 March 1976.tif
Description
REGULATION (EC) No 1774/2002 OF
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF
THE COUNCIL of 3 October 2002 laying
down health rules concerning animal byproducts not intended for human
consumption
Directive 2002/32/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on
undesirable substances in animal feed
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No
1246/2007 of 24 October 2007 amending
Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005
Commission Regulation (EC) No
668/2004 of 10 March 2004 and
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No
93/2005 of 19 January 2005
Amended by
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2003/100/EC
of 31 October 2003 and
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2005/86/EC
of 5 December 2005 and
Commission Directive 2006/13/EC of 3
February 2006 and
Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29
September 2006
Directive 76/371/EEC on Sampling of
animal feeding stuffs
animal feeding stuffs, as
amended/addended
G. WATER QUALITY
Subject
Water Check
Requirements for potable water quality
File
Check of Water Fishery
Establishments.PDF
Description
Unofficial Commission Guidelines setting
out the requirements for the hygiene
controls of water safety in fishery product
establishments
Directive 98 83 EC 03 November
Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998
1998.pdf
on the quality of water intended for human
EC No 1882 2003 29 September 2003.pdf consumption, as amended by Regulation
Check of Water Fishery
1882/2003. (Annex 1, Article 29, Page 20)
Establishments.PDF
Refer also to Commission Note “Check of
water: Commission technical notes on
water quality for fish processing
establishments”.
H. IMPORT PROCEDURES
Subject
Vet Checks
File
Directive 97 78 EC 18 December
1997.pdf
Commission Guidelines for
Implementation of Legislation
Guidance document import
requirements.pdf
EU import conditions for seafood.pdf
General Guidance on EU import and
transit rules.pdf
Description
Laying down the principles governing the
organisation of veterinary checks on
products entering
the Community from third countries
On line publication of the European
Commission Health and Consumer
Protection Directorate General
On line publication of the European
Commission Health and Consumer
Protection Directorate General
On line publication of the European
Commission Health and Consumer
Protection Directorate General