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Community Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Regulation (EC) No 776/2006 (icon) designates the JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements as the Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

The primary tasks of the CRL are:
  • to assist laboratories across the EU Member States with the development and validation of analytical methods,
  • to organise comparative tests,
  • to help harmonise official controls, and
  • to help co-ordinate and develop further the analysis of all PAHs.
These activities refer in particular to Commission by Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 (icon) setting maximum levels of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in various types of food, to Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 (icon) laying down sampling and analysis measures for the official control of the levels of BaP in foodstuffs, and to Commission Recommendation 2005/108/EC (icon), which requests further investigation into the levels of polycyclic hydrocarbons in certain foods. To achieve these goals, the CRL works in close collaboration with national reference laboratories (NRLs).





Last Update 09/06/2010