PD CEN/TR 16468:2013

What is PD CEN/TR 16468 - Pesticide residues in food about? 

PD CEN/TR 16468 is a standard that serves technical specifications for Pesticide residues in food, enabling the prevention of acute poisoning and long-term health effects. 

PD CEN/TR 16468 lists mass spectrometric parameters which are useful for the application of European Standards for the determination of pesticide residues in foods that use GC-MS, such as the following standards: 

• EN 1528 (all parts), Fatty food — Determination of pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 
• EN 12393 (all parts), Foods of plant origin — Multiresidue methods for the gas chromatographic determination of pesticide residues 
• EN 15662, Foods of plant origin — Determination of pesticide residues using GC-MS and/or LC-MS/MS following acetonitrile extraction/partitioning and clean-up by dispersive SPE — QuEChERS-method 

In PD CEN/TR 16468, to facilitate the determination of pesticides and/or metabolites using GC-MS, Table 1 specifies the diagnostic ions suitable for quantification, which can be used. 

Who is PD CEN/TR 16468 - Pesticide residues in food for? 

PD CEN/TR 16468 on pesticide residues in food applies to: 

• Food inspection services 
• Testing laboratories 
• Safety assurance services 
• Research and development departments 
• Regulatory bodies 
• Manufacturers of pesticides 

Why should you use PD CEN/TR 16468 - Pesticide residues in food? 

Pesticide residue analysis employs multiple methods involving extraction of residues from foods and clean-up of the extract to obtain as many analytes as possible in the purified extracts. Afterwards, the extracts can be analysed by different kinds of instruments. 

PD CEN/TR 16468 provides users guidance on the gas chromatographic-mass spectrometry method to determine pesticide residues. PD CEN/TR 16468 also provides users with a step-by-step procedure for the method, enabling users to do the method correctly. 

PD CEN/TR 16468 provides users guidance on analyte specific retention times and a table of parameters of 691 analytes in the form of pesticide name, chemical abstract service, RRT HP5MS, Ion1, Ion2 and more, enabling the detection of various pesticide residues in foods. 

With obedience and compliance to PD CEN/TR 16468, users can detect and identify pesticide residues in food, enabling users to limit and prevent their presence in food that complies with required regulations.