Regulatory watch

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 […]

EU regulation 2023/1783 has just been published. It modifies the MRLs for the following residues: denatonium benzoate, diuron, etoxazole, methomyl and teflubenzuron. Denatonium benzoate and diuron […]

Two new regulations modifying MRLs have just been published by the European Commission: The MRL for isoxaben has been set at 0.05 mg/kg for gherkins. MRLs […]

Regulation 2023/1536 amending regulation 396/2005 has just been published. It modifies the MRLs for nicotine in spices. Seed and fruit spices (vanilla) MRLs are currently set […]

Regulation 2023/1510 amending regulation 2023/915 has just been published. It modifies maximum cadmium levels for tiger nuts (souchet) and cultivated mushrooms, with the exception of Agaricus […]