New Regulation (EU) 2022/85 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards maximum residue levels for flonicamid in or on certain products. These changes will apply from 02.10.2022.

Last Thursday, Jan Robrechts, Managing Director Lavetan, received the certificate from the Flemish initiative Made Different for the second time that confirms again: Lavetan is a Factory of the Future. The award is valid for 3 years.

New Regulation (EU) 2022/78 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards maximum residue levels for dazomet, hexythiazox, metam and methylisothiocyanate in or on certain products. These changes shall apply from 08.09.2022.

Out of 22 sampled vanilla beans, one out of four do not comply with the legal requirements according to Regulation (EC) 1334/2008. One out of four vanilla samples was blended with already extracted vanilla beans, another sample was made from vanilla beans that were dipped in vanilla flavoring.

With Regulation (EU) 2022/63 amending Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 with regard to the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171), the ban in food will apply from 07.08.2022. Titanium dioxide is a widely used whitening agent and is used for the optical enhancement of industrially produced food.