BC, PFAS Announcement - EURL Interlaboratory Study on the Determination of Brominated Contaminants, PCNs, CPs and PFAS in Powdered Infant Milk / Formula 2024

5 months ago

This interlaboratory study (ILS) on the determination of several brominated contaminants (BCons), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs – main constituent of CPs) and per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in Powdered Infant Milk / Formula is organized by the EURL for halogenated POPs in Feed and Food to be performed between July and October 2024. The objective is to assess analytical performance of laboratories and interlaboratory comparability of results from analyses of PBDEs, HBCDDs, TBBPA, eBFRs, PBDD/Fs, PXDD/Fs, PBB, PCNs, PCAs and PFAS in a Powdered Infant Milk test material. Official laboratories, research laboratories, universities and commercial laboratories performing the analysis of samples taken by food business operators are invited to participate in this interlaboratory study.