Food News

: Published: 07 February 2025

Ever bought a fruit bowl of bite-sized, sliced fresh fruit as travel provisions at the station? If you've been missing the indication of origin, there's good news for you. Ever bought a fruit...

: Published: 06 February 2025

Our largest laboratory site for food analysis in Germany – AGROLAB LUFA GmbH in Kiel – has joined the German Tea and Herbal Tea Association as a supporting member. Our largest laboratory site for...

: Published: 06 February 2025

Regulation (EU) 2025/99 and Regulation (EU) 2025/150 extended the authorisation of 18 chemical and 7 biological plant protection products. Regulation (EU) 2025/99 and Regulation (EU) 2025/150...

: Published: 06 February 2025

Up-to-date information on changes to MRLs for fruit and vegetables will be compiled here following their publication. However, we do not announce any EU projects of this kind. Up-to-date...

: Published: 06 February 2025

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) 2024/3153 valid from...

: Published: 06 February 2025

You have a sophisticated risk management system and you regularly have your products tested for contaminants and microbiological safety, and yet it has happened: you have placed a food on the market...

: Published: 06 February 2025

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in laboratory AGROLAB LUFA (Kiel, Germany). Here we present a...

: Published: 06 February 2025

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 client. In this...

: Published: 06 February 2025

The Chemical and Veterinary Inspection Office (CVUA) Sigmaringen (D) tested almost 3,900 food samples for the trichothecene mycotoxins T-2 and HT-2 between 2016 and 2024 and has now published a...

: Published: 06 February 2025

BASF's ‘Food and Health Performance Ingredients’ division produces plant-based ingredients and emulsifiers for the food industry. The Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), based in the...

: Published: 06 February 2025

The members of the two dairy cooperatives still have to accept the proposal, and the antitrust authorities must also give their approval, because the merger would create a real...

: Published: 06 February 2025

Hier finden Sie Kurznachrichten aus dem Lebensmittelsektor.Here you will find news in brief from the food sector. Hier finden Sie Kurznachrichten aus dem Lebensmittelsektor.Here you will find...

: Published: 08 January 2025

At the end of November 2024, we attended the Food Supplements Forum and took away many valuable insights into current topics such as maximum levels for vitamins and minerals, green claims &...

ANALYTICAL NEWS: Melatonin in food supplements – method for quantification established at AGROLAB BELAN - Person holding pillows against their ears

: Published: 08 January 2025

Our laboratory AGROLAB BELAN has successfully implemented the determination of melatonin in food supplements. Our laboratory AGROLAB BELAN has successfully implemented the determination of...

: Published: 08 January 2025

Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and selective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF. Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and...

Premium labelling ban for fruit and vegetables sparks fierce debate - Supermarket fruit shelf

: Published: 08 January 2025

On 1 January 2025, the marketing standards for fresh fruit and vegetables have been adjusted. The relevant industry associations are very concerned about the regulation. On 1 January 2025, the...

: Published: 08 January 2025

What hardly anyone knows: radish leaves can be eaten! For example, in mixed salads, herb dips or soups. What hardly anyone knows: radish leaves can be eaten! For example, in mixed salads, herb...

Allergen labelling – updated assessment values (for Germany only) - Woman holding a jar reading the allergen label

: Published: 08 January 2025

The assessment values serve as a guide for official German laboratories to decide, in the absence of ‘threshold values’, whether labelling in the list of ingredients appears necessary for a...

European Zoonoses Report 2023 published - Person holding their stomach

: Published: 08 January 2025

Zoonoses (more precisely zooanthroponoses) are infectious diseases that are transmitted to humans by pathogens through the consumption of animal products. Zoonoses (more precisely...

: Published: 08 January 2025

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in laboratory AGROLAB LUFA (Kiel, Germany). Here we present a...