The CUVA Stuttgart (Chemical and Veterinary Examination Office) issued an overview of the results of examinations aimed at clarifying food-related illnesses. (See link) More than 33,500 foodstuffs were examined, including approx. 7,100 illness samples, i.e. samples that were tested as suspected sources a food-related infection.
Back in March 2014 the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (STALUT) began discussing the revision of the maximum limits for lead.
The new Ordinance is expected to be released in June this year.
In July 2013, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) specified preliminary reference values for trade within the European Community by.
The BMEL recently warned that elevated levels of DON had been found in grain maize from the 2014 harvest in (Southern) Europe.
Consumers who buy packaged fresh meat in a supermarket are entitled to the meat being microbiologically safe up until the end of the use-by date.
AGROLAB finished a comprehensive revision of the GC- and LC MS/MS multi methods acc. to the QuECheRS protocol for the determination of residues from plant protection agents in fresh fruit and vegetables.
EFSA has confirmed previous evaluations that, based on animal studies, acrylamide in food potentially increases the risk of developing cancer for consumers in all age groups.
More and more people suffer from a food allergy or food intolerance. Marking food products with regard to possible allergens is therefore indispensable.
Also 2014 an increased occurrence of ergot in cereals and expecially in rye is to be expected.
In addition to the common analytical report, AGROLAB from now on offers to its clients from the food branch additional information for nutritional values for pre-packed food.
The new acquired AGROLAB daughter is located in Italy, between Verona and Venice. The AGROLABGROUP takes over the laboratory R&C Lab S.r.l. in Altavilla Vicentina, Vicenza - ITALY on 30.04.2014.
Nieder-Olm / Bruckberg / Deblin (PL) . The international industry federation of the fruit juice industry SGF International e.V. (Sure - Global - Fair, former Protective Association for the Fruit Juice Industry, registered association) carries out certifications at fruit-processing companies, filling plants, dealers and brokers of fruit juices as well as transport companies and refrigerated warehouses in almost 60 countries.
The European Rapid Alert System (RASSF) issued two urgent bulletins on 22 July and 2 August with warnings on chloramphenicol contamination
in (xylanase) enzyme preparations from Belgium which were being used in feed additives.
The raw materials were found to contain up to 672 µg/kg of the banned antibiotic, for which there is zero tolerance in the EU. Levels of 9.7 and 14.9 mg/kg were measured in the additives. The source of contamination was given as enzyme preparations manufactured in Japan, but it has not yet been fully clarified how the contamination happened.
During its meeting on 16 July 2013, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) defined preliminary threshold values for perchlorate, which are valid until the end of the year. They are based on the data available to the EU Commission to date and replace the previous signal values. The EFSA will complete its own risk assessment by the end of the year, which could result in an amendment to the values now published.