Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| contaminant (en.) |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Countable; Singular
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| Definition |
The term “contaminants” traditionally covers substances which are not intentionally added to food. They can be the result of environmental contamination; they also can result from agricultural practices, production, processing, storage, packaging, transport or from fraudulent practices.
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| Definition source |
White Paper on Food Safety COM (1999) 719 final
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| Context |
Many of the questions concern the evaluation of dossiers submitted by the industry for Community authorisation (pesticides, novel foods, food and feed additives). Others questions concern specific health problems e.g. contaminants or microbiological risk. A third category concerns broader assessments of risk as typified by anti-microbial resistance.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Specific concept |
Dioxin, PCBs, Plant protection products, Medicinal product, Cadmium, Ochratoxin A, Lead, 3-MCPD (en.), Residue
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| Related concept |
Contamination
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| fr |
Contaminant
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| it |
Contaminante
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| Reliability code |
3
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