‘Food business operators shall not use any substance other than potable water — or, when Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 or this Regulation permits its use, clean water — to remove surface contamination from products of animal origin, unless use of the substance has been approved by the Commission.

The use of clean water with whole fishery products and for external washing of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderm, tunicates and marine gastropods does not represent a risk for public health as long as control procedures based, in particular, on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles have been developed and put in place by food business operators to ensure that it is not a source of contamination.

However, microbiological guidelines aimed at reducing the faecal contamination along the food chain can contribute to a reduction in public health risks, including VTEC.

The microbiological criteria set in this Regulation should be open to review and revised or supplemented, if appropriate, in order to take into account developments in the field of food safety and food microbiology. This includes progress in science, technology and methodology, changes in prevalence and contamination levels, changes in the population of vulnerable consumers, as well as the possible outputs from risk assessments.

agricultural and veterinary sectors – food safety is a main concern for all EU citizens, food products must fully respect all EU requirements; structures and mechanisms for participation in EU structural funds – it is in the direct interest of all Romanian citizens to fully benefit from EU funds, in particular for important infrastructural projects, so as to allow Romania to catch up with other Member States and to become fully integrated in the EU. industrial pollution – the protection of the environment against pollution by industries benefits all EU citizens, both locally and across borders; eradicating corruption – corruption under ...[+++]mines public and business confidence in Romania, it represents ongoing risks of fraud against the EU budget and funds, indirectly it has consequences on current EU taxpayers, it also hampers the economic development of Romania by deteriorating the business climate.

Contamination of the food chain: the definition of "environmental information" includes, inter alia, and where relevant, information materials on the contamination of the food chain.