This Regulation applies to feed and food within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87(1) (‘the products’) originating in or consigned from Japan, with the exclusion of:
products which have been harvested and/or processed before 11 March 2011;
personal consignments of feed and food of animal origin which are covered by Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009(2);
personal consignments of feed and food other than of animal origin which are non-commercial and destined to a natural person for personal consumption and use only. In case of doubt, the burden of proof lies with the recipient of the consignment.
Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 of 22 December 1987 laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 11).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 of 5 March 2009 on the introduction into the Community of personal consignments of products of animal origin and amending Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (OJ L 77, 24.3.2009, p. 1).