EU: Pesticide Residues in Food Report

This report provides an overview of the 2017 official control activities on…


EU: Aflatoxins in Dried Figs, Audit in Turkey

The report concludes that: Turkey has the necessary legal and organizational…


EU: MRLs Update

Regulation 2019/1176 sets the following MRLs in nuts and dried fruits. The…


EU: Changes to Border Controls

Among others, the new Regulation sets the following changes: Apricot kernels…


EFSA: Fonicamid, MRLs Review

After assessing the application and the evaluation report, EFSA has concluded…


EFSA: Chlorpyrifos-methyl; Approval Criteria

The statement contains a summary of the main findings of the assessment related…


EFSA: Chlorpyrifos; Approval Criteria

The statement contains a summary of the main findings of the assessment related…


Canada: Cyanide in Apricot Kernels

It will be effective since January 25, 2020. Background: In December 2018,…


Research Shows that Almonds Contain Good Protein Quality

Researchers from the University of Manitoba in Canada carried out this study to…


New Study Reveals Nut Consumption May Reduce Cardiovascular Death Risk

A systematic search, limited to human studies, was conducted on PubMed and…