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Compliance
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Who is legally responsible for a food label?
The food business operator under whose name or business name the food is marketed, and for food from outside the Union, the…
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How often should I test an imported food product?
There is no fixed frequency in law for most parameters. Frequency is set by risk: tighter on a new supplier and on…
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What is a declaration of compliance for food packaging?
A written statement from the packaging supplier that the material meets the applicable food contact rules for a defined use. For plastics…
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Is coconut flour gluten-free certified?
Coconut flour contains no gluten by nature, but the claim in the EU requires the product as sold to meet the threshold…
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What is a VITAL 3.0 allergen assessment?
A voluntary Allergen Bureau framework that converts a measured cross-contact level into a labelling decision using published reference doses. It is industry…
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What is the novel food status of chia seeds in the EU?
Chia is authorised and listed in the Union novel food list under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, with conditions of use that…
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What are the EU aflatoxin limits for nuts?
Maximum levels for aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins are set by Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915, with separate lines for nuts sold to…
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How is aflatoxin testing done?
By a prescribed sampling scheme first, then screening by ELISA and confirmation by HPLC with fluorescence detection or LC-MS/MS. The sample plan…
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What are the EU allergen labelling requirements?
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires the fourteen substances in Annex II to be declared and emphasised in the ingredient list whenever used.…
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What is the aflatoxin risk in spices?
Aflatoxins form when storage moulds grow on inadequately dried or badly stored material. Maximum levels are set in EU law and no…