Food News

AGROLAB Polska passed latest QS proficiency test with excellence (EN)

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...

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Fruits

Fruit & vegetable business: Current changes in maximum residue levels (MRL) (05/2017)

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...

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Fruit & vegetable business: Current changes in maximum residue levels (MRL) (04/2017)

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...

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Obst

Fruit & vegetable business: Current changes in maximum residue levels (MRL) (03/2017)

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...

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smoothy

Fruit & vegetable business - Fruit and vegetables held responsible for 33 percent of food poisoning cases

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...

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Glyphosate – EU commission found a compromise

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...

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Fruit & vegetable business - Chlorat und Carbofuran

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: Beim Treffen der...

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Mycotoxins

Climate Change leads to an increase of harmful mycotoxins

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...

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Are you „quidding“? (12/2017)

The EU Commission Notice on the application of the principle of quantitative ingredients declaration (QUID) has been published in November. The EU Commission Notice on the application of the...

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Meet us

AGROLAB company news - We where there - RAFA 2017, Prague

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. As...

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Fries

Acrylamide: Finally acrylamide again

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...

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Perchlorate

EFSA: Evaluation of perchlorate in the European population diet

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...

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tomato

ITALIAN DECREE ON THE MANDATORY INDICATION OF THE PLACE OF PRODUCTION PACKING OF TOMATO PRODUCTS

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...

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Chinese Food

FOOD EXPORT TO CHINA

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...

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Filth test

R&C LAB is accreditated for the analyses of solid impurities in foodstuffs (FILTH TEST)

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). R&C LAB has a ten-year...

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Noodle soup

FIPRONIL – UPDATES RISK ASSESSMENT BY GERMAN BFR

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...

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egg

FIPRONIL IN HENS’ EGGS - NOW ALSO AMITRAZ?

Meanwhile we have tested more than 1.500 samples mainly eggs, and egg products for Fipronil, when another suspicious active Amitraz caused some attention. Meanwhile we have tested more than 1.500...

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vegetables

A STEP TOWARDS A LEGALLY BINDING DEFINITION OF FOOD FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANES (09/2017)

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...

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chemicals

FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

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...

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Cheese

NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VITAMIN B2

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has updated the reference values for riboflavin (vitamin B2) as part of the review of its scientific recommendations on nutrient consumption. Riboflavin...

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AGROLAB COMPANY NEWS - R&C LAB SUCCESSFULLY TOOK PART IN THE QS RING TEST

The Italian AGROLAB subsidiary for food analysis, “R&C Lab”, successfully took part in the QS round robin test. The test involved a performance assessment in the domain of residue monitoring. 9...

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