Update contaminants Frans Verstraete
Regulation (EC) 669/2009 Regulation (EU) 2016/2107 Aflatoxins in groundnuts from Bolivia (50 %) Aflatoxins in pistachios from US (20 % 10 %)
Regulation 884/2014 Regulation (EU) 2016/2107 Aflatoxins in groundnuts from Argentina (5%) Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Azerbaijan (20 %) Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in spices from Ethiopia (50 %)
Regulation 884/2014 Regulation (EU) 2016/2107 Aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey (20 10 %) Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Turkey (random 5%) Aflatoxins in groundnuts from India (20 10%)
Ongoing regulatory issues contaminants (not exhaustive) Peanuts from US Pyrrolizidien alklaoids Hydrocyanic acid in unprocessed apricot kernels placed on the market for final consumer Ochratoxin A Alternaria toxins (Alternariol, Alternariol monomethyl ether, tenuozonic acid and tentoxin)
Ongoing regulatory issues contaminants (not exhaustive) Opium alkaloids Tropane alkaloids Acrylamide MCPD esters and glycidyl esters Mercury Mineral oil
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