Tests on Contaminants and Pesticides

The environment, cultivation techniques and food production technologies can leave residues, from raw materials to finished products, substances that are harmful to health, sometimes in non-negligible quantities.

The residual analyses of pesticides, a term used as a synonym for phytosanitary products, carried out by the CSI Laboratories are the essential tool for identifying and controlling such residues.

Chemical contaminants are substances, sometimes toxic, not intentionally added to food; they can be anthropogenic, direct or environmental, or natural, such as microorganisms and their metabolites.

The CSI Laboratory, accredited by ACCREDIA N ° 0006 and designated MIPAAF, performs analyzes on a wide range of contaminants and pesticides in food, to ensure compliance with maximum residual levels (MRL) developed by the Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Multi-residual analysis with over 400 pesticides (Official Method: EN 15662 - Accredia accredited test) all of which it is possible to integrate specific categories of specific substances or molecules. CSI carries out multiresidual screening of pesticide classes:

  • insecticides,
  • acaricides,
  • herbicides,
  • plant growth regulators,
  • fungicides,
  • limacids,
  • nemaphocides.

All issues relating to the legal limits of pesticide residues in food are dealt with in Regulation (EC) 396/2005. This regulation also governs official controls on pesticide residues in food of plant and animal origin, which may remain from the use of pesticides to protect plants.

  • Heavy metals including Lead and Cadmium (Accredia accredited test);
  • Mycotoxin, aflatoxin B-G, ochratoxin A, M1, Zearalenone, Deoxynivalenol, trichothecenes, patulin, fumonisin;
  • Residues of veterinary drugs belonging to classes such as Sulfonamides, Tetracyclines, Quinolones, Fluoroquinolones, Coccidiostats, Antibiotics. in accordance with European Regulation (EU) N ° 37/2010 and N ° 124/2009;
  • Persistent organic pollutants, or POPs, phthalates, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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