Reporting Obligation

According to the Second Act to Amend the Food and Feed Code of 4th August 2011, private laboratories have a duty to report if there is reason to believe that a food or feed sample taken domestically falls under a sales ban according to Art. 14 Sec. 1 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002.

If a food or feed limit value according to EU Regulations No. 1067/2013, 1259/2011, or 277/2012 is exceeded, the client will always be informed by mas GmbH accordingly. Further procedures for each specific case are closely coordinated.

A precondition for identifying a reportable event is the correct and sufficient characterization of the food or feed, including categorization according to the mentioned EU regulations. Typically, as a laboratory, we do not have all the information needed for evaluation, so these details must be provided by the client.

Findings at or above the maximum levels are secured by mas GmbH through a prompt reanalysis. This reanalysis can be performed either from the sample material already available to mas GmbH or from a second sample of the same batch sent to mas GmbH by the client. Additional sampling can provide further insights into potential variances, sampling influences, and homogeneity, among other factors.

The reanalysis is billed as a preferred express analysis at 1.5 times the base price. Additional efforts due to the reporting obligation are billed according to the effort required.