Overview on community legislation in the field of official control of mycotoxins in feedingstuffs

Wiley - Tập 3 Số 4 - Trang 248-256 - 1995
Giuseppe Verardi1, Isabelle de Froidmont-Görtz2
1European Commission, DG VI, Brussels, Belgium
2European Commission DG XII, Brussels, Belgium

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AbstractThe Community legislation currently in force identifies a group of substances whose presence in feedingstuffs is undesirable. For each one of these substances, acceptable maximum levels have been fixed. The compliance with these levels in feedingstuffs must be checked by Community sampling and analysis methods. In the specific case of the aflatoxins, analytical methods, based on thin‐layer chromatography (TLC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), have been adopted by directive. Another directive has established a general sampling method. The practice, however, has shown that it is not applicable to very large batches where the distribution of the contaminants is not homogeneous. A small group of experts of the Commission reached the conclusion that in the future Community legislation, it will be appropriate: i) to divide the undesirable substances in two groups (substances with homogeneous and non‐homogeneous distribution); ii) to adopt two different strategies for the cargoes “at risk” and “not at risk”; iii) to have methods of sampling, preparation, and analysis which are fast, reliable, easy to apply, and recognized at the international level. These experts proposed adaptations in the directive on “Sampling,” in the case of large vessels, but suggested at the same time deferring any decision to the near future. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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European Union, 1977, Council Directive of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities L, 32, 1

European Union, 1979, Council Directive of 2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities L, 30, 30

European Union, 1970, Council Directive of 23 November 1970 on additives of feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities, 270, 1

European Union, 1974, Council Directive of 17 December 1973 on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities L, 38, 31

European Union, 1970, Council Directive of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities L, 170, 2

European Union, 1976, Commission Directive of 1 March 1976 establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities L, 102, 1

European Union, 1976, Commission Directive of methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs, Official Journal of the European Communities L, 102, 8

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Wiley

Tập 3 Số 4

248-256

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