Source: European Parliament
Agendas and minutes of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) — Section Novel Food and Toxicological Safety of the Food Chain are published in the comitology register[1] of the Commission.
The same applies to draft proposals which are presented for vote in the Committee, facilitating scrutiny by the Parliament. No minutes are however prepared and published in the case of meetings of the Working Group on Industrial and Environmental contaminants in food or any other Working Group meetings on food contaminants.
Experts from the competent authorities of the Member States attend meetings of ScoPAFF and Working Groups, and their identity is subject to the requirements for personal data protection.
The enforcement of EU maximum levels on contaminants in foods, in accordance with the requirements provided for in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/931[2] and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/932[3], is under the responsibility of the Member States.
- [1] https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/comitology-register/screen/committees/C20408/consult?lang=en
- [2] Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/931 of 23 March 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down rules for the performance of official controls as regards contaminants in food OJ L 162, 17.6.2022, p. 7-12 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/931/oj
- [3] Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/932 of 9 June 2022 on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls as regards contaminants in food, on specific additional content of multi-annual national control plans and specific additional arrangements for their OJ L 162, 17.6.2022, p. 13-22
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/932/oj