On 05 May 2023 European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2023/915 [Link zu „Contaminants_Regulation_2023-915“] on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 in the Official Journal of the European Union. Regulation (EU) 2023/915 enters into force on 25 May 2023. Significant changes compared to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 include amongst others the following:

• Restructuring of the actual text of the law (correlation table of the individual articles in Annex II)
• Significant reduction of footnotes through addition of the column “Remarks” in Annex I with the purpose of a better readability (landscape format)
• Change of numbering and restructuring the contaminants and food categories in Annex I

No significant changes of specific maximum levels compared to the last consolidated version of Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 are part of this Regulation. Only some isolated remarks broaden the definition of certain food categories. For example, maximum levels for aflatoxins in cereals and products derived from cereals (section 1.1.12) also apply directly to products containing at least 80 % cereal products.