Egypt's agriculture lab tested more than 28,000 food samples in October

Egypt's Central Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Analysis and Heavy Metals in Food received and tested more than 28,000 food samples during October 2026.

• Laboratory director Hind Abdel-Lah announced the lab tested more than 28,000 food samples in October, from regulatory bodies, companies, producers, and exporters.
• Export samples totaled about 4,000, import samples about 4,000, and client samples from producers and exporters exceeded 19,000, about 68% of the total.
• The lab analyzed about 1,000 samples drawn from markets and farms under the national monitoring program.
• The lab presented a lecture on mycotoxin contamination at the 19th session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods and completed two international training programs with Mauritanian specialists.