Analytical News: AGROLAB LUFA expands the GMO analysis range of soy
Our laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH successfully expanded its portfolio for the analysis of genetically modified organisms (GMO). From now on, 15 genetically modified soy plants permitted for import and processing in the European Union (EU) can be detected and also quantified.
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.
Threat of withdrawal of approval for PPP active ingredient alpha-cypermethrin
Insecticidal active ingredient alpha-cypermethrin may soon no longer be used.
Fruit and Vegetables: Approval for pesticide actives extended
The approval for the following chemical active ingredients was extended in the Implementing Regulation 2021/52 (EU) of January 22, 2021:
Guidelines for Listeria sampling in food, equipment and work areas
AESAN has published a Guideline for the verification of Listeria monocytogenes sampling in work areas and equipment used in the production of ready-to-eat foods.
EcoScore - a good idea, but ...
The Nutri-Score, which has just been accepted in many European countries, determines the nutritional value of a product and displays it in a simplified way using a colour code from green to red. Now another new front-of-pack label has been introduced in France - the EcoScore.
Process contaminants: Acrylamide
Process contaminants are not naturally present in food: The processes of baking, frying, grilling can induce the presence of undeserved substances harmful to human health in food.od expected this year.
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.
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, Guidance for date marking, IT Tool food labeling and some more
All laboratories of the AGROLAB GROUP are accredited according to the new ISO/IEC 17025:2017 since 15.01.2021
AGROLAB has met the challenges of the changeover to the new accreditation standard with flying colours. Almost half a year before the expiry of the extended transition periods, the standard transition process of all laboratories was successfully completed.
More space, more capacity and new opportunities - Dr.A.Verwey has bright prospects for its 120th anniversary
AGROLAB has recently acquired a commercial and office building in Barendrecht, near Rotterdam. The new building is to be put into operation as laboratory by the end of 2021 after a complete renovation.
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 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.
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 print.
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:
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.
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 reduction in these substances makes it possible to deal pragmatically with the phenomenon of drug resistance.
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.
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 labeling by the Codex Committee on Food Labelling.