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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. residue level
The authorisation of the fungicidal active ingredient ipconazole will not be renewed and will expire earlier than originally scheduled.
The approval period for 40 active substances was extended in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/918 of 4.5.23 amending EU Regulation 540/2011. It is valid from 8.5.23.
Up-to-date information on changes to MRLs for fruit and vegetables will be compiled here following their publication. However, we do not announce any EU projects of this kind.
The approval of the active substance Pyridalyl is shortened because the EU Commission has not received an application for renewal of the authorisation.
Pyridalyl is an insecticide. It has been authorised in the EU since 2014 but has not been used in any plant protection products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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.
On 26 April 2023, EFSA published its 2021 report on official controls of pesticide residues in food.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) established June 7th as the World Food Safety Day in 2018.
When it comes to vitamin intake, the saying "a lot helps a lot" does not apply. Essential vitamins must be regularly supplied to the body with food, but too much can be harmful.
On May 5th, the old Contaminants Regulation (EU) 1881/2006 was replaced by a completely revised new version - Regulation (EU) 2023/915 - which contains numerous improvements as well as amendments and additions to the maximum levels. It entered into force on 25.5.2023.
As part of the reorganisation of the law on certain foodstuffs, the Ordinance on Foodstuffs for Certain Consumer Groups was put into force on 29.4.23 without transitional periods.
...which can be seen from the fact that the Nutri-Score Steering Committee has adopted an update of the calculation basis for beverages, which will apply from 1.1.2024.
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Currently, a discussion is developing around the AI-based application ChatGPT by the American company OpenAI and similar text machines. Of course, we have also considered to what extent we could have the RADAR created by an AI-based software in the future.
Our molecular biology department at AGROLAB LUFA in Kiel has successfully expanded its range of identification methods. With the help of the new DNA sequencing procedure, crustaceans (Crustaceae) can now also be identified clearly and quickly.
The laboratory team for pesticide analysis at AGROLAB LUFA has developed a new multi-method for the determination of polar pesticides (anions) that promises significant advantages for our customers compared to previous methods.
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 European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables.
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. residue level
The approval of the active substance Oxamyl, which belongs to the carbamates and was used as an insecticide, will not be renewed. The EU Commission has announced the non-renewal of the authorisation of Oxamyl
The French government issued an import ban on fresh cherries on 25.3.2023. We reported on this in the previous issue of AGROLAB RADAR (April 2023). The decision has now been amended.
This is the conclusion reached by EFSA in its assessment of the risk to public health associated with the presence of nitrosamines in food. Ten nitrosamines found in food are carcinogenic and genotoxic.
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