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EVS-EN 17972:2024
Food authenticity - Food authenticity and fraud - Concepts, terms and definitions
Scope:
This document provides technical definitions of terms relating to authenticity and fraud when referring to food products. All terms and definitions are in the context of food supply chains, but most of them can also be applied when referring to feed products and the feed supply chain.
Base documents:
EN 17972:2024
EVS-EN 17992:2024
Food authenticity - Determination of the sum of 16-O-methylcafestol, 16-O-Methylkahweol and their derivatives in roasted coffee by ¹H-qNMR
Scope:
This document specifies a method for the determination of soluble 16-O-Methylcafestol and 16-O-Methylkahweol content (the sum of free forms and derivatives, e.g. fatty acid esters, henceforth abbreviated as 16-OMD = “diterpenes”) in roasted coffee (beans or ground), using quantitative proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-qNMR).
If complying with the experimental parameters described below, this test procedure has been proven for the following mass fraction range:
w16-OMD: 20 mg/kg to 2 000 mg/kg.
The mass fraction range can be expanded by suitable changes of the experimental parameters, e.g. a different weighed portion of ground coffee or the accumulation of more NMR-transients.
If complying with the experimental parameters described below, this test procedure has been proven for the following mass fraction range:
w16-OMD: 20 mg/kg to 2 000 mg/kg.
The mass fraction range can be expanded by suitable changes of the experimental parameters, e.g. a different weighed portion of ground coffee or the accumulation of more NMR-transients.
Base documents:
EN 17992:2024
EVS-EN 18003:2024
Food authenticity - Determination of 16-O-Methylcafestol content of green and roasted coffee - HPLC-method
Scope:
This document specifies a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for determining the 16-O-Methylcafestol content in green and roasted coffee.
The method is suitable for a content of 40 mg/kg to 1 600 mg/kg of 16-O-Methylcafestol of green and roasted coffee, respectively. The collaborative study has shown that mass fractions also between 20 mg/kg to 40 mg/kg can be successfully analysed depending on the laboratory equipment.
The compliance assessment process is not part of this document.
The method is suitable for a content of 40 mg/kg to 1 600 mg/kg of 16-O-Methylcafestol of green and roasted coffee, respectively. The collaborative study has shown that mass fractions also between 20 mg/kg to 40 mg/kg can be successfully analysed depending on the laboratory equipment.
The compliance assessment process is not part of this document.
Base documents:
EN 18003:2024
EVS-EN 17677:2024
Food processing machinery - Craft bakery and pastry depositors - Safety and hygiene requirements
Scope:
1.1 This document specifies safety and hygiene requirements for the design and manufacture of craft bakery and pastry depositors as described in the normative Annex A and which:
a) are intended to be:
- only for professional use;
- used by one operator at a time;
- used to deposit only pasty food (i.e.: cream, dough, batter, etc.);
- used to deposit only on trays;
- used as standalone machines;
- used with manual loading of the dough into the hopper;
- used with manual loading and unloading of the tray/s on/from the tray conveyor.
b) can carry out only the following movements and relevant directions (see Figure 1a)):
- Z: vertical movement of the table and/or the deposit unit;
- X: horizontal movement of the tray conveyor;
- Y: possible horizontal component of the movement only of the spouts themselves inside the deposit unit;
c) are fitted with one or more hoppers whose capacity is ≤ 60 dm3 each;
d) have a total length of the tray conveyor ≤ 1 600 mm;
e) have a vertical movement between spouts and tray conveyor (H) ≤ 200 mm (see Figure 1c));
f) have a deposit performance (see 3.5):
- ≤ 60 cycles/minute with up/down movement of the table or the deposit unit;
- ≤ 100 cycles/minute without up/down movement of the table or the deposit unit;
g) have a trays performance (see 3.6) ≤ 4 trays/minute.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to adjustment, operation and cleaning of craft bakery and pastry depositors, when they are used as intended or under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
This document covers requirements for the safe operation of the machine, including loading, depositing, unloading and cleaning.
1.2 The following hazards are not covered by this document:
- hazards arising from the use of an automatic hopper loading system;
- hazards due to packaging, handling or transport;
- hazards arising from electromagnetic compatibility issues;
- hazards due to dismantling and disassembling;
- hazards due to operational stop;
- hazards due to selection of control or operating modes;
- hazards due to failure of the power supply;
- hazards due to surfaces, edges or angles;
- hazards due to uncontrolled movements;
- hazards due to machinery maintenance.
This standard does not deal with any specific requirements on noise emitted from craft bakery and pastry depositor as the generated noise does not cause a relevant hazard.
The significant hazards covered by this document are described in Annex B.
1.3 The following machines are excluded from the scope of this document:
a) machines which deposit pasty food by means of needles (injection);
b) machines where the trays are put onto and/or removed from the tray conveyor automatically;
c) machines which require a blade for the cutting system;
d) domestic appliances;
e) machines for industrial production;
f) machines to deposit other products than food for bakery and pastry products.
1.4 This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard.
a) are intended to be:
- only for professional use;
- used by one operator at a time;
- used to deposit only pasty food (i.e.: cream, dough, batter, etc.);
- used to deposit only on trays;
- used as standalone machines;
- used with manual loading of the dough into the hopper;
- used with manual loading and unloading of the tray/s on/from the tray conveyor.
b) can carry out only the following movements and relevant directions (see Figure 1a)):
- Z: vertical movement of the table and/or the deposit unit;
- X: horizontal movement of the tray conveyor;
- Y: possible horizontal component of the movement only of the spouts themselves inside the deposit unit;
c) are fitted with one or more hoppers whose capacity is ≤ 60 dm3 each;
d) have a total length of the tray conveyor ≤ 1 600 mm;
e) have a vertical movement between spouts and tray conveyor (H) ≤ 200 mm (see Figure 1c));
f) have a deposit performance (see 3.5):
- ≤ 60 cycles/minute with up/down movement of the table or the deposit unit;
- ≤ 100 cycles/minute without up/down movement of the table or the deposit unit;
g) have a trays performance (see 3.6) ≤ 4 trays/minute.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to adjustment, operation and cleaning of craft bakery and pastry depositors, when they are used as intended or under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
This document covers requirements for the safe operation of the machine, including loading, depositing, unloading and cleaning.
1.2 The following hazards are not covered by this document:
- hazards arising from the use of an automatic hopper loading system;
- hazards due to packaging, handling or transport;
- hazards arising from electromagnetic compatibility issues;
- hazards due to dismantling and disassembling;
- hazards due to operational stop;
- hazards due to selection of control or operating modes;
- hazards due to failure of the power supply;
- hazards due to surfaces, edges or angles;
- hazards due to uncontrolled movements;
- hazards due to machinery maintenance.
This standard does not deal with any specific requirements on noise emitted from craft bakery and pastry depositor as the generated noise does not cause a relevant hazard.
The significant hazards covered by this document are described in Annex B.
1.3 The following machines are excluded from the scope of this document:
a) machines which deposit pasty food by means of needles (injection);
b) machines where the trays are put onto and/or removed from the tray conveyor automatically;
c) machines which require a blade for the cutting system;
d) domestic appliances;
e) machines for industrial production;
f) machines to deposit other products than food for bakery and pastry products.
1.4 This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard.
Base documents:
EN 17677:2024
ISO 20948:2024
Vegetable fats and oils — Determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 by immunoaffinity column clean-up and high-performance liquid chromatography
Scope:
This document specifies a method for the determination of the aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in vegetable fats and oils, including peanut oil, sesame oil, olive oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and coconut oil, using immunoaffinity column clean-up and high-performance liquid chromatography with post-column derivatization.
The limits of quantification for the aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, and for the sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, are 1 μg/kg, 0,25 μg/kg, 0,5 μg/kg, 0,25 μg/kg and 1 μg/kg, respectively.
The validation was carried out over the following concentration ranges:
— aflatoxin B1 = 1 μg/kg to 20 μg/kg;
— total aflatoxins = 2 μg/kg to 52 μg/kg.
The limits of quantification for the aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, and for the sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, are 1 μg/kg, 0,25 μg/kg, 0,5 μg/kg, 0,25 μg/kg and 1 μg/kg, respectively.
The validation was carried out over the following concentration ranges:
— aflatoxin B1 = 1 μg/kg to 20 μg/kg;
— total aflatoxins = 2 μg/kg to 52 μg/kg.
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Replaced standards
Drafts
prEN 12875-1
Mechanical dishwashing resistance of utensils - Part 1: Reference test method for domestic articles
Scope:
This European Standard specifies a method for testing the resistance of domestic articles made from ceramic, glass, glass ceramic, vitreous enamel, metal and plastics under the combined chemical, thermal and mechanical stresses of mechanical dishwashing in domestic dishwashers.
It specifies a reference test method for domestic dishwashing only. It does not define the number of dishwashing cycles which any given product shall withstand.
