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"en.20011211.10.2-230"2
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". – The Scientific Committee on Food made assessments on lead and cadmium in the diet and advised upon safe intake levels. It concluded that dietary intake levels were well below the safety thresholds. When EU legislation on contaminants is established, if the intake levels are below safety thresholds, the principle known as ALARA must be followed. This involves setting maximum levels as low as reasonably achievable. This is an internationally applied approach.
In this specific case, the Commission adopted limits for lead and cadmium to come into force in April 2002. Concerns were expressed at the time by the Member States in the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs that the new provisions were not achievable for certain fishery products. It was agreed, therefore, urgently to review the relevant provisions. From recent data, it became clear that these limits would impose requirements beyond the scope of what is reasonably achievable, without benefit to public health. Therefore, the maximum levels in certain fishery products were reviewed and slight increases for certain limited species are now being proposed to take account of this reality. To set unachievable limits is not defensible. Given the overall intake levels, the revised maximum levels do not increase the risk to public health."@en1
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