This report describes the production of ERM-BD512, which is a matrix material certified for the mass fraction of cadmium, copper, manganese and nickel. This material was produced following ISO Guide 34:2009 and is certified in accordance with ISO Guide 35:2006. The CRM was produced from commerci...
This report presents the results of the 17th inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) organised as a proficiency test (PT) by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EURL PAHs) on the determination of the four EU marker PAHs, benz[a]anthracene (BAA), benzo[a]pyrene...
Two concurrent Workshops on " Safety of food contact materials: migration testing and exposure assessment of chemicals in foods" are organised by the JRC's European Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials on 07-08 October 2014 in Ispra. These workshops were dedicated to training and exch...
This report presents the results of the tenth inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EU-RL PAHs) on the determination of the four EU marker PAHs, benz[a]anthracene (BAA), benzo[a]pyrene (BAP), benzo[b]fluoranth...
A European collaborative trial has been conducted to validate an analytical approach comprising method procedures for the determination of milk fat and the detection and the quantification of cocoa butter equivalents (CBEs) in milk chocolate. The whole approach is based on (i) comprehensive stan...
A European collaborative study has been conducted to validate an analytical procedure for the quantification of cocoa butter equivalents in cocoa butter and plain chocolate. In principle, the fat obtained from plain chocolate according to the Soxhlet principle is separated by high-resolution gas...