It specifies a reference test method for domestic dishwashing only. It does not define the number of dishwashing cycles which any given product shall withstand.
Base documents:
prEN 12875-1
prEN 12875-2
Mechanical dishwashing resistance of utensils - Part 2: Inspection and evaluation
Scope:
This document specifies the conditions for the visual inspection of domestic articles made from ceramic, glass, glass ceramic, decorated glass, vitreous enamel, coatings, rubber, silicones, metal, and plastics after testing its dishwashing resistance according to the procedures described in the relevant parts of the EN 12875 series.
Base documents:
prEN 12875-2
prEN 14526
Foodstuffs - Determination of saxitoxin-group toxins in shellfish - HPLC method using pre-column derivatization with peroxide or periodate oxidation
Scope:
This document specifies a method [1] for the quantitative determination of saxitoxin (STX), decarbamoyl saxitoxin (dcSTX), neosaxitoxin (NEO), decarbamoyl neosaxitoxin (dcNEO), gonyautoxin 1 and 4 (GTX1,4; sum of isomers), gonyautoxin 2 and 3 (GTX2,3; sum of isomers), gonyautoxin 5 (GTX5 also called B1), gonyautoxin 6 (GTX6 also called B2), decarbamoyl gonyautoxin 2 and 3 (dcGTX2,3; sum of isomers), N sulfocarbamoyl gonyautoxin 2 and 3 (C1,2; sum of isomers) and N-sulfocarbamoyl gonyautoxin 1 and 4 (C3,4; sum of isomers) in (raw) mussels, oysters, scallops and clams. Laboratory experience has shown that this document can also be applied to other marine invertebrates [2], [3] and processed products of those species, however, no complete interlaboratory validation study according to ISO 5725 2:1994 has been carried out so far. The method described was validated in an interlaboratory study [4], [5] and was also verified in a European Union Reference Laboratory for Marine Biotoxins (EURLMB)-performance test aiming the total toxicity of the samples [6]. Toxins which were not available in the first interlaboratory study [4], [5] as dcGTX2,3 and dcNEO were validated in two additional interlaboratory studies [7], [8]. The lowest validated levels [4], [5], [8], are given in µg toxin (free base)/kg shellfish tissue and also as µmol/kg shellfish tissue and are listed in Table 1.
[Table 1]
A quantitative determination of GTX6 was not included in the first interlaboratory study but several laboratories detected this toxin directly after solid phase extraction with ion-exchange (SPE-COOH) clean-up and reported a mass concentration of 30 µg/kg or higher in certain samples. For that reason, the present method is applicable to quantify GTX6 directly, depending on the availability of the standard substance. Whenever GTX6 standard is not commercially available, it is possible to determine GTX6 after hydrolysis of Fraction 2 of the SPE-COOH clean-up, described in 6.4, as NEO. The indirect quantification of GTX6 was validated in two additional interlaboratory studies [7], [8]. A study to compare direct and indirect GTX6 quantification was conducted at the EURLMB [16].
A quantitative determination of C3,4 was included in the first interlaboratory study. The present method is applicable to quantify C3,4 directly, depending on the availability of the standard substance. If no standard substances are available, C3,4 can only be quantified as GTX1,4 if the same hydrolysis protocol used for GTX6 (6.4) is applied to Fraction 1 of the SPE-COOH clean-up [10]. A study to compare direct and indirect C3,4 quantification was conducted at the EURLMB [16].
[Table 1]
A quantitative determination of GTX6 was not included in the first interlaboratory study but several laboratories detected this toxin directly after solid phase extraction with ion-exchange (SPE-COOH) clean-up and reported a mass concentration of 30 µg/kg or higher in certain samples. For that reason, the present method is applicable to quantify GTX6 directly, depending on the availability of the standard substance. Whenever GTX6 standard is not commercially available, it is possible to determine GTX6 after hydrolysis of Fraction 2 of the SPE-COOH clean-up, described in 6.4, as NEO. The indirect quantification of GTX6 was validated in two additional interlaboratory studies [7], [8]. A study to compare direct and indirect GTX6 quantification was conducted at the EURLMB [16].
A quantitative determination of C3,4 was included in the first interlaboratory study. The present method is applicable to quantify C3,4 directly, depending on the availability of the standard substance. If no standard substances are available, C3,4 can only be quantified as GTX1,4 if the same hydrolysis protocol used for GTX6 (6.4) is applied to Fraction 1 of the SPE-COOH clean-up [10]. A study to compare direct and indirect C3,4 quantification was conducted at the EURLMB [16].
Base documents:
prEN 14526