BS EN 12393-3:2008

BS EN 12393-3:2008 Foods of plant origin. Multiresidue methods for the gas chromatographic determination of pesticide residues. Determination and confirmatory tests

BS EN 12393-3 gives guidance on some recommended techniques for the determination of pesticide residues in foods of plant origin and on confirmatory tests.

The identity of any observed pesticide residue is confirmed, particularly in those cases in which it would appear that the maximum residue limit has been exceeded.

Contents of BS EN 12393-3:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Scope
• Normative references
• General
• Determination
• Gas chromatography (GC)
• General
• GC columns
• Injection techniques
• Detectors
• Preliminary tests
• Determination
• Confirmatory tests
• General
• Mass spectrometry
• Alternative GC columns
• Alternative GC detectors
• High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
• Column fractionation
• Derivatization
• Chemical reactions
• Physical reactions
• Other methods
• Spectral measurements
• Typical GC operating conditions
• Organochlorine pesticides
• Operating conditions 1
• Operating conditions 2
• Organophosphorus pesticides
• Operating conditions 1
• Operating conditions 2
• Analysis of pesticide residues using mass spectrometry
• Bibliography