PCDD/F and PCB Guidance document on extraction procedures and confirmation of results now available!
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This document on criteria for extraction procedures and confirmation of results for the analysis of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in feed was developed within the network of the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for halogenated POPs in Feed and Food and the respective National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of EU member states. The guidance in this document is intended for laboratories involved in the official control of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in feed including laboratories performing control for feed business operators and focuses on criteria for extraction procedures and confirmation of results for determination of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in feed.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed sets analytical criteria and requirements for the determination of the levels of PCDD/Fs and PCBs using confirmatory and screening methods.
The analytical criteria as laid down in this regulation are the basis for the analysis of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in feed. This guidance document gives further recommendations on the implementation of extraction procedures and the confirmation of results in order to achieve the general criteria in laboratories involved in the official control in the EU.