New tool to decide the “best before” date or “use by” date of food
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has developed a tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the best before date or use by date to their products.
Nutri-Score - on 6.11. the starting signal was also given in Germany
Nine out of ten consumers in Germany like the new Nutri-Score label, which will enable them to distinguish between healthier and less healthy foods in the supermarket at a glance without having to study the small print on the back.
From 1.1.2021 on it becomes complicated - Food trade between the EU and UK
The British authorities have already published which labelling requirements will apply to food products that are sold in the UK by EU-based manufacturers after 31.12.2020.
Unilever focuses on plant-derived products
The Dutch-British food giant not only sees a trend business in the meat and milk alternatives, but also sees a growing future market in the innovative vegetable substitute products
Nomad Foods takes over Findus Switzerland
Nomad Foods is probably less well known than its brands in the frozen food sector - Iglo and Findus
Short notes - Kurz notiert (Dezember 2020)
Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages ...
This month our short notes are about new EU-Organic law, MRL acrylamide in infant formulae, Human health risk assessment of aluminium, Veggie burger and Vegan Cheese and some others..
AGROLAB Agrarzentrum GmbH is a "Full Analyst Member” of FOSFA
Since its foundation in 2017, the agricultural laboratory has been a partial member of the Federal of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations (FOSFA). Full membership was applied for in summer 2020 and recently confirmed by the FOSFA committee through a successfully completed round robin test.
AGROLAB donates analytical device to Tanzania
AGROLAB GC FID has been given a second life in Tanzania. Use of modern analytical technology at the Mwenge University in Moshi.
GMO-FREE supply chain control in Italy
For a few years now in Italy, the ACCREDIA agency has been issuing the RT-11 production certification which regulates the presence of GMO-risk raw materials (soya, maize, rape, cotton and beet).
Ethylene oxide in sesame seed – sensitive assay available now
Dr. A. Verwey has developed a highly sensitive assay to detect and quantify ethylene oxide/2-chloro-ethanol traces in seeds and nuts.
Animal species differentiation - range extended again
Our PCR team at AGROLAB LUFA in Kiel has developed a new animal species detection. We can now also detect kangaroo (family: Macropodidae).
Detection and quantification of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp: now even faster
AGROLAB LUFA GmbH has changed its microbiological methods for the detection and quantification of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp in food to the RAPID`L.mono® technology.
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 with remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.
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.
Fruit and Vegetables: Approval for pesticide actives extended
Authorisations for the following chemical active substances have been extended in Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1511 of 16 October 2020:
Fruit and vegetables: Approval for active substance Thiophanate-methly not extended
The authorisation for the use of the active substance thiophanate-methyl has expired and, as a rule, the maximum residue limits are also subsequently reduced to the limit of determination.
Change of Maximum Residue Level (MRL)
Up-to-date information on changes to MRLs will be compiled here following their publication. However, we do not announce any EU projects of this kind.
Report on foodborne outbreaks in Germany
In the current report of the BVL (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety) and the RKI (Robert Koch Institute) on food-borne outbreaks in Germany in 2019, bacterial infections are listed as the main cause.
RASFF report 2019
The European Commission has published the Annual Report for 2019 on the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).
No advertising with corona prophylaxis
One manufacturer thought he had found a new marketing trick and advertised food supplements with the promise that they would provide protection against infection with the coronavirus.
AGROLAB Labor GmbH publishes method for identification of truffles (Tuber spp.)
Real truffles are among the most sought-after edible mushrooms and can achieve top prices of up to 10,000 €/kg with good quality. It is an ideal candidate for adulteration, which is why it was selected as an example matrix for the development of analytical methods suitable for routine use in the "Foodprofiling" project.