What is EURL POPs?

The scope of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants in Feed and Food (EURL POPs) includes, since it was appointed to an extended scope in 2018, halogenated POPs such as PCBs, dioxins, brominated flame retardants, PFASs, chlorinated paraffins and PCNs in both feed and food. As such, it is one of 28 EURLs in the field of feed and food control appointed by the European Commission.

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What is EURL POPs?
What is EURL POPs?
What is EURL POPs?

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08.11.2021

In the times of a variety of online platforms for managing multi-user contributions, it is important to not only have the analytical know-how but also to understand how to participate in an interlaboratory exercise. EURL POPs uses personalised contribution tokens and messaging on the EUSurvey platform for their exercises. While everyone is getting used to this platform, we have started a collection of helpful guidance for the technical aspects of our proficiency tests and interlaboratory studies, now in its second edition with more detailed explanations on editable contributions.

05.11.2021

ECHA has recently issued a public call for comments and evidence on MCCPs for a proposed ban of this substance class. The EURL POPs CWG CP has answered based on their work on the CP guidance document and their experience with interlaboratory exercises including MCCPs.

Interlaboratory studies and proficiency tests

The EURL provides proficiency testing for its main target analytes once a year in feed and food samples for the national reference laboratories of EU member states according to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 free of charge. Other national reference laboratories, official control laboratories and commercial laboratories providing self-monitoring for food and feed producers may participate for a fee.

PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PBDEs, HBCDDs

Proficiency test on core competencies of the network

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PFAS

Proficiency tests on per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances

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CPs

Proficiency tests on short- and medium-chained chlorinated paraffins

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PCNs

Interlaboratory studies on polychlorinated naphthalenes

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BCons

Interlaboratory studies on emerging and novel brominated contaminants

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Core Working Groups and cooperations

The agenda of the CWG meetings includes several aspects regarding analytical methodologies, practical issues for laboratories to set up methods, proposals for analytical criteria and European Commission requests.

CWG CPs

  • established in 2016
  • (planned) outcome: Guidance Document on the Analysis of Chlorinated Paraffins, Joint paper on analytical conundrums
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CWG BCon and PCNs

  • established in 2018
  • (planned) outcome: Guidance Documents on Analytical Parameters for the Determination of Organobromine Contaminants
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CWG PFAS

  • established in 2018
  • (planned) outcome: Guidance Document on Analytical Parameters for the Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances
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closed CWGs

  • Active 2012-2019
  • Topics: measurement uncertainty, analytical criteria for bioassays, MS techniques, congener patterns of PCDD/Fs and PCBs
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Cooperations

  • Current and future international cooperations,
  • Outcome: furthering the science in fields related to EURL POPs’ scope
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National Reference Laboratories across the EU

National Reference Laboratories across the EU

The national authorities of each of the 27 member states of the European Union declare National Reference Laboratories working in the scope of their respective EURL. The current addresses and contact data for the NRLs for halogenated POPs in feed and food can be found here.

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European Union Reference Laboratory for halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Feed and Food Contact us

The scope of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants in Feed and Food (EURL POPs) includes, since it was appointed to an extended scope in 2018, halogenated POPs such as PCBs, dioxins, brominated flame retardants, PFASs, chlorinated paraffins and PCNs in both feed and food. As such, it is one of 28 EURLs in the field of feed and food control appointed by the European Commission.