CAFIA regularly monitors food potentially treated with ionizing radiation and informs the European Commission of the results. According to the Scientific Committee on Food, the treatment of food and raw materials with ionizing radiation is in the interest of protecting public health, since it can effectively replace, for example, the use of fumigants and thus prevent residues from contamination by harmful organisms. Food can only be irradiated in approved irradiation facilities and the consumer must be informed of the use of ionizing radiation on the food packaging.
The aim of the inspection action was to verify that the treated foodstuffs were properly labeled and that only the foodstuffs authorized by the legislation and that the foodstuffs were irradiated in an approved irradiation facility were treated. Samples of instant noodle soups, spices, nutritional supplements, herbal teas, garlic, seaweed and fungi (shi-also) were taken as part of this inspection.