Department for Environmental Health

Port Health Services in Malta

 

Department for Environmental Health	Food Safety Commission

Contamination risk of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs - Post-Chernobyl Accident Legislation   Council Regulation No 737/90 of 22 March 1990 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station (Repealed by Council Regulation (EC) No 733/2008).   Council Regulation No 616/2000 of 20 March 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station.   Commission Regulation No 1609/2000 of 24 July 2000 establishing a list of products excluded from the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station.   Commission Regulation (EC) No 1635/2006 of 6 November 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station   List of Customs Offices in which products listed in Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1635/2006 (1) may be declared for free circulation in the European Community   Council Regulation (EC) No 733/2008 (MT) of 15 July 2008 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station   Council Regulation (EC) No 1048/2009 (MT) of 23 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 733/2008 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station   Commission Recommendation 2003/274 of 14 April 2003 on the protection and information of the public with regard to exposure resulting from the continued radioactive caesium contamination of certain wild food products as a consequence of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station     List of products for which the Regulations apply   CN code Description Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal ex Chapter 4 Dairy produce; bird's eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included, except products of CN codes 0408 11 20, 0408 19 20, or 0408 91 20 and 0408 99 20. ex 0709 51, 0709 59 Mushrooms, fresh or chilled, other than cultivated mushrooms ex 0710 80 69 Mushrooms (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, other than cultivated mushrooms ex 0711 90 60, 0711 59 00 Mushrooms provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, other than cultivated mushrooms ex 0712 30 00, 0712 39 00 Dried mushrooms, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, other than cultivated musgrooms 0810 40 Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium, fresh 0811 90 50 Fruits of the species Vaccinium mynillus, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0811 90 70 Fruits of the species Vaccinium myrtilloides and Vaccinium angustifolium, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0812 90 40 Fruits of the species Vaccinium mynillus, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions) but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption 1601 00 Sausages and similar products, of meat, offal or blood; food preparations based on these products 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood ex 1603 00 Extracts and juices of meat ex 2001 90 50 Mushrooms, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, other than cultivated mushrooms ex 2003 10 80, 2003 90 00 Mushrooms, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than cultivated mushrooms   Glucose, Lactose, ovalbumin and lactalbumin Wild game (such as bilberries, cloudberries, cranberries, raspberries, blackberries and wild strawberries), wild mushrooms (such as chanterelles, bay boletus, boletus edulis and hedgehogs) and carnivorous lake fish (such as pike and perch)   List of Countries   Albania Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Leichtenstein Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Norway Russia Serbia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine     Conditions for importation Importation of products mentioned above and originating from the countries indicated is to be accompanied with a Radiation Certificate in the format as required by Commission Regulation (EC) No1635/2006.   Back to homepage