Several regulation changes have been reported and were set in force during the past weeks that we like to point your attention to. For details please refer to the original sources via the links offered below.
There is almost no more difficult matrix for the analyst than black and white pepper, due to its high content of natural compounds, especially piperin. Setting up a robust analytical method for pepper analysis
The spring 2017 ring test among QS accepted laboratories for pesticide residue analysis in fruit and vegetables was passed with best result by our lab team in Poland. AGROLAB Polska in Deblin is still the only lab in Poland that fulfils the QS criteria for pesticide analysis.
Several regulation changes have been reported and were set in force during the past weeks that we like to point your attention to.
Several regulation changes have been reported and were set in force during the past weeks that we like to point your attention to. For details please refer to the original sources via the links offered below.
Several regulation changes have been reported and were set in force during the past weeks that we like to point your attention to. For details please refer to the original sources via the links offered below.
Mike Doyle, director of University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Center for Food Safety reminded in a contribution on the university web site, that raw fruit and vegetable bear a high risk to foodborne illnesses.
The European Commission has decided to extend the licence for glyphosate by 18 months, after member states failed to achieve a qualified majority in favour or against the executive’s proposal.
Beim Treffen der Deutschen Laborgemeinschaft Obst und Gemüse (DeLOG) am 1.3. in Bonn, in der auch die LUFA-ITL vertreten ist, wurden u.a. die beiden folgenden Themen diskutiert:
As the European Food Safety Autority (EFSA) reports, the increase in temperature and CO2 concentration in the air and an altered distribution of rainfall promote the spread of moulds (especially in maize and cereals) which produce harmful mycotoxins. The accumulation of these mycotoxins in plant tissues results in the contamination of feed and food.
The EU Commission Notice on the application of the principle of quantitative ingredients declaration (QUID) has been published in November.
As one of the leading conferences RAFA (Recent Advances In Food Analysis) took place from 7th – 10th of November in Prague (Czech Republic), presenting latest developments in food analysis.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/2158 was set in force and will become valid on April 11th, 2018, establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food.
Perchlorate is an ion, derived from salts of perchloric acid, which is found naturally in the environment. In addition to fertilizers, two other possible sources of perchlorate are soils and irrigation water. The ion is usually absorbed by the plant along with the water or fertilizer through the soil, as it happens with the nutrients, and is deposited in the tissues or fruits, without until now known mechanisms of transformation inside the fruits.
After decrees with respect to durum wheat, milk and rice a further decree on mandatory origin labelling for tomatoes in tomato products has also been adopted now and Italy may not comply with the EU procedures also in this case as FoodDrinkEurope the European food industry platform recently claimed.
China issued the draft Administrative Measures on General Certification of Imported Food for the so-called “Harmonized certificate” in order to allow export of food products from other countries to China. Now, the „Harmonized certificate“ introduction has been postponed for 2 years.
R&C LAB has a ten-year experience in the analyses of solid impurities in foodstuffs, performing official methods for which it is also accreditated (17025).
The Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) has published its risk assessment with respect to the Fipronil findings in egg products and chicken meat from hens that got in touch with Fipronil contaminated DEGA 16 disinfectant.
Meanwhile we have tested more than 1.500 samples mainly eggs, and egg products for Fipronil, when another suspicious active Amitraz caused some attention.
The European food and drink industry (represented by FoodDrinkEurope) and the European vegan and vegetarian movement (represented by the European Vegetarian Union (EVU)) proposed a wording for a definition of requirements together, that need to be fulfilled to define “Food suitable for vegans” and “Food suitable for vegetarians” in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011
Functional foods are those that, in addition to their usual nutritional effects, have biological compounds (nutrients or non-nutrients), with positive effects on one or more functions of the organism and which have beneficial effects on health, improving or reducing the risk of disease.