Article 1U.K.
Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is amended as follows:
In Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3.Without prejudice to Articles 3(1) and 4(3), the following shall be prohibited
(a)to use products, which do not comply with the maximum levels set out in Annex I, as food ingredients for the production of compound or other foodstuffs;
(b)to mix products complying with the maximum levels with products exceeding the maximum levels set out in Annex I;
(c)to deliberately detoxify products by chemical treatments in the case of contaminants listed in section 2 (Mycotoxins) of Annex I.’
In Article 5, the following paragraph 5 is added:
‘5.The Commission shall review points 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 of section 2 of Annex I by 1 July 2008 as regards the maximum limits for deoxynivalenol, zearalenone and fumonisin B1+B2 and with a view to including a maximum level for T-2 and HT-2 toxin in cereals and cereal products.
For that purpose, the Member States and interested parties shall communicate each year to the Commission the results of investigations undertaken including occurrence data and the progress with regard to the application of prevention measures to avoid contamination by deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, T-2 and HT-2 toxin and fumonisin B1+B2.’
Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.