Drinking water quality in France
On 10 January 2020, the Ministry of Health published online the results of sanitary checks…
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Ban on neonicotinoids in France
In development for many months, Decree No. 2018-675 of 30 July 2018 concerning the definition…
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Non-renewal of the approval of chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl and thiacloprid.
Three new regulations concerning the non-renewal of an active substance have just been published in…
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Revised ANSES opinion on optimising the monitoring of chemical contamination of food.
ANSES was requested in 2015 by the Directorate General for Food (DGAL), the Directorate General…
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ANSES opinion on establishing an adapted drinking water monitoring programme in Hauts-de-France
On 18 December 2019, ANSES published an opinion concerning the assessment, outside risk assessment, of…
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GMOs: 4 renewals and 4 new authorisations
The European Commission has just authorised 4 GMOs and renewed 4 authorisations: These GMOs are…
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The OECD publishes a report on pharmaceutical residues in water
On 13 November 2019, the OECD published a report concerning pharmaceutical residues in water. There…
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Changes to FCD 2020 microbiological criteria
Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 sets hygiene and safety criteria for processes applicable to certain foodstuffs.…
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Notice on the LOQs for water analyses under the environmental code
On 19 October 2019, a notice on the limits of quantification for “parameter-matrix” pairs for…
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