Reference materials - PCBs

Suitable certified or standard reference materials for the analysis of non-dioxin-like PCBs in food:

 

-          BCR 349 - cod liver oil (PCB 28, 52, 101, 153, 180)

-          BCR 450 - natural milk powder (PCB 52, 153, 170, 180)

-          BCR 682 - mussel tissue (PCB 28, 52, 118, 138, 149, 153, 170, 180)

-          BCR 718 - canned fresh herring (PCB 28, 52, 101, 128, 138, 149, 153, 170, 180)

-          ERM-BB 350 - fish oil (PCB 28, 52, 74, 99, 101, 110, 138, 149, 153, 177, 180, 183, 187, 194, 196)

-          ERM-BB 444 - pork fat (blank) (PCB 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180)

-          ERM-BB 445 - pork fat (low level) (PCB 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180)

-          ERM-BB 446 - pork fat (high level) (PCB 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180)

-          SRM 1953 - Organic contaminants in non-fortified human milk (PCB 28, 52, 138, 153, 180)

-          SRM 1954 - Organic contaminants in fortified human milk (PCB 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180)

-          SRM 1946 - Lake Superior fish tissue (PCB 28, 52, 138, 153, 180)

-          SRM 1947 - Lake Michigan fish tissue (PCB 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180)

-          SRM 2974a - Organics in freeze-dried mussel tissue (Mytilus edulis) (PCB 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180)

-          NIST-1974C - mussel tissue (frozen)

-          CIL-EDF-2524 - clean fish (slurry) - organic contaminants

-          CIL-EDF-2525 - naturally contaminated fish (slurry) - organic contaminants

-          CIL-EDF-2526 - fortified fish (slurry) - organic contaminants

-          IAEA-406 - fish homogenate

-          IAEA-432 - mussel homogenate

-          IAEA-435 - tuna homogenate

-          GBW 10069 - Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in mussel tissue (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

-          NMIJ CRM 7404-a - Organic pollutants in Japanese seabass tissue (Natural Metrology Institute of Japan)

 

Link to IRMM reference materials (http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu /reference_materials_catalogue /Pages/index.aspx)

Link to NIST standard reference materials (http://www.nist.gov/srm/)

Link to LGC reference materials (www.lgcstandards.com)

Link to IAEA reference products (http://nucleus.iaea.org/rpst/ReferenceProducts/Reference Materials)

Link to COMAR - International database for certified reference materials (http://www.comar.bam.de/en/)