Contaminant

A contaminant is any substance not intentionally added to food which is present in such food as a result of the production (including operations carried out in crop husbandry, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine), manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of such food, or as a result of environmental contamination.

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Authors Council of the European Union
PublicationTitle Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food
PublicationType EU Directive/Regulation
PublicationYear 1993
Publisher Official website of European Union law and other public documents of the European Union (EUR-Lex)
Website http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1993/315/oj
ZoteroURL https://www.zotero.org/groups/2344323/orion/items/itemKey/KSSA4SSY
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Category Sampling and laboratory testing
ModifiedDefinition false
Sector Food Safety
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Last Updated 29 April 2020, 02:33 (CEST)
Created 3 September 2019, 13:26 (CEST)