Quality
102 laboratories from 19 countries took part in the QS laboratory performance assessment for monitoring plant protection products in fruit, vegetables and potatoes - including AGROLAB LUFA in Kiel...

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are currently the analytical challenge for all laboratories. In the webinar moderated by Maurizio Paleologo from the Italian magazine Affidia, the...

RASFF
Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert...

Analyses
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....

Alarm
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. ...

As part of the transnational governance of the Nutri-Score, the steering committee has finalised the process of revising the algorithm for calculating the Nutri-Score. The scientific committee's...

Mineral oil components can enter food in various ways, e.g. via packaging and lubricants in food production. They are analytically divided into the groups MOSH (Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons)...

Pekan
AGROLAB LUFA announces that a new ELISA test for the detection of pecan nut has been successfully launched, validated and accredited.                                                                ...

RASFF
Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert...

Analyses
Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories.                                           ...

Stop
The approval of the active ingredient dimoxystrobin, which was used as a fungicide, will no longer be...

Alarm
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...

In 2021, the EU Member States established an "Alert and Cooperation Network" ("ACN"), which includes the online platform of the Rapid Alert System (iRASFF), from which we present important messages...

PFAS water repellent foil
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has proposed to the EU Commission to ban the production and marketing of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). A decision is not expected before 2025.        ...

Aspartam
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) published their assessments of the sweetener aspartame on July...

Erdmandel
Regulation (EU) 2023/1510 amended the maximum permissible levels for cadmium for tiger nuts and certain cultivated...

Schlachthof Rind
The two meat giants signed an agreement to work together in northern Germany.                                                                                                                        ...

Radar
Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages... We have summarized some short information of the food sector.            - Deutsch   PFAS:...
Genschere
Deregulation of genetically modified organisms in food, feed and agriculture is being sought in the EU and also in the UK. The strict EU genetic engineering law is to be relaxed in order to exempt...

Mikrobiologie
The microbiology lab team in Kiel announced that the serological typing of salmonellae has been successfully accredited by the DAkkS. Despite declining numbers, salmonella is the most common cause...

Milch
This is a commercial rapid test commonly used for screening for antibiotic inhibitors in milk. The so-called Delvotest®T is validated by the French AFNOR, but is only carried out in a few...

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