AMS Adds Peanuts Exported to European Union to the Laboratory Approval Program for Analysis of Aflatoxins
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today the addition of testing peanuts that are destined for the European Union (EU) to the Laboratory Approval Program for Analysis of Aflatoxins (LAP-Aflatoxin) at the request of the American Peanut Council (APC). The addition will ensure peanuts destined for the EU meet testing requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 401/2006. Laboratories must be approved under the LAP-Aflatoxin to provide aflatoxin testing for peanuts destined for the EU, effective January 24, 2022.