Reference materials - Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs

Suitable certified or standard reference materials for the analysis of PCDD, PCDF and dioxin-like PCBs in food:

 

-          BCR 450 ? natural milk powder (only PCB 118 and 156)

-          BCR 607 ? natural spray dried milk powder (PCDD/Fs)

-          BCR 718 ? canned fresh herring (only PCB 105, 118 and 156)

-          BCR 719 ? canned fresh chub (non-ortho PCBs 77, 81, 126, 169)

-          ERM-BB 350 ? fish oil (only PCB 105, 118 and 156)

-          SRM 1973 ? Organic contaminants in non-fortified human milk (mono-ortho PCB 105, 118, 156, 157, 167 and non-ortho PCB 77, 81, 126, 169 as well as PCDD/PCDF congeners)

-          SRM 1974 ? Organic contaminans in fortified human milk (mono-ortho PCB 105, 118, 156, 157, 167, 189 and non-ortho PCB 77, 81, 126, 169 as well as PCDD/PCDF congeners)

-          SRM 1946 ? Lake Superior Fish Tissue (mono-ortho PCB 105, 118, 156 and non-ortho PCB 77, 126, 169)

-          SRM 1947 ? Lake Michigan Fish Tissue (mono-ortho PCB 105, 118, 156, 157)

-          SRM 2974a ? Organics in freeze-dried mussel tissue (Mytilus edulis) (mono-ortho PCB 105, 118, 156, 157, 167)

-          NIST-1974C ? Mussel tissue (frozen)

-          CIL-EDF-2524 ? clean fish (slurry) ? organic contaminants (PCDD/PCDF congeners, mono-ortho PCBs and non-ortho PCBs)

-          CIL-EDF-2525 ? naturally contaminated fish (slurry) ? organic contaminants (PCDD/PCDF congeners, mono-ortho and non-ortho PCBs)

-          CIL-EDF-2526 ? fortified fish (slurry) ? organic contaminants (PCDD/PCDF congeners, mono-ortho and non-ortho PCBs)

-          IAEA-432 ? mussel homogenate (mono-ortho PCBs 105, 118, 156, 167, 189)

-          IAEA-435 ? tuna homogenate (mono-ortho PCBs 105, 118, 156)

-          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/)