Food Law News - EU - 2009
FSA Letter, 2 June 2009
CONTAMINANTS – Food Contaminants: FSA Update Letter for June 2009
The following subjects have been covered in the letter from the FSA. A copy of the letter is available on this site. See: Contaminants Update Letter - June 2009
Chemical Migration from Food Contact Materials (Policy and Legislation)
- New Regulation published on Active and Intelligent Packaging
- New Regulations on food contact plastics
- Guide to Compliance and Business Documentation
- Latest meeting of the European Commission’s Working Group
- 6th Amendment to EU food contact plastics rules
- FVO mission to the UK later this year
Chemical Migration from Food Contact Materials (Science)
- The 49th meeting of the Working Party on Materials and Articles in Contact with Food or Drink (WPMACFD)
Nitrates
- Limits in Spinach and Lettuce
- Process Contaminants
- Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) - Update
- Research Proposal on 3-MCPD esters
- EFSA Report on monitoring of acrylamide levels in food
- JECFA call for data
Environmental Contaminants (Inorganic)
- The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion on cadmium
- Cadmium levels in crab
- Research on Arsenic in Rice
Mycotoxins
- Setting of maximum limits for T2/HT2 toxins in cereals and cereal products
- Review of current maximum limits for Fusarium toxins
- Changes to Community legislation as regards aflatoxins including alignment of maximum limits with those agreed at
- Codex and limits for oil seeds
- Ochratoxin A in spices
- Article 15(5) of Regulation 882/2004 as regards high-risk list and alignment with Commission Decision 504/2006/EC
- Publication of revised Guidance Document on aflatoxin controls
- Updated list of USDA labs under the VASP scheme for US almonds
- Research project reports that have been published
- Annex USDA VASP Labs May 2009 update
- Annex Working Document
Other Contaminants (source not identified)
- Nicotine in dried mushrooms
Environmental Contaminants (Organic)
- Lamb & Sheep Liver
- Irish Dioxin Incident
- Limits for Infant Food
- Non dioxin-like PCBs
- Review of Limits
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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