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/)