EU Food Safety Regulations and Guidances for VMP Residues in Food from Animal Origin

2024

Regulation (EU) 2024/2052 : of 30 July 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808 as regards its scope and certain performance criteria of analytical methods for residues of pharmacologically active substances used in food-producing animals;    NEW   

2023

Regulation (EU) 2023/411 : of 23 February 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1871 as regards the application of reference points for action for nitrofurans and their metabolites;

EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on Screening Method Validation (repealing the CRLs Guidance for Screening Method Validation of Jan 2010)Version 1.1 of 21 September 2023 

► EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on the Quality Control during routine analysis (ongoing performance verification) Version 1.2 of 3 April 2023     

2022

Regulation (EU) 2022/1646 : of 23 Septembre 2022 on uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls as regards the use of pharmacologically active substances authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as feed additives and of prohibited or unauthorised pharmacologically active substances and residues thereof, on specific content of multi-annual national control plans and specific arrangements for their preparation;    

Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 : of 7 July 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with specific requirements for the performance of official controls on the use of pharmacologically active substances authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as feed additives and of prohibited or unauthorised pharmacologically active substances and residues thereof;   

EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on standard addition in the field of the analysis of residues of pharmacologically active substances  Version 1.1 of  29 November 2022  

EURL GUIDANCE : EURL “MMPR” GUIDANCE FOR SPECIFIC PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN SPECIFIC ANIMAL MATRICES Version 2.0 of June 2022 repealing Version 1 of September 2020 

2021

EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on confirmation methods validation Version 1.1 of 25 Novembre 2021

 EURL GUIDANCE : EURL Guidance Document on the Extension of quantitative confirmation methods  Version 1.0 of 22 July 2021

Regulation (EU) 2021/808 : on the performance of analytical methods for residues of pharmacologically active substances usedin food-producing animals and on the interpretation of results as well as on the methods to be used for sampling and repealing Decisions 2002/657/EC and 98/179/EC 

Regulation (EU) 2021/810 : amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808 as regards transitional provisions for certain substances listed in Annex II to Decision 2002/657/EC