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10/06/2008
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Author: EFSA
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The CONTAM Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued an opinion on nitrates in vegetables comparing the risk and benefits. Overall, the estimated exposures to nitrate from vegetables are unlikely to result in appreciable health risks, therefore the recognised beneficial effects of consumption of vegetables prevail. The Panel recognised that there are occasional circumstances e.g. unfavourable local/home production conditions for vegetables which constitute a large part of the diet, or individuals with a diet high in vegetables such as rucola which need to be assessed on a case by case basis.
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12/03/2007
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Author: AFSSA
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The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) has issued a report on the Risk Assessment on mycotoxins in the animal and human food chains. This assessment gathers recommendations on the principal groups of mycotoxins.
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12/06/2006
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Author: EFSA
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The Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), has issued an opinion related to ochratoxin a in food, request from the commission. This opinion revealed that at present the weekly dietary exposure of adult European consumers to OTA, ranges from 15 to 60 ng OTA per kg bodyweight per week (the Panel established a Tolerable Weekly Intake (TWI) of 120 ng/kg body weight).
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15/07/2010
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Author: RIKILT_Instituto Holandes de Seguridad Alimentaria
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The aim of the current study was to collect, compile and synthesise data on T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin, including contamination of food and feed commodities and products thereof in Europe. The available data show that oats can be highly contaminated with T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin, with frequently high incidence and concentration. The occurrence and concentration of T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin in barley has increased across Europe since 2004, and stabilized at an incidence of about 80%. Contamination in the resulting malt used for beer production has also increased. In some occasions, maize is contaminated with T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin, usually at a moderate level. T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin contamination of wheat occurs very infrequently and at a low concentration level. Feed products that can be highly contaminated include by-products from oat processing (pellets). Food products generally show low incidence and concentration of T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin, however, oat products may contain the two mycotoxins. Report on T-2 y HT-2
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02/07/2010
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Author: EFSA
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Trichothecene mycotoxins can be present in plants and derived products thereof and therefore might be of concern for human and/or animal health. T-2 and HT-2 toxin are secondary fungal metabolites belonging to the group of type A trichothecenes and are primarily produced by Fusarium species. Fusarium fungi are probably the most prevalent toxin-producing fungi of the northern temperate regions but T-2 toxin and related mycotoxins are present worldwide. EFSA Report on T-2 and HT-2 toxins
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22/06/2010
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Author: AESAN
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The Spanish Food Safety Agency has published a Good Practice Code for reducing contamination of A Ochratoxin in pepper.
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27/11/2009
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Author: IFST
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IFST´s updated new information statement provides an overview on mycotoxins including health implications, toxicological effects, regulatory limits, analytical methods and prevention and control. Statement
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12/04/2009
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Author: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences has issued a review on Fumonisins, Trichothecenes and Zearalenone in cereals commercialized wordwide.
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01/08/2007
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Author: RIVM
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The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Enviroment (RIVM) has issued a report giving an overview of information sources that may be useful to monitor indicators of emerging mycotoxin risks. The study was conducted as part of a project to develop a new risk management approach which aims to enable the identification of food-borne diseases at an earlier stage. The approach includes monitoring not just the food supply chain, but also host environment factors that may influence risks for food-borne diseases.
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09/11/2005
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Author: FSA
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The British Food Safety Agency (FSA) has carried out a study in the English wheats due to the conditions of humidity occurred before and during the harvest of year 2004 and that could condition a storage in propitious conditions of humidity for the production of fungi, which, as well, could produce mycotoxins
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01/02/2003
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Author: FAO
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The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has published a Manual in which it reviews the principles of Hazard and Critical Control Point Analysis and develops a plan to apply this to the control of micotoxins (aphlatoxins, tricothecens, zearalenona, fumonisins, ocratoxin A and patulin).
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Vegetal products |
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Risk Evaluation / Scientific Opinion
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27/07/2010
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Author: EFSA
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The report gives an overview of the control activities performed by EU Member States and EFSA countries in order to ensure compliance of food with the standards defined in European legislation on pesticide residues. The majority of samples taken were produced in one of the European reporting countries (77%), while 20% of the samples were taken from imported consignments or lots. For 3 % of the samples the origin was not reported. 2008 Annual Report on Pesticide Residues
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07/04/2010
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Author: FAO
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Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and WHO the Core Assessment Group. 2009 Report
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08/02/2010
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Author: ACSA
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ACSA has issued a brief on pesticides, updated on december 2009. Pesticide Brief
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26/10/2009
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Author: Comisión Europea
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01/10/2008
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Author: FAO
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Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and WHO the Core Assessment Group
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08/11/2006
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Author: FVO
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This is a FVO report on pesticide residues monitoring for the calendar year 2004. In 55.6 % of the samples, no pesticide residues were detected. Residues at or below the MRL were detected in 39.7 % of the samples.
FVO Report
Annex I
Annex II
Annex III
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01/11/2005
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Author: FVO
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The Food and Veterinary Office of the European Commission (FVO) has published the Control programme on pesticide residues in foodstuffs on plant origin carried out in the Member States of the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein during the year 2003. On one hand, within the 47500 samples of fruit, cereals and horticultural products analysed in the National Surveillance Programs, the 5,1 % of all samples, residues above the MRLs (national or EC-MRL) were found. On the other hand, in the European coordinated Surveillance Program, 8600 samples were analysed and the 3,2 % were abobe the maximum limits. Those percentages have decreased in comparison to the results in 2002.
Report
Annex 1
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