Only a single food category is listed on the EU wide positive list for irradiation treatment: ‘dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings’. A requirement was introduced in Directive 1999/2/EC that the Commission should forward a proposal by 31 December 2000 to complete this Community positive list of foodstuffs authorised for irradiation, to be adopted through the co-decision procedu...

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a secondary metabolite produced by filamentous fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium present in a wide variety of foodstuffs. The most relevant OTAproducing species are Penicillium verrucosum (P. verrucosum), Aspergillus ochraceus (A. ochraceus), A. niger and A. carbonarius due to their prevalence in foodstuffs (cereals, grapes, coffee, etc.) and the number of st...

The DFG-Senate Commission for Food Safety (SKLM) considered the high pressure treatment of foodstuffs already in 1998 and published an opinion entitled "High pressure treatment of foodstuffs, particularly fruit juices". In view of the continued development of this technology, the extension of the types of product involved and the ongoing research in this field, the Working Group "Food technolog...