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Acibenzolar-S-methyl (CAS No. 135158-54-2) was originally authorised in 12 EU member states until 31 March 2031. Now the use-by period for plant protection products containing this fungicidal...

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pesticide application

The authorisation period for the fungicidal active ingredient metconazole has been extended until 15 March 2025.   The active substance metconazole (CAS No.: 125116-23-63) is currently...

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  The original wording of the quote by Paracelsus of Hohenheim (1541) is (translated) "All things are poison, and nothing is without poison. Only the dose makes a thing not a...

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Kontrolle

Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 regulates the frequency of official controls on imports of certain foodstuffs into the EU. With the current amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1662 by 06/11/24 various...

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The European Contaminants Regulation (EU) 2023 /915 was amended in some parts by a further amending regulation (EU) 2024/1756. The concerns raised by the "stakeholders" were not taken into...

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The harbour of Rotterdam is the most important entry gate for vegetable oils and fats for Europe.  The harbour of Rotterdam is the most important entry gate for vegetable oils and fats for...

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Radar

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

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Katarzyna Stefaniak, Paul Wimmer, Wiebke Puschmann, Paweł Piątas

The grand opening of the new AGROLAB Polska Laboratory in Końskowola (Poland - near Puławy) took place on 15 May. The grand opening of the new AGROLAB Polska Laboratory in Końskowola  (Poland,...

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Messestand

On 20th and 21st of  June 2024, European food safety experts will gather in Madrid for the 14th Food Sure Summit. On 20th and 21st of  June 2024, European food safety experts will gather in...

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After 10 years, the recommendations for the cultivation, harvesting and processing of cereals have been revised to minimise the introduction of ergot and ergot alkaloids into the food...

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RASFF

Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF for which the risk has been categorised as "serious".  Here we provide you...

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chemischer Pflanzenschutz

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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Sanduhren

The authorisation of the active substance dodemorph will be shortened as the EU Commission has not received an application for renewal of the authorisation. The authorisation of the active...

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The EFSA* database of processing factors for pesticide residues has been updated. The factors consider any changes in the residue levels of unprocessed agricultural products compared to the final...

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The previous indicative levels for the mycotoxins T-2 and HT-2 toxin are now maximum residue levels for cereals and cereal products. They will apply from 1 July 2024. The previous indicative...

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Analyses

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...

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Dioxins, pesticide residues, mineral oil components, microplastics and perpetual chemicals such as per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) - the list could easily go on - dominate the discussion...

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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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Radar

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

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Radar

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

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Italian scientists, together with colleagues from the University of Bologna, have expressed concern about the contamination of spinach and foods containing spinach with tropane alkaloids. Italian...

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