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/)