Food Newsletter

The Eurofins Group publishes a Food Testing newsletter, presenting new services and analytical techniques, research projects, major events and other related topics. The newsletter is published 3 times per year.

Below are the latest newsletters, feel free to look at the archive of newsletters

• Newsletter Nr33 [PDF]

  
  • Food profiling by high resolution 1H-NMR analysis - New frontier of authenticity testing
  • Food allergens in the focus
  • Determination of endosulfan in soybeans
  • Implication of new GM-Rice varieties for food and feed production
  • Hexanal - a parameter for the assessment of spiced oils
  
  In brief:
  • European Union consolidates plastic legislation
  • Nanotechnology – Opening Pandora’s box?
  • New multi method for the determination of veterinary drug residues in meat and fish
  • Monitoring of perfluoroalkylated substances in food

• Newsletter Nr32 [PDF]

  
  - Pesticide analysis on samples from the farm – Innovative control measures allow shipment of fresh and tested produce.
  - Eurofins Conference and Training Centre - Creating Customer Value through Knowledge Sharing.
  - Stevia sweeteners.
  - Carbon 13 SNIF-NMR: New frontier of authenticity testing.
  - News about PAH analysis in food.
  
  In brief:
  - Superfruits: are they authentic?
  - New rapid preparation method for salmonella detection by PCR
  - Eurofins International Seminar - 18th edition

• Newsletter Nr31 [PDF]

  
  - Carotenoids in foodstuffs
  - Allergens analysis by mass spectrometry
  - High quality pesticide residue analysis on fruit and vegetables with very short turn-around times
  - 3-MCPD- and glycidol fatty acid ester in oils and fats
  - Sensory evaluation - An important part of the toolbox for food testing
  - In brief: GMO in linseed samples; Eurofins’ acquisition in the US; Eurofins builds new microbiology laboratory in Brazil; Eurofins at BioFach 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany; Eurofins 18th International Seminar: Food Safety Solutions.
  

• Newsletter Nr30 [PDF]

  
  - New developments in dietary fibre analyses
  - Importing food and feed from China - Risk reduction opportunities
  - Checking the geographical origin of olive oil
  - Efficient new multi-matrix method for GMO
  - Consumer magazines check the quality of honey
  - In brief: New maximum levels of heavy metals have been set in food supplements - Guidelines for the presence of nicotine in wild mushrooms - Dietary Fibre Conference 2009 - Eurofins will be present!
  

• Newsletter Nr29 [PDF]

  
  - Risk minimization of food importsby supply chain control
  - Eurofins has developed a New Authenticity Test for Thai Jasmine rice
  - Analysis of food products by Near Infrared techniques
  - Declaration of Compliance for Food Packaging
  - Validation of health claims using isotopic tracers
  - News in Brief: Eurofins China awarded ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation - Eurofins present at the PLMA fair in Amsterdam - Eurofins’ technical seminars on juices
  

• Newsletter Nr28 [PDF]

  
  - Analytical detection of melamine in food and feed products,
  - AFLP: DNA-based quality control of production strains in the beer industry
  - Shelf life testing of food products
  - New release of Eurofins OnLine launched in UK
  - Confirming the origin and authenticity of rice
  - News in Brief

• Newsletter Nr27 [PDF]

  
  - Food labelling
  - Measuring sensory quality and consumer acceptance
  - New maximum residue levels of pesticides in the European Union
  - Acrylamide analysis Global agreement between Novozymes and Eurofins
  - News in Brief: Eurofins Food Netherlands organizes Carbohydrate Congress in November; Eurofins doubles the size of its Nantes laboratories; Eurofins Norsk Matanalyse awarded proficiency testing contract

• Newsletter Nr26 [PDF]

  
  Esters of MCPD found in fats, oils and foods
  New cGMPs covering dietary supplements
  Customized development of DNA-based methods and kits
  Veterinary drugs still in the EU Rapid Alerts for animal products
  Early prevention for reduced phytosanitary treatments
  News in Brief: Di-isobutylphthalate (DiBP) found in foods; Eurofins Analytik GmbH in Germany appointed as GAFTA referee laboratory; Eurofins buys food testing laboratory in Norwich (UK); Allergens: monitoring production line cleansing;Qualis has joined Eurofins Group in Italy

• Newsletter Nr25 [PDF]

  
  - European Union regulates plasticisers in food
  - Brominated POPs need regular monitoring
  - Detection of extraneous materials in foodstuffs: the Filth Test
  - Detecting GMO contamination in vegetables
  News in Brief: Belnovamann (Slovakia,Czech Republic, South Poland) has joined the Eurofins Group; Dioxin and PCP in guar gum; Analycen part of Eurofins Group; Market leader in Scandinavia; Detection of proteins and other by-products of ruminant origin
  

• Newsletter Nr24 [PDF]

  
  - Authentifood: a new system for Brand Protection
  - Dietary fibre and its analytical methods
  - Recalls of pet food after detection of melamine
  - Juice Asia and World Juice 2007 – comprehensive analytical solutions for a global industry
  - News in Brief: - Standardised method for dioxin analysis of mineral feed ; New Eurofins competency for chemical residues and microbiology in the U.S. (Eurofins Central Analytics ; Planting of genetically modified Organisms and Analysis)