Analyzable goods
- Vegetable and animal foodstuffs, feedstuffs
- "Allergen-free" products (gluten-free, without nuts)
- Dairy-free products
Scope of analysis
- Allergens according to EU regulation
- Gluten
- various nuts (hazelnut, Brazil nut, cashew nut, walnut)
- almond, pistachio, peanut
- milk, whey protein, lysozyme, egg
- soybean, mustard, sesame, celery, lupine
- Food intolerances
- Biogenic amines (e.g. histamine in wine, beer)
- Lactose
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consultation
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Feed
Scope of analysis
- Fluoride
- Chloride
- phosphate, di-, triphosphate
- sulfurous acid, sulfate
- iodide
- bromide
Contact
Institute for Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- various foodstuffs such as chewing gum, spice mixtures, soups, oils and very fatty samples
Scope of analysis
- butylhydroxytoluene (BHT)
- butyl hydroxyanisole (BHA)
Instrumental equipment
- HPLC-FLD
Contact
office_lms@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Plant and animal foods, feeds and seeds
- Animal food (e.g. fish and fishery products)
- Animal feed (e.g. PET-food)
- Varietal authenticity (e.g. wheat, barley)
Scope of testing
- Differentiation of species (e.g. animal species, plant species and varieties)
- Identification of animal species in food and feed
- Barcoding of animal species in food (sequencing)
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Vegetable food
- Spices
- Herbs
- Teas
- Dried fruits
- Tuberous fruits
- Food supplements
- Nuts
- Nuts
- Berries
- Meat
- Fish
- Seafood
Scope of examination
- Evidence of treatment with ionizing radiation
Additional services
- Customer consultation
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Animal food
- Fish
- Meat
- Cheese
- Alcoholic beverages
- Beer
Scope of investigation
Biogenic amines
Additional services
- Customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- vegetable foodstuffs such as linseed, almonds, cassava, apricot kernels, bitter almonds marzipan, stone fruit preserves
Scope of analysis
- Hydrogen cyanide
Instrumental equipment
- HPLC-FLD
Contact
office_lms@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Qualitative determination of colorants in foodstuffs
Analyzable goods
- Confectionery
- Other food
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Tartrazine (E 102)
- Quinoline Yellow (E 104)
- yellow orange S (E 110)
- True carmine (E 120)
- Azorubin (Carmoisin) (E 122)
- Amaranth (E 123)
- Cochineal red A (Ponceau 4R) (E 124)
- Erythrosine (E 127)
- Red 2G (E 128)
- Allura red AC (E 129)
- Patent blue V (E 131)
- Indigotine (Indigo carmine) (E 132)
- Brilliant blue FCF (E133)
- Green S (E 142)
- Brilliant black PN (Black PN) (E 151)
Contact Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Illegal colorants in food
Analyzable goods
- Basic and dry fixed products, funds
- Coloring agents for food
- Spices, spice mixtures, spice preparations
- Plant foods such as pasta, confectionery, ...
- Edible oils, palm oil
- Seasonings, seasoning sauces
- Additives for meat production
Scope of investigation
- Butter yellow
- Orange II (C.I. 15510)
- Pararot
- Rhodamine B
- Sudan orange G
- Sudan red G
- Sudan Red I (C.I. 12150)
- Sudan red II
- Sudan red III
- Sudan red IV
- Sudan red VII B
- Sudan Black B
- Toluidine Red
Contact
Institute of Food Safety Innsbruck lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at Technikerstraße 70 6020 Innsbruck
Analyzable goods
- Food
Scope of analysis
- Off-flavors
Additional services
- Customer advisory service
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
Foodstuffs
- Edible oils, edible fats and their preparations and products
- Selected foodstuffs (e.g. coffee, flavors) for which limit values are specified in the Extraction Solvent Ordinance
Scope of investigation
- 1,1-dichloroethene
- 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
- Dichloromethane
- 1,1-dichloroethane
- Chloroform
- 1,1,1-trichloroethane
- 1,2-dichloroethane
- Tetrachloromethane
- Trichloroethene
- Bromodichloromethane
- 1,1,2-trichloroethane
- Dibromochloromethane
- Tetrachloroethene
- Tribromomethane
- 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
- Acetone
- Methyl acetate
- Ethyl methyl ketone
- Hexane
- Benzene
- Toluene
- Ethylbenzene
- m+p-xylene
- o-Xylene
- Styrene
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to:
- HS-Trap
- MS/MS
Standard reference
- DIN EN ISO 16035, edition November 2005: Determination of low-boiling halogenated hydrocarbons in edible oils
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Analyzable goods
- various foodstuffs such as chewing gum, spice mixtures, soups, oils and very fatty samples
Scope of analysis
- meat products, ready meals, soups, snacks and other "salty" foods
Instrumental equipment
- Amino acid analyzer
Contact
office_lms@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Plant and animal foodstuffs, animal feed, planting and seed materials
- Fruit and vegetables (e.g. papaya, sugar beet, potato)
- Cereals and cereal products (e.g. corn, soy, rapeseed, rice, linseed)
- Leaf material
Scope of investigation
- Screening
- GMO - Yes/No decision
- Identification
- Identification of gv-lines (gv-events), 60 line-specific methods in use.
