This Commission Staff Working document concerns the implementation of national residue monitoring plans in the Member States in 2012.
Its aim is to communicate to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union a summary of the Member States' findings and actions taken as a consequence of the non-compliant results found in food of animal origin through the implementation of Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products during 2012.
This Communication report consists of two parts:
Part I: is a compilation and analysis of data of the results obtained in the Member States in 2012. This compilation and analysis of data is broken down by food commodities (bovines, pigs, sheep and goats, horses, poultry, rabbit, farmed game, wild game, aquaculture, milk, eggs and honey) and groups of substances (hormones, corticosteroids, beta-agonists, prohibited substances, antibacterials, other veterinary medicinal products, “other” substances and contaminants).
Part II of the report enumerates the follow-up actions in case of non-compliant findings performed by the individual Member States.