Organic contaminants

Organic contaminants are undesirable, harmful substances, which are found at trace level in foodstuffs. They are not present in food due to a deliberate action, but find their way into it through contact with air, water or soil. Or are generated during manufacturing, as process contaminants such as acrylamide or 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD).

Food producers need to ensure that their products are toxicologically safe and in compliance with all legal requirements through the use of analytical testing.

Organic Contaminants Testing

Eurofins companies offers a wide variety of analysis of organic contaminants including:

4-methylimidazole (4-MI)	Furans
Acrolein	Glycidyl esters
Acrylamide	Illegal dyes: sudan dyes and other illegal dyes
Chlorate, perchlorate	Residual solvents (such as BTEX and VCH)
Chlorophenols, such as pentachlorophenol (PCP)	Formaldehyde
Dichloropropanols (DCP)	Nicotine
Dicyandiamide (DCD)	Plasticisers, such as phthalates / adipates
Ethyl carbamate	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
PFAS includes "regular" sulfonates/carbonates etc, PFOS precursors and "novel" PFA
Disinfectants, e.g. quaternary ammonium compounds, such as DDAC and BAC
Melamine and other structurally related compounds such as cyanuric acid, ammelide and ammeline
Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons (MOSH), Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH) and Polyolefin Oligomeric Saturated Hydrocarbons (POSH)
3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) and 2- and 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters (2- and 3-MCPD esters)
Semicarbazide (SEM), photoinitiators (isopropyl thioxanthone: ITX; 2-ethylhexyl 4-dimethylaminobenzoate: EHDAB)

For more information about Eurofins companies food testing services please contact our sales team at IE03_SalesFood@eurofins.ie.