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Foodwatch international made an international test in baby milk products: Almost all of the canned baby products tested, contained MOSH/MOAH residues as was reported.
Foodwatch international in cooperation with Foodwatch Germany, Netherlands and France made an international test of various canned baby milk products for residues of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH/MOAH). The products came from the corresponding countries.
The results show that half of the baby products tested were contaminated with MOAH (8 out of 16) and almost in all (15 out of 16) tested products MOSH/POSH were detected above the limit of quantification.
The potential source of the mineral oil contamination could not be clarified in this ad-hoc study. Conclusions from these findings are difficult to make. In general mineral oil compounds in food can derive from residues from lubricants used (allowed) in food processing, by environmental pollution in raw materials or through migration from packaging materials.
Legal Requirements for MOSH and MOAH
At this moment there exist no maximum limits of MOSH and MOAH in food within European legislation. The Federal Agency for the Safety of Food Chain (FASFC) in Belgium published therefore a recommendation for “action thresholds”. Read our article from January 2018 for more details: https://www.agrolab.com/en/agrolab-radar-2018-januar/682-agrolab-radar-belgium-mosh.html
In lack of any European regulation the representatives of the food control authorities of the federal states (LAV) together with the food industry (Lebensmittelverband) recommend the use of “benchmark levels” for contents of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) and their structural analogues in April 2019.
Source: https://www.lebensmittelverband.de/download/benchmark-levels-moh-in-foods
For baby food the general opinion is that neither MOSH nor MOAH should be present in measurable amounts in any samples (< LOQ).
Our AGROLAB laboratory in the NetherlandS Dr. Verwey B.V. can test your products for content of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH/MOAH)
AGROLAB Dr. Verwey in Barendrecht has established sensitive analytical methods to determine MOSH/MOAH in vegetable oils, fats and food matrices and packaging materials (card board) under accreditation.
As several methods exist results from different laboratories may slightly vary, which can make the comparison between different report formats difficult. Our method refers to the common industry standards and is equivalent to BfR method 4/5/2012 and NEN EN 16995.
Rely on one of the most experienced labs in oil and fat analysis in Europe. We perform the analysis of MOSH/ MOAH also in Baby Food. Please ask your responsible regional Sales person for more information.
If you do not know the contacts of the sales person close to you, please use our contact finder on the right side of the AGROLAB website
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