Written question – Threat to health from PFAS in food – follow-on question – E-003153/2025

Question for written answer  E-003153/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Günther Sidl (S&D)

In the answer to written question E-001626/2025[1], Commissioner Várhelyi referred to Recommendation (EU) 2022/1431, which encourages Member States to monitor PFAS in a wide range of foods, and further referred to discussions on new maximum levels ‘once these data are available’. Point 8 of the above-mentioned Recommendation stipulates that Member States should provide the monitoring data on a regular basis.

• 1.For which years since 2022 have full data sets been compiled in accordance with Recommendation (EU) 2022/1431?
• 2.What conclusions can be drawn for consumer protection from the data collected to date, and in which regions have excessively high levels of contamination been detected?
• 3.By when will the entire dataset, including for the current year 2025, be completed?

Submitted: 30.7.2025

• [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-001626-ASW_EN.html