News and Events
First webinars started
Eurofins Conferences successfully started its Focal Point webinar series with four webinars in German and English language on allergens and glutenfree labelling. Also, demonstrating fast reaction to current issues, a short notice webinar on dioxin and PCB was conducted due to the PCB issue in German eggs. The forthcoming webinars deal with mineral oil in food packaging materials, pesticides and authenticity.
Contact: conferences@eurofins.com
Eurofins builds up HR-ICP-MS capacities for metals in Germany
The global requirements on the safety of food are constantly changing. Toxicological re-evaluations may lead to a lowering or introduction of legally binding maximum levels - a process currently ongoing in the EU for cadmium. To assist in ensuring that food products are in compliance with reduced maximum levels, Eurofins has expanded its high-resolution massspectrometry measurement capacity (HR-ICP-MS) in Germany. We are now able to offer not only a more selective but also an essentially more sensitive analysis for lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, with further metals to follow.
Contact:NadjaFluechter@eurofins.de
Determination of rice whiteness by measurement of reflectance
A new test based on reflectance has been developed to determine the whiteness of rice. The whiter the sample, the more light is reflected and this has been found to be directly correlated to the percentage of the grinding / polishing. It is therefore an additional parameter to assess the quality of rice.
Contact: SilkeHeimbecher@eurofins.de
EU tightens radioactivity levels for imports from Japan
Revised requirements concerning the import of food and feed from Japan entered into force on April 2nd 2012 in Regulation (EU) No 284/2012. Maximum levels for caesium-134 and caesium-137 were significantly reduced for the majority of products to align them to the Japanese maximum levels adopted in February 2012. The former implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2011 is repealed. Eurofins Competence Centre for inorganic contaminants offers the analysis of the isotopes mentioned and iodine-131 using gamma-spectrometry.
Contact: NadjaFluechter@eurofins.de
Eurofins acquires LabCo in the Netherlands
Eurofins announced on March 29th, 2012 the acquisition of all the activities of LabCo Laboratory Services (LabCo). This laboratory for physicochemical and microbiological analysis located in Rotterdam will now operate under the name Eurofins LabCo.
Contact: service@eurofins.nl
