AGROLAB LUFA in Kiel now offers the quantitative determination of alternaria toxins as an accredited LC-MS/MS method.
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 laboratories in residue analysis.
Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories.
The Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) re-evaluates the chronic or long-term exposure to residues of plant protection products through the consumption of fruit and vegetables on the Belgian market.
On 1 July, a new EU Commission regulation on maximum levels for opium alkaloids in poppy and certain bakery products came into force.
At the time of writing, 2022 is already half over and some interesting food fraud cases have come to light. Here are our top 5 picks.
According to legend, some freshly baked pretzels fell by mistake into a bucket of lye, with which the baking trays were cleaned at the court baker Frieder already 183 years ago.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 regulates the frequency of official controls on the import of certain foodstuffs into the EU. With the current amending Regulation (EU) 2022/193, various adjustments to the control plan were published.
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.
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The food notes are about the mercury monitoring 2022, MRL proposals for veterinary drugs and other topics.
The spring meeting of the German Laboratory Association for Fruit and Vegetables (DeLOG O&G) took place again on 12 May in Bonn as a face-to-face event.
Year after year, AGROLAB Italia confirms its ability to offer a quality service by successfully passing the PTs of two certification bodies for which the laboratory is certified.
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 laboratories in residue analysis.
More than 5500 fruit and vegetable samples were examined by the German investigation offices in the period from 1.12.2021 to 28.2.2022 (4th quarter 2021) - with predominantly positive results as far as limit values are concerned.
The authorisation for the active substance Bifenazate has been renewed, but not for use on fruit and vegetables.
The approval period for 50 active ingredients was extended by one year due to delays in re-evaluation following application renewal. We list the organic active ingredients only.
The authorisation for the active substance isopyrazam has expired and the approval for 1,3-dichloropropene has not been granted.
The EU Commission has shortened the validity of the approval by one year with Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/808.
The proposal for the coordinated control programme of the European Union to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin, was accepted by the member states and stakeholders.
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 has so far regulated official controls with the aim of ensuring compliance with food and feed legislation and European regulations on animal and plant health.
The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed Section Novel Food and Toxicological Safety of the Food Chain (ScoPAFF) Section Novel Food and Toxicological Safety of the Food Chain has changed its recommendation with respect to the presence of Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH) in food, including food for infants and young children.