EU Legislation
European Legislation concerning mycotoxins in food
European legislation for mycotoxins in food consists in principal of two main regulations. Commission Regulation 1881/2006 (
147 kb) in its current version, last mycotoxin related update by Commission Regulation 1126/2007 ( 49 kb), setting maxium levels for aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, patulin, deoxynivalenol, zearelenone, fumonisins, T2 and HT2 toxin in a varaiety of different foodstuff (Consolidated version from 23.07.2008 160 kb).
- NEW February 2010:
Regulation 1881/2006 has been amended by Commission Regulation 105/2010 ( 809 kb) setting maximum levels for ochratoxin A in spices and liquorice and Commission Regulation 165/2010 ( 735 kb) setting and modifing maximum levels for aflatoxins in nuts and oil seeds.
The second main piece of legislation is Commission Regulation 401/2006 ( 135 kb) defining sampling schemes and analytical method performance criteria.
Regulation 401/2006 has been amended by Commission Regulation 178/2010 ( 810 kb) regarding the sampling of spices, nuts and oil fruits.
- European Legislation concerning mycotoxins in animal feed
The only mycotoxin regulated in animal feed is aflatoxin B1. Directive 2002/32 ( 145 kb) sets those maxium levels and was ammended by Commission Directive 2003/100 ( 110 kb)(Consolidated version from 20.04.2009 134 kb).
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