- After positive screening result
- Quantification
- Determination of the quantitative content of various gv-lines in a sample
- After identification of the gv-line
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
- Laboratory training GMO analytics
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs in general
Scope of analysis
- Benzoic acid
- Sorbic acid
- Sulphite
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
Food
- Child food, complementary food
- Oils and fats
- Margarine and similar products
- Deep-frying fats
- Fine bakery products
- Bread and bakery products
- Canned meat (smoked)
- Canned fish (smoked)
- Potato or cereal based snacks
- Other fried potato products
- Soy sauce
- Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- Foods containing vegetable oils
- Foods prepared/manufactured with vegetable oils
Scope of testing
- 2-monochloropropanediol (2-MCDP)
- 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCDP)
- 2-monochloropropanediol ester (2-MCDP-E)
- 3-monochloropropane diol ester (3-MCDP-E)
- Glycidyl ester (GE)
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to: MS/MS
Standard reference
- EN 14573:2004 Determination of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol by GC/MS
- AOCS Official Method Cd 29a-13 (2013): 2- and 3-MCPD Fatty Acid Esters and Glycidol Fatty Acid Esters in Edible Oils and Fats by Acidic Transesterification
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs (incl. food supplements)
- Cosmetics
- commodities
- environmental samples (swab samples, gully water, slicer abrasion...)
Scope of investigation
- conventional microbiology (ISO methods)
- Aerobic mesophilic germs
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Coliform germs
- Escherichia coli
- Lactic acid bacteria
- Pseudomonas spp.
- Enterococci
- Yeasts and molds
- Anaerobic mesophilic germs
- Bacillus cereus
- Toxin detection Cereulid
- Clostridium perfringens
- Coagulase positive staphylococci
- Salmonella
- Campylobacter (detection & count)
- Listeria monocytogenes (detection & enumeration)
- Listeria sp. (Listeria innocua....)
- Pathogenic Vibrions (V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V.vulnificus...)
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Cronobacter sakazakii (infant formula)
- Candida albicans (cosmetics)
- Staphylococcus aureus (cosmetics)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (cosmetics)
- Escherichia coli-MPN (live bivalves)
- Beer spoilage bacteria
- real-time PCR
- STEC (shigatoxin producing E.coli) - EN ISO 13136
- EPEC (enteropathogenic E. coli)
- EaggEc (enteroaggregative E. coli)
- Noroviruses - ISO/DTS 15216
- Hepatitis A viruses ISO/DTS 15216
Contact
Institute of Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Institute of Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Institute of Food Safety Innsbruck lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at Technikerstraße 70 6020 Innsbruck
Department of Food Microbiology Graz lebensmittel.graz@ages.at Beethovenstraße 6 A-8010 Graz
Scope of examination
- Determination of the font size according to LMIV
- Identification of herbal ingredients (e.g. tea analyses, food supplements, differentiation from poisonous plants: arugula - greiseweed; wild garlic - lily of the valley, meadow saffron; millet - datura seeds, etc.)
- Identification of ingredients of jams and marmalades, freshly squeezed juices, food supplements, etc.
- Contaminants in animal and vegetable LM, beverages, utensils and cosmetics (e.g. ergot, weed seeds, pest infestations, animal excrements, webs, inorganic contaminants - foreign bodies)
- contamination of food with molds, yeasts and bacteria
- Detection of thickening agents (e.g. soft drinks)
- Detection and identification of starch (e.g. gluten-free products)
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna Institute Food Safety Innsbruck lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at Technikerstraße 70 6020 Innsbruck
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Plant foods e.g.
- Fruit / vegetables / dried fruit / nuts / oilseeds
- Cereals and cereal products
- Tea, coffee, cocoa
- Spices
- Beverages (e.g. fruit juices, concentrates, wine)
- Vegetable oils
- Leaves
- Animal food e.g.
- Meat and meat products
- Milk and milk products
- Fats / oils
- Feed of all kinds
Additional services
- Assessment and customer consulting, including samples from organic production
- Execution of sampling according to EU VO 401/2006 (agricultural contaminants)
- National reference laboratory for mycotoxins
- Laboratory training for the detection of mycotoxins in food and feedstuffs
Scope of investigation, instrumental equipment
For the determination of mycotoxins in raw cereals, feed and food, accredited special analytical methods are used at KONA of AGES GmbH (Table):
| Parameter | Extraction | clean up | Derivatization | Separation method | Detection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimethod Mycotoxins* | Acetonitrile/water/acetic acid | HPLC | MS-MS | ||
| Deoxynivalenol | Acetonitrile/water | IAS | HPLC | DAD | |
| Zearalenone | Acetonitrile/water | IAS | HPLC | FL | |
| Fumonisin B1, B2 | Acetonitrile/Methanol/Water | IAS | OPA | HPLC | FL |
| ochratoxin A | