date:Jul 23, 2014
mg/kg in all foods.
The move follows a lengthy monitoring process since 2012 by both food trade bodies and regulatory authorities in continental Europe, which identified unexpected residues of DDAC and BAC above the set limits at that time.
In 2012 the EC and member states agreed on an enforcement level of 0.5 mg/kg [for DDAC and BAC] as a proportionate risk management measure on a temporary basis, explains Dr Naresh Patel of Scientific Analysis Laboratories (SAL), an analytical laboratory in