In addition to the microbiological risks posed by human pathogenic bacteria, fungi and spoilage agents, increasing attention must also be paid to viruses in matters of food hygiene and consumer protection.
AGROLAB LUFA's range of services in the field of detection of genetically modified organisms in soya and Canola has been supplemented by further events.
Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF) supplemented about remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.
Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories.
The use of the active ingredient penflufen is now only permitted for treating cereal seed.
In this section we repeated alert notices from the RASFF system of the European commission issued in the previous month, which we thought to be noteworthy and of interest to our clients.
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The food notes are about the mercury monitoring 2022, MRL proposals for veterinary drugs and other topics.
The "total milk" allergen test detects the two typical allergenic milk proteins ß-lactoglobulin and casein together.
Growing concern about antibiotic resistance 'forces' the extension of the search for pharmacologically active molecules also in eggs.
Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF) supplemented about remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.
Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories.
Up-to-date information on changes to MRLs for fruit and vegetables will be compiled here following their publication. However, we do not announce any EU projects of this kind.
As of August 8, 2022, foods containing titanium dioxide (E 171) may no longer be marketed.
The EU Commission has set new maximum levels for other foods that may contain hydrocyanic acid (HCN), cyanides or cyanogenic glycosides to ensure that their consumption does not exceed the ARfD.
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium and is present as a contaminant in food and its maximum permitted level in food is regulated within the EU.
In this section we repeated alert notices from the RASFF system of the European commission issued in the previous month, which we thought to be noteworthy and of interest to our clients.
Ethylene oxide or 2-chloroethanol residues are found not only in food but also in food additives. Maximum residue limits have now been set for food additives.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1393 "amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) in hemp seeds and derived products" has been published.
ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety) published on July 7th its revised opinion on the risks associated with the consumption of nitrites and nitrates.
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The food notes are about the mercury monitoring 2022, MRL proposals for veterinary drugs and other topics.
AGROLAB LUFA introduced two more new DNA detection methods for maize and soybean.