Waiblinger Hans-Ulrich, Schulze Gesine
Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Freiburg, Bissierstrasse 5, 79114 Freiburg, Germany.
Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Eggenreuther Weg 43, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
J AOAC Int. 2018 Jan 1;101(1):17-22. doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.17-0383. Epub 2017 Dec 5.
Official food control laboratories in Germany have established internal action values for the assessment of analytical results of food allergens especially obtained from samples without declaration of the specified allergen. A pragmatic approach was chosen considering the current situation for European food information legislation. Accordingly, when a positive result is obtained for an unlabeled allergen, it is not necessarily an irregularity if it can be demonstrated that the result was caused by cross-contamination. Action values take into account current analytical experiences as well as published allergologic reference doses. They are considered as internal de minimis thresholds by food control authorities that are used to support laboratories in the decision-making process and when a written expert opinion is requested by an enforcement authority. If only minor traces are detected at concentrations below the action values, further investigation of the issue and inspections at the location of manufacture can be abandoned. The present report includes a collection of results from official food control laboratories in Germany that have been evaluated in line with the aforementioned system of action levels.
德国的官方食品控制实验室已经制定了内部行动值，用于评估食品过敏原的分析结果，特别是从未声明特定过敏原的样品中获得的结果。考虑到欧洲食品信息立法的现状，选择了一种务实的方法。因此，当未标记的过敏原检测结果呈阳性时，如果能够证明该结果是由交叉污染引起的，则不一定是违规行为。行动值考虑了当前的分析经验以及已公布的过敏学参考剂量。它们被食品控制当局视为内部微量阈值，用于在决策过程中以及执法当局要求提供书面专家意见时支持实验室。如果在低于行动值的浓度下仅检测到微量痕迹，则可以放弃对该问题的进一步调查以及在生产地点的检查。本报告包括德国官方食品控制实验室的一系列结果，这些结果已根据上述行动水平系统进行了评估。
