Minister: New aflatoxin limit, "strict control" of GMOs

The problem earlier was that the legal limit for aflatoxin in milk had been changed while th regulations regarding food stayed the same, which led to confusion. We are going back to the standards applied in the EU, after harmful substances that appear in mouldy livestock feed and are then passed on to meat and dairy products were detected in Serbia earlier this year, the government raised the allowed limit of aflatoxin to 0.05 percent, which is ten times higher than the EU limit. Serbian Government will return the legal limit to 0.005 percent.

The problem earlier was that the legal limit for aflatoxin in milk had been changed while th regulations regarding food stayed the same, which led to confusion. We are going back to the standards applied in the EU, after harmful substances that appear in mouldy livestock feed and are then passed on to meat and dairy products were detected in Serbia earlier this year, the government raised the allowed limit of aflatoxin to 0.05 percent, which is ten times higher than the EU limit. Serbian Government will return the legal limit to 0.005 percent.