Roberto Molteni

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Magnesium chloride can totally or partially replace sodium chloride in food, without food or health safety or technological issues?

Magnesium chloride as sodium chloride replacement in food

20 January 2024 3,979 7 View

Are there legal reference values for carbon isotope ratio 13C/12C of CO2 in sparkling wines?

The legal reference values have to differentiate gassified wines (with addition of industrial CO2) and wine with CO2 obtained from fermentation of sugar from vine which is a C3 plant? Method...

10 January 2021 7,050 12 View

Authorisation of plant protection products (PPP, pesticide) and Approval of active substance (a.s.)?

In the European Union (EU), before any PPP can be placed on the market or used, it must be Authorised in the EU country concerned. It means that each Member State can decide if Authorise the PPP:...

04 April 2020 2,742 14 View

How are the performances of the bacterial endotoxins tests?

Ph. Eur. 2.6.14. recommends three principal Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) techniques: gel-clot, turbidimetric and chromogenic. Precisely, there are 6 methods: Method A: Gel-clot method: limit...

16 March 2016 2,064 10 View

How is the risk assessment procedure for the plant protection products?

In the European Union, under the plant protection products regulation (2009-1107) the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carries out the risk assessment and the Commission approves the active...

06 March 2016 1,357 3 View

How can we trust in the back-transformed confidence interval and statistical analysis?

In clinical trials or in epidemiological studies (and also in agronomy), data are often analysed after a logarithmic transformation to overcome the drawback of heteroscedasticity and/or extremely...

05 February 2016 9,768 19 View

How are the analytical results of two total phenols methods correlated?

The two total phenols methods are the following: (i) spectral analysis at 280 nm; (ii) colorimetry with Folin-Ciocalteau (FC) reagent. See the attached file (total phenols methods).The spectral...

11 January 2016 1,544 2 View

What are laws or methodologies to assess the risk of naturally-occurring carcinogens (i.e. plant foods in different countries?

For example, IARC evaluated methyleugenol as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B). However, it occurs naturally in a variety of spices and herbs, including basil and tarragon.In European...

25 June 2015 1,780 2 View

What is the correct classification of epi-γ-Eudesmol (CAS 117066-77-0)?

Using Toxtree (predictive toxicology open-source application, see link), I have got Cramer class III for the compound. However, if I look to the chemical structure, I think that the correct class...

24 April 2015 8,144 5 View

Role of animal feed in recycling efforts of waste materials

What can be the role of animal feed in recycling efforts of waste materials: advantages and disadvantages? Do your countries have specific legislations/recommendations? Thanks to make better...

01 January 1970 845 4 View