tailieunhanh - Báo cáo hóa học: " New border control system for food originating from third world countries"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: New border control system for food originating from third world countries | Heinzler et al. Environmental Sciences Europe 2011 23 14 http content 23 1 14 o Environmental Sciences Europe a SpringerOpen Journal RESEARCH Open Access New border control system for food originating from third world countries Matthias Heinzler1 Doris Gerlach2t Hubertus Brunn3t Abstract Background The global distribution of food products has created a requirement for inspection and testing of imported goods at national and outer European borders. Problems that are generally not encountered with local produce arise when dealing with imports from third world countries. These may include excessive levels of heavy metals insufficient hygiene unapproved veterinary pharmaceuticals in animal-derived foodstuffs or excessive levels of pesticides in plant products. The systematic control of imported food and feed is a challenging endeavour. Rigorous testing of imported non-animal food products by the Hesse State Laboratories was introduced in 2007 at Frankfurt Main airport in order to protect German consumers from these potential health dangers. This ability to monitor imports with the entire personnel and analytical capacity of the Hesse State Laboratory is a new approach in governmental health inspection. Results From 2007 to 2009 a total of 1 552 food product samples of plant origin were tested for the presence of pesticide residues. Of these 18 were found to violate maximum residue levels. Thus the incidence of products from third world countries that do not meet statutory guidelines EC No. 396 2005 is approximately twice that of the average for foodstuffs from third world countries tested in other laboratories in Germany. In 10 of the non-compliant samples the acute reference dose was exceeded by more than 100 and in a few by more than 1 000 . Conclusions As a result of the 3-year experience with the bottleneck control system at Frankfurt Main Airport the Hesse Ministry of Energy Environment Agriculture and Consumer Protection has voiced its opinion .