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Bl ve sami osm Commissionfeor Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski CViormgmiinsisusioSnienrkefvoircEunsvironment, Oceans and Fisheries 16 May 2023 PFAS -- Consideration of food security and grazing of natural areas HR Commissioners We allow us to contact you about our deep concern about the pressure on peaple and nature with PFAS. Very recently, inDenmark, PFAS has been found in grass in 60 nature areas owned by theMinistryof the Environment to an extent exceeding the so-called indicator values'. Subsequently, PFAS was found n the. blood ofthe animals which graze 43 of these 60 natural areas to an extent that fed o grain (nature conservation) not being caried out these areas tis year, as In previous years. These are 3000 hectares. (ink) TheMinistry of Defence also owns a number of natura areas and has now alo decide to terminate grazing (nature maintenance) on a numofFborsevarert's ature areas (Lik). Wefeartha grazing will also have to stop on larger nature funds and privately owned natura areas as Knowledge of PFAS pollution of natural areas increases inthe coming time. 5a nature and environmental organisation, we have an unreservedly understanding that food safety for purchasers of meat from grazing animals takes precedence over all other considerations. We therefore see. itas undeniable that there isa need to ensure that meat from grazing animals with high levoef PlFAsS does not reach consumers. However, as natureorganisations, we are also aware tht there i also an indisputable biological need fo ensure thegrazing of these natural areas. And for Natura 2000 sits also a legal obligation under the Habitats and Birds Directives to ensure the `designation basisof the respective areas through inter ali, the necessary delimitation. nour understanding, there s ful agreement that faitolmauinrtaeingrazingof natural areas could lead to very significant negative impacts on natural areas, including the Natura 2000 site' designation basis. Even in the short term, negative consequences may follow, which could take years to offset. We are in a good and constructive dialogue with both the Ministry ofthe Environment and theMinistryof Food, Agriculture and Fisheries tofinda solution tha respects both food safety and nature. An obvious solution is to maintain grazing in the contaminated natural areas of PFAS,providedthat the meoaftthe grazing animals cannot be sold for human consumption. oHfowaenviemarl,swwehuincdhecrusrtraenntdlfyrdoomesthneotDaalnlioswhfaourthaodriisttiienscttihoant ttohebecumrraednet EbeUtlweegiesnlaetairontapgsrofgroafzvoinrigcaardntiamgeaglisnsg. that can and cannot be marketed for human consumption. art.4(1)(b) - personal data redacted art.4(1)(b) - personal data redacted Danish Sports Angling Association Dansk Botanisk Forening Animal Protection Entomological Association Nature Youth Svampeforeningen World Forests Green Transition Denmark