BS EN 12014-2:2017

What is BS EN 12014-2- HPLC/IC method for the determination of nitrate content of vegetables and vegetable products about?

BS EN 12014 discusses a method for the determination of nitrate and nitrate content of foodstuffs. BS EN 12014-2 is a European standard that provides a method for the determination of nitrate content of vegetables and vegetable products to ensure they are safe for consumption.

BS EN 12014-2 is the second part of a multi-part series that specifies a high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) and an ion chromatographic (IC) method for the determination of the nitrate level in vegetables and vegetable products. The method applies to samples with a content of 25 mg/kg or greater.

The method under BS EN 12014-2 has been validated on naturally contaminated and spiked samples as beetroot juice with nitrate mass fractions of 194 mg/kg and 691 mg/kg, pureed carrots with nitrate mass fractions of 26 mg/kg and 222 mg/kg and with iceberg lettuce with nitrate mass fractions of 623 mg/kg and 3 542 mg/kg.

Who is BS EN 12014-2- HPLC/IC method for the determination of nitrate content of vegetables and vegetable products for?

BS EN 12014-2 on HPLC/IC method for the determination of nitrate content of vegetables and vegetable products useful for:

• Food scientists
• Food technologists
• Food laboratories
• Food health and safety departments

Why should you use BS EN 12014-2- HPLC/IC method for the determination of nitrate content of vegetables and vegetable products?

Nitrate can affect how our blood carries oxygen. Nitrate can turn hemoglobin (the protein in blood that carries oxygen) into methemoglobin. Elevated levels can turn skin to a bluish or grey color and cause more serious health effects like weakness, excess heart rate, fatigue, and dizziness.

BS EN 12014-2 provides you with apparatus and equipment, procedures, evaluation, identification and quantitative determination, methods such as high-performance chromatography and ion chromatography, precision data, and much more.

The methods and procedures provided by BS EN 12014-2 assist in improving the quality of vegetable and vegetable products and ensure to reduce the risk on human health due to consumption of nitrate content.

By adopting BS EN 12014-2 the user can enhance the efficacy of vegetable and vegetable products to enhance their standard.

What is changed since the last update?

BS EN 12014-2:2017 supersedes EN 12014-2:1997, which is withdrawn. BS EN 12014-2:2017 has made some technical changes compared to the previous edition EN 12014-2:1997. These include:

• The scope has been reduced from 50 mg/kg nitrate to 25 mg/kg nitrate and the upper limit has been deleted
• A new matrix (iceberg lettuce) has been verified in an interlaboratory test.
• Update of the HPLC/IC-conditions and chromatograms in Annex A
• The procedure has been extensively revalidated and precision data in Annex B have been revised.
• The document is editorially revised