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1st January 2023 marks the starting line of the new Italian company "AGROLAB Alimentalia", which specialises in analytics in the food and feed sector. The business branch has already existed within...

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Almonds

Hydrocyanic acid glycosides (also known as cyanogenic glycosides) are natural plant constituents found in flaxseed, almonds, apricot kernels and cassava, among others. Cyanogenic glycosides...

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RASFF

Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF).   Via this link you can download a table from the...

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Analytik

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories. Here we present a retrospective monthly...

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EU Commission Brussels

Do you remember 2021? In that year, we reported in AGROLAB RADAR on a total of 20 EU regulations concerning changes in maximum residue limits for plant protection products in the fruit and vegetable...

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Fertilizer

The validity period for the approval for 50 active substances has been extended by one year due to the delay in the re-evaluation following the application for renewal of the approval. We list the...

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Obst

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...

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The authorisation for the herbicide Benfluralin will no longer be renewed. It had last been extended until 28.2.2023. The authorisation for the herbicide Benfluralin will no longer be renewed. It...

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Figs

The Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office (CVUA) in Sigmaringen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) has been regularly testing dried fruit for 5 years. So far, a total of 64 samples of dried figs...

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Alarm

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.           ...

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dry aged meat

Meat ageing is used either by dry or wet processing to break down the connective tissue, aiming in tenderising and giving the product a richer flavour.  Meat ageing is used either by dry or wet...

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Radar

Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages... The food notes are about trace element selenium, wheat intolerance, colourful tomatoes and some more...

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As of 1.1.2023, maximum levels for PFAS in certain foodstuffs of animal origin will apply. AGROLAB LUFA GmbH has expanded its range of tests to include the accredited determination of perfluorinated...

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Arsenfläschchen

Of course, we meet the revised performance criteria according to the new Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2418 concerning methods of analysis for the control of the levels of trace elements and...

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RASFF

Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF). Via this link you can download a table from the...

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Analytics

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories. Critical results with respect to max....

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Just before the end of the year, QS GmbH presented the new residue monitoring plan for the examination of fruit, vegetables and potatoes. Methodological developments in analytics were also taken...

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Bauchschmerzen

In its current report on food monitoring, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety points out particular risks of microbial contamination.  In its current report on food...

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Alarm

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. In this...

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Fries

Acrylamide is classified as carcinogenic and mutagenic. It is formed as an undesirable reaction product in foods containing carbohydrates and proteins, such as those encountered during baking,...

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Smoked Salmon

People who eat too many products containing the approved additives sulfur dioxide (E220) or sulfites (E221-228) could face an increased health risk. This was the result of a re-evaluation by EFSA...

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