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Alert notices from RASFF concerning food: dietary food supplements with heavy matals and too high content of vitamins

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...

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Radar

Short notes - Kurz notiert (February)

Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages...The food notes are about the revision of the qs guidelines, antibiotics in veterinary medicine,...

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RASFF

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...

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Analytics

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...

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Blackberries

Shortened approval period for several pesticide actives - Cyanotraniliprole

The EU Commission has shortened the approval period of several active substances with Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/856, as we have reported. Here is a note on cyanotraniliprole from the small...

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Paragraf

Fruit and Vegetables: Approval for pesticide actives extended

Authorisations for the following chemical active substances have been extended in the implementing regulation (EU) 2020/2007 of 8 December 2020: Authorisations for the following chemical active...

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Paragraf

Approval for active substance Mancozeb not extended

The authorisation for the use of the active substance Mancozeb has expired. Residual stocks must be used up by 04.01.2022. The authorisation for the use of the active substance Mancozeb has...

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Antibiotica

Antibiotic FREE products: Checking antibiotics presence in food and feed

Checking of antibiotics presence in foodstuffs is a topic of primary interest in view of the increasing attention consumers are paying to animal welfare and to the quality of the food. Moreover, a...

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lactose intolerance

Lactose-free products are booming - and so are their analytics

Even though only about 20% of German consumers have been medically diagnosed with lactose intolerance, 90% of all consumers regularly buy these products. Even though only about 20% of German...

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Allergens in food

Code of practice on food allergen management was adopted

This code of practice gives detailed guidance on allergen management throughout the whole supply chain and also supplements the General Principles of Food Hygiene and the ongoing work on allergen...

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Alert notices from RASFF concerning food

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...

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More „Superfood“ on the plates

A study of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) found that 48% of the population view “superfoods” as part of a healthy diet, while 8% are linking risks with their...

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Nutri score

Front-of-pack labelling - far from a European consensus

In November, voluntary use of the "Nutri-Score" developed in France was approved in Germany. But what about simplified nutrition information for food in the rest of Europe? In November, voluntary...

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Tea

Maximum levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids adopted

Regulation (EU) 2020/2040 now sets maximum levels for certain pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in certain foods for the first time. Regulation (EU) 2020/2040 now sets maximum levels for certain...

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Radar

Short notes - Kurz notiert (Janaury 2021)

Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages...The food notes are about the revision of the qs guidelines, antibiotics in veterinary medicine,...

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Analysis

AGROLAB Ibérica expands its scope of accreditation with dietary fiber and fatty acids

We have successfully passed the audit conducted by the National Accreditation Body (ENAC) in accordance with UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for the determination of dietary fiber and fatty acid...

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sugar

HPLC determination of sugars - AGROLAB Poland extends the accreditation

The laboratory of instrumental tests developed the determination of sugars using the HPLC method and was positively evaluated by the Polish Centre for Accreditation. The laboratory of...

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Milchunverträglichkeit

Allergens FREE products: Allergens determination

Allergies cannot be cured, so a good food declaration is all the more important for those affected. Allergies cannot be cured, so a good food declaration is all the more important for those...

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RASFF

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...

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Analytics

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...

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Zulassungen

Shortened approval period for several pesticide actives

The authorisation for the use of the following active substances will expire sooner than originally decided. As a rule the maximum residue limits are also subsequently reduced to the limit of...

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