POPs
Analysis of POPs
Analysing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in food is important because they can be hazardous to health and cause long-term damage. POPs accumulate in the environment along marine and terrestrial food chains. Eurofins Food & Feed Testing assists you in monitoring them to protect your consumers.
Key services
- All POPs (the original 12 ("Dirty Dozen"), the 10 new POPs included in the Stockholm Convention and the further 5 POPs under discussion)
- Dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)
- (Brominated) flame retardants, including PBDEs, PBBs, HBCD
- Historically used organochlorine pesticides, including DDT, lindane
Key matrices
Matrices being of importance for analysis are for example:
- Food and feed materials of all kinds
- Environmental samples such as water, soil, sediment, plants, waste and sewage sludge
- Air samples (emissions/immissions, indoor air)
- Samples of human origin such as blood, breast milk, adipose tissue
Quality assurance beyond accreditation
Our POP laboratories are accredited according to the criteria of DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018. Important features of the quality of services provided include:
- Ultra-trace analysis through state-of-the-art instrumentation for detecting of POPs at trace levels
- Use of certified standards and reference materials
- Regular and successful participation in external proficiency tests and interlaboratory tests, e.g. Folkehelsa (N), Quasimeme (NL), FAPAS (UK), UMEA University (S), Certification studies for BCR (EU)
- Active participation in study groups for the development of analysis methods (DIN, CEN)
- Research and own method development
- Advice and support from our specialists with many years of experience
- More than 260 scientific publications and presentations during the last decade
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