Activities
2011
| Action |
| Workshop for appointed National Reference Laboratories |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 4 EU priority PAHs in food supplement |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 4 EU priority PAHs in olive oil |
| Preparation and supply of test material |
| Providing advice to DG SANCO and food control laboratories on the determination of PAHs in food |
| 4th edition of Factsheet. Factsheet PAH.pdf[514Kb] |
2010
|
Action |
| Workshop for the appointed national reference laboratories |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 15+1 EU priority PAHs in infant formula |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 15+1 EU priority PAHs in oil |
| Interlaboratory comparison for a method validation study; horizontal purification method and GC-MS detection for the determination of PAHs in various food matrices |
| Preparation and supply of test material |
| Technical assistance to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on establishing an opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food |
| Providing advice to DG SANCO and food control laboratories on the determination of PAHs in food |
2009
|
Action |
| Workshop for the appointed national reference laboratories |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 15+1 EU priority PAHs in fish |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 15+1 EU priority PAHs in oil |
| Preparation and supply of test material |
| Evaluation of applicability of recent developments in chromatography and mass spectroscopy for the determination of PAHs in food |
| Development of an horizontal purification method for the determination of PAHs in various food matrices |
| Technical assistance to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on establishing an opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food |
| Providing advice to DG SANCO and food control laboratories on the determination of PAHs in food |
2008
| Action |
| Workshop for the appointed national reference laboratories |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 15+1 EU priority PAHs in sausage meat |
| Preparation and supply of test materials |
| Evaluation of applicability of recent developments in chromatography and mass spectroscopy for the determination of PAHs in food |
| Development of an horizontal purification method for the determination of PAHs in various food matrices |
| Technical assistance to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on establishing an opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food |
| Providing advice to DG SANCO and food control laboratories on the determination of PAHs in food |
2007
| Action |
| Workshop for the appointed national reference laboratories |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study; 15+1 EU priority PAHs in edible oil |
| Preparation and supply of test materials |
| Evaluation of applicability of recent developments in chromatography and mass spectroscopy |
| Technical assistance to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on establishing a European database on PAH content in food; the aim of the database is to evaluate suitability of BaP as a marker for total PAH content of food; more on EFSA's web site |
| Setting up a PAH project database |
2006
| Action |
| Kick-off meeting of network of reference laboratories |
| Inter-laboratory comparison study: 15+1 EU priority PAHs in acetonitrile |
Participants of the kick-off meeting in Geel (2006).
Latest update 30 March, 2012