Food News
The trend scouts looked deep into their crystal bowls and published their opinion in a report with the title Shifting Sands: Trends Shaping the Food Industry”.
The „GOLD“ and „PLATIN“ packages have been amended by the actives matrine and oxamatrine due to market demands recently. It comprises the multi-methods for the examination of fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes.
The European Commission’s health and food safety commissioner warns that ‘fake news’ could further undermine trust in the food sector and details how European policy makers are tackling this threat.
The European Commission amended since the 7th of February 2019, the regulation n° 2073/2005 concerning microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.
The QS and GMP+ quality assurance systems recommend their system partners to pay more attention to possible zearalenone contamination in sugar beet pulp.
Our lab LUFA-ITL in Kiel is pleased with its excellent result in the latest USDA/AMS/FGIS Corn and Soy Proficiency Program.
According to studies by German BfR (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) the number of food-borne diseases caused by virus, steadily increases.
In April 2018, the US Department again initiated the USDA / AMS / FGIS Proficiency Program. The LUFA-ITL GmbH in Kiel has successfully participated in screening procedures for three soy and corn events.
In 2017 European Custom Authorities detected, confiscated and destroyed food with a market value of 2.3 Mio € due to food fraud.
The College of Commissioners decided to register a European Citizens' Initiative entitled ‘Eat ORIGINal! Unmask your food'.
A market study revealed Magnesium and Vitamins C are the most used food supplements counting for 2/3 of the whole food supplement market.
In August 2018, GMP+ published the new “GMP+ MI 105 GMO Controlled” standard. This is part of the Feed Responsibility Assurance module and offers businesses in the animal feed chain the opportunity to respond to the growing demand for non-GMO animal feed.
AGROLAB Italia has a great experience in qualitative and quantitative analysis of GMO events in food and feed with the PCR technique. The list of GMO was extended with Maize DAS-40278-9, Soya CV127, Soya DP-305423, Soya MON87708, Soya MON87769.
Our laboratory AGROLAB Italia announced having successfully passed the latest BNN proficiency test for its pesticide residue screening for ecologically products for the several new methods.
The Commission has approved, on May 31, 2018, a communication on questions and answers regarding the application of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 on food information provided to consumers.
Adulteration of spices was detected by the French authorities in half of the samples taken from the market which shows a high fraud potential in this product group.
Danish food inspectors discovered adulterated olive oil from Greece.
AGROLAB Ibérica has obtained ISO 17025 accreditation for the analysis of salmonella in food, feed and environmental samples, using the QFast method, which allows the simple, rapid and reliable determination of the presence or absence of Salmonella spp in less than 24 hours.
Our partner IMPRINT Analytics, performing stable isotope determinations (IRMS) for geographic origin proof for us celebrated its 5th anniversary.
To enable consumers to make better informed choices, it is necessary to set specific rules ensuring that information about the country of origin or the place of provenance of the primary ingredient is given is sufficiently precise and meaningful.
Our laboratory AGROLAB Dr. A.Verwey announced having successfully passed the accreditation for several new methods like for analyzing Coumarine/Vanilline, MCPD and the Aliphatic Hydrocarbons.

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