The European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives Control (EURL-FA Control) organised a proficiency test (FAC-24/01) for the determination of the mass fraction of vitamin A in compound feed, to support Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and Commission Implementing Regulation...

Implementation of the European legislation on feed additives (FA) requires the monitoring of their presence in feed through analytical tests, conducted by laboratories designated for official controls by the EU Member States. To ensure these control laboratories perform uniformly and reliably,...

The Directorate General for Food and Health (DG SANTE) of the European Commission has requested support from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission for the provision of methods of analysis for the twenty-four antimicrobial active substances in feed at cross-contamination...

ERM-BD519 is an anhydrous milk fat matrix material certified for the relative mass fraction of triglycerides and cholesterol, produced within the scope of ISO 17034 accreditation and ISO 33405:2024. ERM-BD519 is available in amber glass ampoules containing approximately 5 mL of anhydrous milk...

The implementation of the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) requires the EU Member States to be able to conduct testing to ensure compliance with legal requirements. These tests are performed by laboratories designated for official controls In 2023, the EURL-FCM organised a PT round...

Culinary herbs and spices are valued for flavouring food and could also provide other beneficial properties, such as antioxidative and bacteriostatic effects as well as certain pharmacological activities. Their supply chain is complex, long, and globalised. Europe is one of the world's leading...

This report looks at the innovative output of world's top Research and Development (R&D) investors using patents and trademarks as proxy indicators. Essentially descriptive in nature, the study presents statistics about the patent portfolio of companies, and their trademark strategies to launch...

The NMC Horizon Project from the New Media Consortium is a long-term investigation launched in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years in education around the globe. The NMC Horizon Report Europe: 2014 Schools Edition, the...

The climate targets of the European Union (EU) are defined in relation to historical benchmarks: for instance, the European Climate Law requires net domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be reduced by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990. However, for aviation and maritime transport,...

Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) integrates economic and environmental data to understand the connections between economic and environmental resources. The European Union (EU) has shown strong policy support for NCA, amending Regulation 691/2011 to include ecosystem accounts (EA) as a mandatory...