Information on analytical methods for the detection of irradiated foods standardised by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
- 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
- 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 :
EN 1784:2003 Detection of irradiated food containing fat - Gas chromatographic analysis of hydrocarbons
EN 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
EN 1787:2000 Detection of irradiated food containing cellulose by ESR spectroscopy
EN 1788:2001 Thermoluminescence detection of irradiated food from which silicate minerals can be isolated
EN 13708:2001 Detection of irradiated food containing crystalline sugar by ESR spectroscopy
EN 13751:2002 Detection of irradiated food using photostimulated luminescence
EN 13783:2001 Detection of irradiated food using Direct Epifluorescent Filter Technique/Aerobic Plate Count (DEFT/APC) - Screening method
EN 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