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Commission Regulation (EC) No. 466/2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs.

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Abstract
This Regulation lays down the maximum levels for certain contaminants (nitrates, mycotoxins, heavy metals, monochloropropane and diol) in the foodstuffs referred to in Annex I, including vegetables, fruit, nuts and dried fruit, cereals, grain, rice, infant formulae and follow-on formulae, meat, fishery products, crustaceans, bivalve molluscs, fats and oils, fruits juices and wine. Member States shall transmit annually to the European Commission the results of their monitoring and reports on the measures taken as well as the progress made with regard to the application and improvement of codes of good agricultural practice.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
The Regulation came into force on 5 April 2001. It shall apply from 5 April 2002.
Repealed
Yes
Serial Imprint
Official Journal L 77, 16 March 2001, pp. 1-13.
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English

Legislation status
repealed
Legislation Amendment
No
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