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Department for Environmental Health	Food Safety Commission

Emergency Measures regarding non-authorised genetically modified organism LL RICE 601 in rice products  (Commission Decision 2006/601/EC (MT) of the 5 September 2006 as amended by Commission Decision 2006/754/EC (MT) of the 6 November 2006 and Commission Decision 2008/162/EC (MT) of the 26 February 2008)   This Decision applies to the following products originating from the United States of America: rice in husk, parboiled Long A within CN code 1006 10 25, rice in the husk parboiled Long B within CN code 1006 10 27, rice in the husk other than parboiled Long A within CN code 1006 10 96, rice in the husk other than parboiled Long B within CN code 1006 10 98, husked (brown) rice Parboiled Long A within CN code 1006 20 15, husked (brown) rice Parboiled Long B within CN code 1006 20 17, husked (brown) rice Long A within CN code 1006 20 96, husked (brown) rice Long B within CN code 1006 20 98, semi-milled Parboiled Long A within CN code 1006 30 25, semi-milled Parboiled Long B within CN code 1006 30 27, semi-milled Long A within CN code 1006 30 46, semi-milled Long B within CN code 1006 30 48,  wholly milled Parboiled Long A within CN code 1006 30 65, wholly milled Parboiled Long B within CN code 1006 30 67, wholly milled Long A within CN code 1006 30 96, wholly milled Long B within CN code 1006 30 98,  broken rice within CN code 1006 40 00 unless it is certified free of Long grain. This emergency measure requires that consignments of the products listed above and originating from the United States of America shall be allowed to be placed on the market only if the consignment of those products is accompanied by the following documents: a statement from the food business operator responsible for the consignment that the products do only contain rice, from the 2007 or a subsequent harvest, that was subject to the plan of the USA Rice federation aiming to remove 'LL RICE 601' from the US export channels; and the original of an analytical report issued by a laboratory referred to in Annex II confirming that the products do not contain the genetically modified rice 'LL RICE 601'. The analytical report shall be accompanied by an official document issued by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in accordance with the protocol described in Annex II of Commision Decision 2006/601/EC as amended.     Back to homepage