Food Safety

Development and validation of an HPLC method for the determination of penicillin antibiotics residues in bovine muscle according

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of five penicillins: penicillin G (PENG), penicillin V (PENV), oxacillin (OX), cloxacillin (CLO), and dicloxacillin (DICLO), in bovine muscle.

Publication Date:

26/10/2007

Author(s): Styliani A. Nisyriou, Ioannis N. Papadoyannis, Victoria F. Samanidou *

Source: Journal of Separation Science

Vol:

77

Issue:

4

pp:

3193

Tags:

Animal Care, Drugs, Pesticides And Toxins, Residue Testing, High Performance Liquid Chroma- tography (HPLC), Food Safety, European Union (EU)

India

Online Safe eat

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Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Standards, Food Process Industry, Food Safety, GMOs, Media, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries

Pesticides And Toxins

Hazardous pesticides in the European parliament

The 28 pesticide residues detected in this analysis of eight fruit items purchased inside the European Parliament building represent the tip of an iceberg: for in total the wider EU food chain is known to be contaminated with at least 324 different agrochemicals.

Publication Date:

01/10/2007

Source: Friends of the Earth Netherlands

Tags:

Pesticides, Food Contamination, Pesticides And Toxins, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Pesticide Residues, Food Safety, Parliament, Europe, European Union (EU)

Natural Disasters

A higher safety record

Publication Date:

26/09/2007

Tags:

Food Safety

Pesticides And Toxins

Analyses of macrolide antibiotic residues in eggs, raw milk, and honey using both ultra-performance liquid chromatography

Two liquid chromatography mass spectrometric techniques, i.e.

Publication Date:

03/09/2007

Author(s): Jian Wang, Daniel Leung

Source: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Vol:

21

Issue:

19

pp:

3213

Tags:

Honey, Animal Products, Milk, Food Contamination, Canada, Drugs, Pesticides And Toxins, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Residue Testing, High Performance Liquid Chroma- tography (HPLC), Food Safety

Industry

No regulations for cosmetics, drugs in US

Despite criticism by ngos and consumer groups, the us food regulator has announced that cosmetics, drugs and other products that use nanotechnology will now not require special regulations or

Publication Date:

30/08/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Standards, Food Standard Authority, Health Effects, Food Safety, Food Safety Authority (FDA), Nano Technology, United States Of America (US)

Biodiversity

China rubbishes contamination allegations

China has accused the international media of raising unnecessary alarm over the country's drug and food exports as increasing number of China's exports are being rejected due to contamination.

Publication Date:

14/08/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Food Standards, Food Contamination, Trade, Drugs, Food Safety, Exports, China, United States Of America (US)

Food Policy

In short

eu dumping rules: On June 12, European Union (EU) laid down rules to check illegal dumping of hazardous materials in developing countries. An update of 1993 EU regulations, the new rules require

Publication Date:

14/08/2007

Source: Down to Earth

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