What is EURL POPs?

The guidance in this document is intended for laboratories involved in the official control of contaminants in food and feed and focuses on the determination of these substances in the laboratory. It is intended as general guidance for laboratories and particularly for those that do not have existing analytical methods. It provides guidance on the essential analytical parameters to be used for organobromine contaminant analysis in food and feed and contributes to further harmonization in this field as part of the EURL’s official mandate and scope of work.

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.

Announcement of the EURL Proficiency Test on the Determination of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PBDEs, HBCDDs, PFASs and CPs in Pork Liver (food). This proficiency test (PT) on the determination of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PBDEs, HBCDDs, PFASs and CPs in pork liver is organized by the EURL for halogenated POPs in Feed and Food to be performed between February and April 2022. The objective is to assess analytical performance of laboratories and the inter-laboratory comparability of results from analyses of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PBDEs, HBCDDs, PFASs and CPs in one sample of pork liver.