#32026H1241EU recommendation on monitoring quinolizidine alkaloids in lupins and lupin-based foods
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The recommendation asks EU Member States and food businesses to monitor quinolizidine alkaloids in lupins and lupin-based foods. These naturally occurring compounds may pose risks for some consumers, but existing data is too limited for a full risk assessment. The practical impact is mainly on authorities, laboratories, and companies handling lupin ingredients. They are expected to collect more data on contamination levels, processing effects, and factors that lead to higher alkaloid levels in products such as lupin flour, bakery goods, plant-based substitutes, protein powders, and canned or jarred lupins.
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Key Changes
- Member States and food businesses are encouraged to monitor quinolizidine alkaloids in lupins and lupin-derived foods.
- Monitoring should cover a broad range of lupin products, including flour, bakery goods, plant-based substitutes, protein powders, and canned or jarred lupins.
- Authorities and operators should gather more information on why high alkaloid levels occur and how processing affects those levels.
Obligations
What this law requires
Monitor the presence of quinolizidine alkaloids in lupins and lupin-derived foods, including dry lupin seeds, lupin flour, canned or jarred lupins, bakery products containing lupins, pre-mixes for such bakery products, lupin-based egg analogues, coffee imitates, milk imitates, and meat imitates.
Identify and collect information on factors that lead to relatively high levels of quinolizidine alkaloids in lupins and lupin-derived foods, to support measures that avoid or reduce their presence.
Collect information on the effects of food processing on quinolizidine alkaloid levels in lupins and lupin-derived foods.