Tropane alkaloids (TAs) are toxins found in a wide variety of plant species growing in mild climates. The most well-known are Datura, Atropa and Hyoscyamus sp., belonging to the Solanaceae family. The TAs family comprises more than 200 compounds, of which atropine and scopolamine are the most...

The implementation of the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) requires the EU Member States to be able to conduct testing to ensure compliance with legal requirements. These tests are performed by laboratories designated for official controls In 2023, the EURL-FCM organised a PT round...

The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health endorsed in 2013 the Guidance notes for the classification of food extracts with colouring properties. For the purpose of classification a term "enrichment" factor is introduced by the Guidance notes, calculated based on reference...

This report presents the results of the fourteenth inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EURL PAH) on the determination of the four EU marker PAHs, benz[a]anthracene (BAA), benzo[a]pyrene (BAP),...

This report presents the results of the fifteenth inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EURL PAH) on the determination of the four EU marker PAHs, benz[a]anthracene (BAA), benzo[a]pyrene (BAP),...

This report presents the results of the ILC of the EU-RL for Mycotoxins which focused on the determination of aflatoxin B1 (AfB1), deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisin B1 (FB1) in cereal samples. Seventy one participants from 31 countries registered for the exercise. Fifty-nine sets of results...

This report presents the results of the ILC of the EURL for Mycotoxins which focused on the determination of patulin in apple juice samples. Fifty-one participants from 27 countries (among them 30 NRLs and 21 official food control laboratories) registered for the exercise and 50 sets (Sample A...

The proficiency test here reported concerned the determination of the four marker polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an olive oil test sample: benz[a]anthacene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, and chrysene. Participants to these PT were National Reference Laboratories for PAHs...

This report presents the results of the ILC of the EU-RL for Mycotoxins which focused on the determination of deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZON), T-2 and HT-2 in cereal samples. Thirty-five participants from 27 countries registered for the exercise. 34 (Sample A) & 34 (Sample B) sets of...

This report presents the results of the ILC of the EURL-FCM which focused on the screening for photoinitiators (PI) content in paperboard as well as in a solvent. The test materials used were two types of paperboard supplied by the industry, containing benzophenone (BP) and 4-methylbenzophenone...