Article 1Scope
1.
Without prejudice to the applicable provisions of the F1... law in food area, food business operators which produce and place on the market foodstuffs listed in paragraph 2 shall in accordance with Article 2 apply the mitigation measures set out in Annexes I and II, in view of achieving levels of acrylamide as low as reasonably achievable below the benchmark levels set out in Annex IV.
2.
Foodstuffs referred to in paragraph 1 are as follows:
(a)
French fries, other cut (deep fried) products and sliced potato crisps from fresh potatoes;
(b)
potato crisps, snacks, crackers and other potato products from potato dough;
(c)
bread;
(d)
breakfast cereals (excluding porridge);
(e)
fine bakery wares: cookies, biscuits, rusks, cereal bars, scones, cornets, wafers, crumpets and gingerbread, as well as crackers, crisp breads and bread substitutes. In this category a cracker is a dry biscuit (a baked product based on cereal flour);
(f)
coffee:
- (i)
roast coffee;
- (ii)
instant (soluble) coffee;
(g)
coffee substitutes;