Contamination of the soil and grazed plants which finds its way into animal feed and hence into the food chain, where it constitutes a risk to human health. The background contamination is caused by the distribution of dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs throughout the environment.
To fix the maximum limits of dioxins for oils and fats, and for other or all feed materials. To collect information on background contamination of PCB and dioxin-like PCB, in animal nutrition MRLs for other potential contaminants of feedingstuffs will also be fixed.