Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) Food Safety Agency (FSA) has presented a bi-lingual “Certificate of Aflatoxin Sampling and Analysis for California Almonds for Import into BiH” following a recently introduced requirement according to which U.S. almonds and nut/dried fruit mix exports from the United States must be tested for aflatoxin content and certified by USDA. The certificate corresponds to the Voluntary Aflatoxin Sampling Plan approved by USDA. The current BiH’s regulation sets a maximum residue limit (MRL) for aflatoxin B1 in almonds at 2-5 micrograms per kilogram, but FSA has drafted a new regulation (yet to be adopted) which will establish the Codex and European Union MRL that is set at 8-12 microgram per kilogram.
