PD CEN/TS 17061:2019

What is PD CEN/TS 17061-Guidelines for the calibration and quantitative determination of pesticide residues about?

PD CEN/TS 17061 discusses foodstuffs. PD CEN/TS 17061 is an international standard on the determination of pesticide residues in foodstuffs to ensure foodstuff is safe for consumption.

PD CEN/TS 17061 specifies guidelines for the execution of calibration and quantitative evaluation of chromatographic procedures for the determination of pesticides and organic contaminants in residue analysis. In addition, the essential requirements for calibration are outlined.

Under PD CEN/TS 17061 the calibration of analytical procedures and the evaluation of analytical results need to be conducted according to uniform principles to allow for a comparison of analytical results (even from different analytical procedures). They constitute the basis of any method validation and the quality assurance within laboratories

Note: PD CEN/TS 17061 does not consider issues of identification/qualification and extraction efficiency.

Who is PD CEN/TS 17061-Guidelines for the calibration and quantitative determination of pesticide residues for?

PD CEN/TS 17061 on guidelines for the calibration and quantitative determination of pesticide residues is useful for:

• Food scientists
• Food laboratories
• Food technologists
• Food health safety departments
• Quality assurance departments

Why should you use PD CEN/TS 17061-Guidelines for the calibration and quantitative determination of pesticide residues?

Detection of pesticide residues is important as chemical compounds are deadly to pests. It is important to ensure that pesticides do not have poisonous effects on insects to humans and other aspects of nature.

PD CEN/TS 17061 provides you with calibration of chromatographic procedures, execution and calculation of calibrations, general specifications, procedural calibration, qualification of the chromatographic system, performance criteria for GC and HPLC measurements, quality control chart.

The procedures and specifications provided by PD CEN/TS 17061 assist in detecting pesticide residues and organic contaminants in foodstuffs and ensure to minimize the risk of negative health impacts.

By adopting PD CEN/TS 17061 the user can enhance the quality of food stuffs and increase the standard of the product

What is changed since the last update?

PD CEN/TS 17061:2019 supersedes CEN/TS 17061:2017, which is withdrawn. PD CEN/TS 17061:2019 has made some technical changes compared to the previous edition CEN/TS 17061:2017. These include:

• Annex A (informative) containing a list of abbreviations was added
• The document has been editorially revised
• Annex A (informative) contains a list of abbreviations