Regulatory watch

The European Commission has published recommendation 2024/907 on the monitoring of nickel in foodstuffs. Nickel is present in foodstuffs and may be of natural or man-made […]

EFSA has published its report on the results of the 2022 monitoring of residues of veterinary medicinal products and unauthorised substances in live animals and animal […]

Two new texts amending Regulation EC 396/2005 have just been published in the OJEU. This regulation sets a common MRL for all spices at 0.3 mg/kg […]

The 2022 annual report of the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) has just been published. In 2022, 4,361 notifications were sent to the Rapid Alert System […]

The 2022 annual report of the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) has just been published. In 2022, the number of notifications exchanged by the Food Fraud […]

EU Regulation 2021/2117, published on 6 December 2021, amended EU Regulation 1308/2013 on agricultural products. From 8 December 2023, it requires the labelling of two additional […]

Operation Opson is organised every year. The aim is to remove counterfeit and non-compliant food and drink products from the market and to dismantle the organised […]

The FCD (Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution) has published its new specifications for 2024: Microbiological criteria applicable to distributor brands, first-price brands and raw […]

EFSA has just updated its risk assessment of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) in food. It has also made available an infographic summarizing this publication. (infographic in […]