Legislation

The most relevant legislation and contracts for the groundnut trade can be found here:

EU Regulations:

1. General Food Law (Regulation (EC) 178/2002)

2. Hygiene Regulations (Regulation (EC) 852/2004 on hygiene of foodstuffs and Regulation (EC) 183/2005 on requirements for feed hygiene

3. Contaminants legislation for food can be found in Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food (consolidated version).

4. For methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs (EU) 401/2006.