Analysis of inorganic contaminants
Arsenic and the heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury are apparant in all parts of the environment. The sources for the heavy metal emmissions are partly of natural origin (volcanoes, weathering), partly anthropogenic as a consequence of industrialisation (fumes, waste water, special waste and car exhausts). The heavy metals find their way into vegetable food through intake from the soil or water, or atmospheric sediments and even further into animal food. In the case of improperly produced cans, tin may migrate from those cans into the contained food.
Is your product toxicologically safe and in compliance with all legal requirements?
The competence center of Eurofins Food & Feed Testing laboratories in Germany for the analysis of inorganic contaminants offers the examination of various metals and trace elements in a great variety of food and feed. Additionally, the analysis of radioactivity in food samples, such as the radionuclide caesium-137, is part of the portfolio.
Legal bases and guidelines
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 (Contaminants-Regulation)
- Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (maximum residue levels of pesticides)
- Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (undesirable substances in animal feed)
Membership and approvals of individual Eurofins laboratories(*)
Flyer and brochures
Other interesting pages
(*)Find more details about memberships of our individual laboratories at www.eurofins.de/food-analysis/laboratories