ANALYTIKUM Umweltlabor GmbH celebrated its 25th anniversary this July! A reason to celebrate and to look to the past and the future.

The "cradle" of the company was in the Merseburg Innovation and Technology Center ("mitz"), close to the university. Mr. Reiner Ramonat and Mrs. Birgit Zimmermann are the founders and managing directors of the company. The company started in 1995 with 4 employees and a lot of optimism. 2 washing bowls were the first dishwasher and sampling (also ground water!) was of course part of the laboratory work.

ANALYTIKUM quickly developed into a regionally recognized environmental analytical service provider.

The LAV and the Food Association have published new MOH orientation values (as of June 2020).

Mineral oils are hydrocarbon compounds (MOH: Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons). They can be divided into the two groups MOSH (Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons) and MOAH (Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons). Structurally related to MOSH are the so-called POSH (Polyolefin Oligomeric Saturated Hydrocarbons). Investigations of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) showed that MOH are present in almost all foods.

Online presentations by GBA Group at the Mini - Symposium for Food Safety from 10-11 September 2020.

The GLi - Gemeinnützige Lebensmittelinitiative für Österreich together with Hygienicum® GmbH - Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Hygiene invites you to the digital event. You can look forward to interesting presentations by GBA Group experts Michael Stelzl (Hygienicum® GmbH) and Thomas Unger (nuTIQ), among others, in digital format.

PFT are used in many products and industrial areas, such as lubricants, paints, textiles or coatings, due to their simultaneously grease-repellent and water-repellent properties. They can already be released into the environment during their manufacture or during the production of products containing PFT. As PFT do not occur naturally in nature, they are difficult to degrade and are suspected of causing cancer.

PFT remain in the environment for a very long time and are spread via rivers and seas. A high concentration in water poses a danger for the drinking water supply. In order to guarantee a harmless drinking water quality a regular control is inevitable.

The maximum residue levels for chlorpyriphos and chlorpyriphos-methyl will soon be lowered to the analytical limit of quantification, 0.01 mg/kg, because their approval was withdrawn.

With the publication of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1085 on July 23rd, 2020, this maximum residue level (MRL) will now be incorporated into the pesticide Regulation (EC) 396/2005.

This MRL enters into force on November 13th, 2020!