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AGROLAB receives award for "Germany's best jobs with a future"

Focus and Focus Money, accompanied by Prof. Dr. Werner Sarges, have selected "Germany's best jobs with a future" for the second time. AGROLAB is again one of the test winners and once again proves...

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Spice

French spice control found issues in 50% of all samples

Adulteration of spices was detected by the French authorities in half of the samples taken from the market which shows a high fraud potential in this product group. Adulteration of spices was...

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Greek olive oil sold in Denmark was counterfeit

Danish food inspectors discovered adulterated olive oil from Greece. Danish food inspectors discovered adulterated olive oil from Greece.   A Danish consumer became suspicious after buying an...

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salmonella

Controlling salmonella in 24h with Q-FAST method under ISO 17025

AGROLAB Ibérica has obtained ISO 17025 accreditation for the analysis of salmonella in food, feed and environmental samples, using the QFast method, which allows the simple, rapid and reliable...

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Supermarket

New standards in food labeling, indication of the origin of primary ingredients

To enable consumers to make better informed choices, it is necessary to set specific rules ensuring that information about the country of origin or the place of provenance of the primary ingredient...

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Analytik

Accreditation successfully passed

Our laboratory AGROLAB Dr. A.Verwey announced having successfully passed the accreditation for several new methods like for analyzing Coumarine/Vanilline, MCPD and the Aliphatic...

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We where there – Seminar FOOD FRAUD

Behr’s Academy (D) organised a one day symposium on „Food Fraud“ and its prevention on May 23rd in Frankfurt (D). Here are some notes respectivley on food fraud and the new IFS 6.1...

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AGROLAB Italia employees

AGROLAB Italia has accredited methods for the identification of food allergens walnut, almond, cashew and egg

AGROLAB Italia has extended the list of accredited food allergens with E.L.I.S.A. and PCR real-time techniques.  AGROLAB Italia has extended the list of accredited food allergens with E.L.I.S.A....

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Norovirus analysis - now also accredited for shellfish

It was quite a challenge. We are proud to present Norovirus analysis in seafood e.g. mussels under accreditation now in our AGROLAB GROUP laboratory Dr. Blasy-Dr.Busse in Eching a. A. It was...

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qs

Successful participation in QS proficiency test

AGROLAB GROUP Laboratories LUFA-ITL GmbH in Kiel and AGROLAB Polska in Deblin both have participated in the autumn 2017 QS ring test for pesticide residue analysis according to the requirements for...

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Free from

Free-from foods gain more and more popularity in EU

Demand for free-from foods has increased in Europe. Consumers buy into the concept as part of a broader understanding of what constitutes a “healthy lifestyle”. Demand for free-from foods has...

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ALOORA

ALOORA: New version 3.16 released – Export from Excel with graphs now available

As of today, ALOORA offers you the possibility to present the results of your analyses with graphs in Excel. This way you can easily follow changes through time of your results of e.g. waste water...

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Acrylamide: New EU Regulation published for the control of acrylamide in foods

Acrylamide is a contaminant according to the definition of Regulation (EC) 315/93 and, as such, constitutes a chemical hazard in the food chain. The presence of acrylamide in food was initially...

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We were there - Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) Frankfurt/M.

We visited the international trade show FiE in Frankfurt and collected ideas about the ingredients business, which also from an analytical point of view gains interest We visited the...

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Chemicals

We will be there - RAFA 2017, Prague

The 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances In Food Analysis taking place from 7th – 10th of November in Prague (Czech Republic) again is one of the leading conferences presenting the latest...

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Construction

EFSA: Evaluation of perchlorate in the European population diet

Perchlorate is an ion, derived from salts of perchloric acid, which is found naturally in the environment. In addition to fertilizers, two other possible sources of perchlorate are soils and...

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Consulting

Risk assessment GMO in fruit and vegetables

Although GMO fruit & vegetables at present is not a major concern in Europe, on should be aware of activities in the rest of the world that might have an impact due to globalisation on local...

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Analytical News: EU wide Proficiency Test Fipronil

AGROLAB GROUP LUFA-ITL in Kiel  passed the test with flying colours AGROLAB GROUP´s LUFA-ITL in Kiel  passed the test with flying colours   Because of the Fipronil case the Joint Research...

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AGROLAB Polska passed latest QS proficiency test with excellence (EN)

The spring 2017 ring test among QS accepted laboratories for pesticide residue analysis in fruit and vegetables was passed with best result by our lab team in Poland. AGROLAB Polska in Deblin is...

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pizza

Genetical modification of ingredients in complex food preparation

We were regularly asked to provide information about the LOD (limit of detection) for the detection of ingredients that might derive from GMO (genetically modified organisms) in complex food (and...

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Analytical News: Dr. A. Verwey obtains flexible accreditation for pesticides

After extensive investment in new analytical instruments AGROLAB laboratory Dr. A. Verwey in Rotterdam proudly announced having obtained the “flexible” accreditation for pesticide residue analysis...

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