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RASFF

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...

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Steinpilze

The validity period for the approval for following active substances has been extended. We list the organic active ingredients only with respect to fruit and vegetables only. The validity period...

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Erdbeeren

The Food and Veterinary Institute Oldenburg (LAVES) summarised its results of pesticide monitoring in strawberries. The Food and Veterinary Institute Oldenburg (LAVES) summarised its results of...

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Cookie-dough

Reports about Shiga-toxin-forming E. coli (STEC) in flour or raw dough have been circulating for some time. The Federal Office for Risk Assessment (BfR) published its own assessment at the beginning...

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Alarm

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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Metro

Metro AG is one of the very large food retail chains in Europe. Therefore, the announcement that the group will withdraw from Belgium comes as a surprise. Metro AG is one of the very large food...

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Radar

Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages...The food notes are about the mercury monitoring 2022, MRL proposals for veterinary drugs and other...

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Warehouse

AGROLAB LUFA passed the latest European proficiency test for acrylamide in cereal based infant food (dry grain pap mixture) with excellence. AGROLAB LUFA passed the latest European proficiency...

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Dosenfisch

The fact that "Kiel sprats" originally come from Eckernförde is probably common knowledge. But what is new now: AGROLAB LUFA now offers a specific rt-PCR detection system for Sprattus...

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Sonnenblumenöl

AGROLAB LUFA in Kiel now offers the quantitative determination of alternaria toxins as an accredited LC-MS/MS method.                                                                                ...

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Wasabi

The spicy green seasoning paste made from grated Japanese horseradish is a must for every sushi and sashimi bite. The spicy green seasoning paste made from grated Japanese horseradish is a must...

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RASFF

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...

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Analytics

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories.                                           ...

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Belgische Flagge

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...

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Food Fraud

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. At the time of writing, 2022 is already half over and some...

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poppy seeds

On 1 July, a new EU Commission regulation on maximum levels for opium alkaloids in poppy and certain bakery products came into force. On 1 July, a new EU Commission regulation on maximum levels...

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Brezel

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.   According to...

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Kontrolle

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...

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Alarm

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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Radar

Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages...The food notes are about the mercury monitoring 2022, MRL proposals for veterinary drugs and other...

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DeLog

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. The spring meeting of the German...

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