We were there - FOOD INTEGRITY online 2021
This year's conference was held as a virtual event for well-known reasons. It is dedicated to the topics of food safety, labelling and authenticity.
Purine determination in food
Purines are organic compounds and in the form of the purine bases adenine and guanine, they are important building blocks of DNA. Purines are mainly ingested in animal foods. However they are also found in pulses.
Arsenic in rice and rice products
In addition to the total arsenic content, AGROLAB LUFA now also determines the proportion of free, inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs, food supplements and also animal feed.
AGROLAB Ibérica: We expanded our scope of accreditation in heavy metals
Metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are important environmental pollutants, particularly in areas with high anthropogenic pressure. Their presence, even in traces can cause serious problems to all organisms, thus heavy metal bioaccumulation in the food chain especially can be highly dangerous to human health.
Determination of pyrrolizidine- and tropane alkaloids
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids and tropane alkaloids are secondary plant constituents that are undesirable in food and feed due to their harmful potential.
Sulfur dioxide and sulfites in food: new accreditation at AGROLAB Ibérica
For years, sulfur dioxide and sulphites have been used as an effective additive to improve the preservation of multiple foods: beverages, preserves, sausages, dried fruit, fish and shellfish, biscuits, among others.
Fruit and vegetables: 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 about remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.
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.
Fruit and Vegetables: Approval for pesticide actives extended
The approval for the following chemical active ingredients was renewed in COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/566:
Change of Maximum Residue Level (MRL)
Up-to-date information on changes to MRLs will be compiled here following their publication. However, we do not announce any EU projects of this kind.
Intensified import controls in EU
The concept for import controls at the EU's external borders has been changed and supplemented by so-called risk profiles. This leads to changes in the regular import controls for food from third countries into the EU.
How do consumers perceive food safety?
With the "BfR Consumer Monitor", the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment regularly tries to determine how the public's trust in food safety is doing.
Alert notices from RASFF concerning food: Still numerous border control findings of ethylene oxide residues in sesame and related products
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.
Short notes - Kurz notiert (May)
Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages ...
The food notes are about new guidelines for allergens in food, Nutri-Score labeling and EU monitoring on the use of additives and flavorings.
We will take part – FOOD INTEGRITY online 2021
This year, for well-known reasons, the conference will be held as a virtual event. It is dedicated to the topics of food safety, labelling and authenticity.
New genetically modified soybean approved in Europe
By means of COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2021/64 of 22 January 2021, the European Union approve the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean SYHT0H2 (SYN-ØØØH2-5).
ANTIBIOTICS IN EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS
Egg consumption in Europe is growing steadily year by year, with an increase of 2.5% in 2021 compared to 2019. In Italy, production for the past year, 2020, stood at 12.6 billion eggs.
Analytical News: Reliable identification of fish species
We have developed further specific PCR systems for the determination of three economically important edible fish.
AGROLAB Ibérica accredits under ISO 17025 all nut allergens in food
AGROLAB Ibérica already has all the nut allergens of Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, on the food information provided to the consumer, accredited under the ISO 17025 standard.
Fruit and vegetables: 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 about remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.
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.