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Information on analytical methods for the
detection of irradiated foods standardised by
the European Committee for Standardisation
(CEN)
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Development of Detection Methods
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- In the early
1990's, the European Commission financed via
its Reference Bureau (BCR) a two-year
research programme for the development and
validation of detection methods for foods
treated by ionising radiation. In the course
of this programme, a number of efficient
methods were developed.
In 1993, the European Commission gave
a mandate to the European Committee for
Standardisation (CEN) to standardise these
methods. CEN created within its Technical
Committee 275 'Food analysis - Horizontal
Methods' (CEN/TC 275) the working group 8
'Irradiated Foodstuffs' (CEN/TC275/WG8) which
had its first meeting in November 1993
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CEN Standards
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- As a result of the
work of CEN/TC 275/WG 8, the following
European Standards are available from
national standardisation institutes http://www.cen.eu/catweb/cwen.htm.
- These European
Standards have been adopted by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission as General Methods
and are referred to in the Codex General
Standard for Irradiated Foods in section 6.4
on 'Post-irradiation verification'.
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Click on the numbers of the standards
below to get information on scope, principle,
limitations and validation :
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1784:2003 Detection of irradiated food
containing fat - Gas chromatographic analysis
of hydrocarbons
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1785:2003 Detection of irradiated food
containing fat - Gas chromatographic/mass
spectrometric analysis of
2-alkylcyclobutanones
updated
EN
1786:1996 Detection of irradiated food
containing bone - Method by ESR spectroscopy
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1787:2000 Detection of irradiated food
containing cellulose by ESR spectroscopy
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1788:2001 Thermoluminescence detection of
irradiated food from which silicate minerals
can be isolated
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13708:2001 Detection of irradiated food
containing crystalline sugar by ESR
spectroscopy
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13751:2002 Detection of irradiated food
using photostimulated luminescence
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13783:2001 Detection of irradiated food
using Direct Epifluorescent Filter
Technique/Aerobic Plate Count (DEFT/APC) -
Screening method
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13784:2001 DNA comet assay for the
detection of irradiated foodstuffs -
Screening method
EN
14569:2004 Microbiological screening for
irradiated food using LAL/GNB procedures
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