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Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF)
Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF). Via this link you can download a table from the...
Fruit and vegetables: Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories
Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories. Critical results with respect to max....
QS Residue Monitoring Fruit & Vegetables 2023
Just before the end of the year, QS GmbH presented the new residue monitoring plan for the examination of fruit, vegetables and potatoes. Methodological developments in analytics were also taken...
Pathogenic bacteria in minced meat, packaged salads and ready-to-bake pastries
In its current report on food monitoring, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety points out particular risks of microbial contamination. In its current report on food...
Alert notices from RASFF concerning food (except for fruit & vegetables - see special section)
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. In this...
Acrylamide in vegetable chips and blackened olives
Acrylamide is classified as carcinogenic and mutagenic. It is formed as an undesirable reaction product in foods containing carbohydrates and proteins, such as those encountered during baking,...
Sulfites in food - beware of high consumption
People who eat too many products containing the approved additives sulfur dioxide (E220) or sulfites (E221-228) could face an increased health risk. This was the result of a re-evaluation by EFSA...
Testing of chlorates, perchlorates and maleic acid hydrazide at AGROLAB Poland
The Instrumental Analysis Laboratory of AGROLAB Polska has again extended the list of plant protection product residues within the flexible range. The Instrumental Analysis Laboratory of...
AGROLAB awarded for excellent price-performance ratio
DEUTSCHLAND TEST examined around 19,000 companies and brands from July 2021 to June 2022. 1400 companies received awards. AGROLAB is one of the companies honoured in the "Laboratory Companies"...
Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF)
Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF). Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of...
Fruit and vegetables: Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories
Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories. Here we present a retrospective...
Alert notices from RASFF concerning food (except for fruit & vegetables - see special section)
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. In this...
Mepiquat in apple juice
This is the result of an investigation of commercial juices by the German consumer magazine "Ökotest". The active substance was detected in three of the 17 conventionally produced juices. This is...
Vitamin D - just now particularly important
The Working Group on Food Supplements points out - not entirely altruistically, of course - that there is a higher need for vitamin D in the diet in winter. The Working Group on Food Supplements...
What is the mislabelling rate in seafood products sold on the Italian market?
A scientific meta-study on recent publications about mislabelling in seafood products sold on the Italian market has recently been presented. Fortunately, we can offer a wide range of tests for the...
"With whipped cream please" - but without disinfectants.
Some of you may still remember the well-known hit song (“Aber bitte mit Sahne”) by the Austrian-German singer Udo Jürgens. The continuation of the song line, on the other hand, does not originate...
Because of salmonella in muesli: QA director in court
A QA manager overlooked poor hygiene conditions. Now he is not only out of his job but is facing a lawsuit in the USA. The negligence not only led to the recall of "Honey Smacks" cereals, but also...
Short notes - Kurz notiert (12/22)
Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages...The food notes are about soybeans, surprising findings about pesticides and some more news. We...
Brazil nut allergen reliably analysed
AGROLAB LUFA in Kiel has introduced a new ELISA test for allergen detection of a possible Brazil nut content in food. Allergen labelling of packaged food is mandatory in the EU. AGROLAB LUFA in...
Analysis of Foreign Matter in Foodstuffs (Filth Test)
The presence of extraneous materials in food products analysed by the "filth test" allows detection and counting of solid impurities. The Hygiene Package of The European Community’s food and feed...
Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF)
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...
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