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updated on 22.07.2019

Several implementing regulations have been adopted for the Control Regulation (EU) No 2017/625

The implementing regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 21.06.2019.

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updated on 21.07.2019

Counter-sample expert Drug Law in the Tentamus Group

The Tentamus Group, with this person as a cross-check expert, has the permission to receive officially sealed cross-checks (drugs) and to test them analytically.

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updated on 21.07.2019

Food-borne outbreaks in Germany (e.g. campylobacterioses, salmonellosis and listeriosis)

Since 2015, BVL (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety) and RKI (Robert Koch Institute) have been publishing a joint report on food-borne outbreaks, which is available on the BVL website.

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updated on 20.07.2019

Salmonellosis no longer declining!

After many years of continuous reduction of salmonellosis in Germany and other EU countries, this trend has not continued in the last two years.

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updated on 19.07.2019

"Risk-based requirements for the approval of establishments" - Recommendation of the AFFL project group

In the Federal Gazette of 16.05.19, the announcement of the requirements of the project group "Development of "risk-based requirements for the approval of establishments" of the working group meat and poultry meat hygiene and specific questions of food of animal origin of the Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Verbraucherschutz (AFFL)" was published.

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updated on 18.07.2019

BLL/LAV: Publishing MOH Orientation Values in English

The LAV (Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft gesundheitlicher Verbraucherschutz) and the BLL (Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde e. V.) already published orientation values for mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH = MOSH, MOSH analogues and MOAH) in the following food categories in April of this year:

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updated on 17.07.2019

EFSA Food Safety report published

In June, the EFSA Food Safety Report was published again for several years.

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updated on 14.07.2019

Updated version of the Guidelines for meat and meat products

In mid-June of this year, the revised version of the Guidelines for Meat and Meat Products was published on the homepage of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL).

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updated on 13.07.2019

Updated opinion on Fragrance Butylphenyl Methylproprional (Lilial)

The SCCS (Scientific Committee of the European Union) has recently updated the existing opinion on the fragrance Butylphenyl Methylproprional.

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updated on 12.07.2019

Health and Food Safety Directorate-General proposes monitoring of Alternaria toxins

On 27.06.19 the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) presented a proposal to the EU Commission on the monitoring of Alternaria toxins in food.

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