PFAS Guidance document on PFAS analysis version 2.0 including annex now available!

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This document on analytical parameters for the determination of selected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food and feed was developed within the network of the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for halogenated POPs in Feed and Food, the respective National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of EU member states and international experts in the field of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) analysis.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 an existing method. It provides useful key elements in a set of analytical parameters contributing to further harmonization in the field of PFAS analysis in food and feed as part of the EURL’s official mandate and scope of work.
Guidance document on PFAS analysis version 2.0 including annex now available!

The updated versions 2.0 of this guidance document and the annex include editorial improvements throughout the documents, inroduction of references to Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2388, Commission
Recommendation (EU) 2022/1431 and Commission Implementing Regulation 2022/1428, additional chapters and revisions on the identification and quantification of branched isomers and revisions of the chapters on method validation and rounding of results.