Control of food safety in aquaculture products
Control of food safety in aquaculture products
Control of food safety in aquaculture products
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Regulation<br />
315/1993<br />
What does contam<strong>in</strong>ant mean?<br />
• “Contam<strong>in</strong>ants are substances that can un<strong>in</strong>tentionally enter <strong>food</strong><br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g its production or market<strong>in</strong>g. These can <strong>in</strong>clude environmental<br />
pollutants, such as diox<strong>in</strong>s and heavy metals”<br />
• E.g: mycotox<strong>in</strong>s, benzopirenes, diox<strong>in</strong>s, hydrocarbures…<br />
• 'Contam<strong>in</strong>ant' means any substance not <strong>in</strong>tentionally added to <strong>food</strong><br />
which is present <strong>in</strong> such <strong>food</strong> as a result <strong>of</strong> the production (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
operations carried out <strong>in</strong> crop husbandry, animal husbandry and<br />
veter<strong>in</strong>ary medic<strong>in</strong>e), manufacture, process<strong>in</strong>g, preparation,<br />
treatment, pack<strong>in</strong>g, packag<strong>in</strong>g, transport or handl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> such <strong>food</strong>, or<br />
as a result <strong>of</strong> environmental contam<strong>in</strong>ation.
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