Today is international tea day! We’re taking this as an opportunity to provide you with some insight into the work we do with tea. Tea is not only one of the most important products in the world consumed for pleasure, but it can also be considered a staple food because of the role it plays in covering the body’s demand for fluid intake. Testing the safety and quality of these products is therefore exceptionally important and poses a major challenge.

New EU Regulation 2021/644 amending Regulation 396/2005 regarding maximum residue levels for fluxapyroxad, hymexazol, metamitron, penflufen and spirotetramat in or on certain commodities. These changes shall apply from 10.11.2021 and for goods produced in or imported into the EU before 10.11.2021, the previous MRLs apply. Pesticide testing is a routine parameter of the GBA Group.

New EU Regulation 2021/618 amending Regulation 396/2005 regarding maximum residue levels for diclofop, fluopyram, ipconazole and terbuthylazine in or on certain commodities. These changes shall apply from 06.11.2021 and for goods produced in or imported into the EU before 06.11.2021, the previous MRLs apply. Pesticide testing is a routine parameter of the GBA Group.

New EU Regulation 2021/616 amending Regulation 396/2005 regarding maximum residue levels for benalaxyl, benalaxyl-M, dichlobenil, fluopicolide, proquinazid and pyridalyl in or on certain commodities. These changes shall apply from 06.11.2021 and for goods produced in or imported into the EU before 06.11.2021, the previous MRLs apply. Pesticide testing is a routine parameter of the GBA Group.

New EU Regulation 2021/590 amending Regulation 396/2005 regarding maximum residue levels for aclonifen, boscalid, cow milk, etofenprox, ferric pyrophosphate, L-cysteine, lambda-cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide, mefentrifluconazole, sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate, sodium o-nitrophenolate, sodium p-nitrophenolate and triclopyr in or on certain products. These changes apply from 03.05.2021 and there are no transitional arrangements. These are MRL increases or approvals of basic materials. Pesticide testing is a routine parameter of the GBA Group.