Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture BMEL has published the new German guidelines for bread and small bakery products. Newly recorded are pseudo cereals such as buckwheat, amaranth and quinoa, as well as special breads such as tortilla, baguette, ciabatta and bagel.

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Meet us at the Food Safety Kongress 2021, Digital Edition! It will take place on 8th and 9th June. This time under the heading of “EU-Green Deal – Farm to Fork: Lebensmittelwirtschaft im Spannungsfeld von Food Safety, Nachhaltigkeit und Wettbewerb”. The congress will be held in German.

Over the last 6 months, more than 500 food products have been recalled due to elevated levels of EtO contamination. Ethylene oxide and the metabolite 2-chloroethanol are both toxic, but ethylene oxide has furthermore been classified as carcinogenic and genotoxic. The use of EtO is prohibited in the EU and the maximum residue level is 0.05 mg/kg, as stated in the Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. For organic 0,01 mg/kg applies.

Find all the latest information on ethylene oxide in our free whitepaper.

But what needs to be taken into account to ensure food safety?

A good quality management system is essential. This includes, among other things, good hygiene practices and food inspection. Particularly during harvesting and storage, an important part is analysis, with a focus on pesticide residues and contaminants such as mycotoxins (molds).