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Changes In EU Pesticide Maximum Residue Levels [October 2019 Update]

Pesticide Residues Recently, the EU have published 4 changes to regulations regarding pesticide residues. These changes will become active in July and August of 2019 and in January of 2020: 1. Regulation EU 2019/973 is an amendment to Annex…
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Food Safety - Key Recipe For Restaurant Success

This is a part of the Quality Food Is Quality Life series to increase awareness on why food safety matters. Subscribe on the pop up below to receive more installment of these articles. What Do Customer Want? Clean. Customers want clean. Clean…
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Recent Changes In EU Maximum Residue Levels [April 2019 Update]

A number of changes to regulation EC 396/2005 have been published affecting Pesticide Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) . The first regulation has already been active since the first of January 2019. The other changes will become active in July…
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Outbreak of E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce in the US

Romaine lettuce has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli in the US and Canada, health officials say. At least 32 people have been sickened in the US, with 13 taken to hospital, while another 18 people have been stricken in Canada. US officials…
Food legislation and inspection in Kenya

Pesticide Residue Analysis & Heavy Metals Analysis Update [Nov 2018]

Here's latest update we have on our pesticide residue analysis & heavy metals analysis. We are a pesticide residue analysis laboratory through our partner lab Groen Agro in the Netherlands Our partners in the Netherlands are continuously…
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OPINION: The Food We Eat Should Inspire Joy, Not Fear

By Jonathan Bardzik Food brings joy. Although lately it feels like food also brings a lot of fear and confusion. What should and shouldn’t we eat? There are seemingly endless new rules and opinions about what will make you healthy and what…
Food legislation and inspection in Kenya

Food Safety Standards: How Safe Is The Food You Eat?

Food safety standards in Kenya Food safety is a rapidly emerging discipline.  We are what we eat.  How safe is our food? Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, testing and storage of food in ways that…
Food legislation and inspection in Kenya

Ensuring Farm Produce Reaches the Kitchen and Food Table Safe

By Ruth Vaughan Concerted efforts and measures have been on-going in Kenya to enhance food safety, compliance and competitiveness in Kenya's fresh produce While horticulture has been defined as the science and art of growing fruits and…