Nitrate monitoring programme in food of plant origin for 2022. Pays/Territoire Montenégro Type du document Règlement Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Allaitement au sein/alimentation des enfants Céréales/grains/riz Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Monitorage Pesticides Politique/planification Santé publique Légumes/légumineuses Produits agricoles Nutrition Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Méditerranée, Europe du Sud Entry into force notes This text entered into force on 13 May 2022. Résumé Based on the provisions of the Montenegrin Law on food safety, this Programme sets planned annual (for the year 2022) nitrate monitoring tasks as regards the presence of nitrates in food of plant origin. Provisions of article 9 (paragraph 1) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs are transposed in this text. The Programme is implemented in order to assess the threat to the health of population, in accordance with the Regulation on maximum allowed contamination rates in food. This text determines the performers of monitoring and sampling, number of samples and type of tests, type of product (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; Eruca sativa rocket, Diplotaxis sp., Brassica tenuifolia, Sisymbrium tenuifolium and food from processed cereals and baby food intended for infants and young children). Nitrates are contaminants characterized by high solubility in water and mobility in the environment, especially leafy vegetables (lettuce, chard, spinach, rocket) are the main source of nitrate in the human diet. Nitrate accumulation is affected by the following factors: nitrogen supply of plants, quantity, type, source and time of application of plant nutrition products, light, water regime, temperature, plant species, growth and development phase and other environmental factors (content of CO2 in the atmosphere, soil type, presence of herbicides, provision of plants with certain necessary elements, etc.), harvests, vegetable growing conditions (open or protected space). Texte intégral Monténégrin Site web www.sluzbenilist.me Références - Législation Implemente Law on food safety (2015). Législation | Montenégro | 2015 Mot clé: Législation de base, Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires, Inspection, Commerce intérieur, Commerce international, HACCP, Infractions/sanctions, Protection du consommateur, Évaluation/gestion des risques, Additifs alimentaires, Aliments diététiques et de régime, Système d'alerte précoce, Résidus, Principe de précaution, Produits alimentaires traités, Radiation, Enregistrement, Éducation, Organisme génétiquement modifié (OGM), Aliments pour animaux Source: FAO, FAOLEX