Nitrate monitoring Programme in food of plant origin for 2021.

Subject

Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants

Keyword

Cereals/grains/rice Food quality control/food safety Breastfeeding/infant food Monitoring MRL-maximum residue limit Policy/planning Residues Vegetables/legumes Fertilizers/nutrients Inspection

Geographical area

Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Entry into force notes

This text entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette (published on 2 August 2021).

Abstract

This Nitrate monitoring Programme in food of plant origin for the year 2021, based on the provisions of the Montenegrin Law on food safety and Law on plant nutrition products, and in accordance with terms defined in the Regulation on maximum allowed contamination rates in food, determines the performers of monitoring and sampling, number of samples and type of necessary tests, all aimed for controlling and monitor related levels of nitrate presence in certain foods (spinach Spinacia oleracea: fresh, preserved, deep-frozen or frozen; fresh lettuce Lactuca sativa L. indoors and outdoors; iceberg lettuce Iceberg-type u sheltered and outdoors; arugula Eruca sativa, Diplotaxis sp., Brassica tenuifolia, Sisymbrium tenuifolium and food from processed cereals and baby food intended for infants and young children). Provisions of article 9 (paragraph 1) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs are also here transposed.

Full text

Montenegrin

Website

www.sluzbenilist.me

References - Legislation

Implements

Law on plant nutrition products.

Legislation | Montenegro | 2007

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Processing/handling, Institution, Internal trade, International trade, Offences/penalties, Packaging/labelling, Data collection/reporting, Classification/declassification, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law on food safety (2015).

Legislation | Montenegro | 2015

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Internal trade, International trade, HACCP, Offences/penalties, Consumer protection, Risk assessment/management, Food additives, Special dietary uses, Early warning system, Residues, Precautionary principle, Treated food, Radiation, Registration, Education, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Regulation on the monitoring program for nitrates in foods.

Legislation | Montenegro | 2014

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Residues, Vegetables/legumes, Pesticides

Source: FAO, FAOLEX