Food and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation

In its amended proposal, the Commission has included most of the amendments proposed by Parliament at first reading, including those which: - reduce the list of products which may be treated (strawberries, papayas and mangoes, bulbs and tubers and frog legs are deleted, and restrictions on other products mean that only prepared shrimps and prawns, deboned poultrymeat and dried aromatic herbs may be treated); - delete Annex III, which contained an optional logo for foodstuffs treated with ionizing radiation; - impose a statement comparable with that provided for by Directive 79/112/EEC for products intended for the ultimate consumer, where a non-irradiated foodstuff contains irradiated ingredients; - require publication of the opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food when it is consulted. The Commission has not accepted the amendments proposed by Parliament to limit the scope of the committee procedure. �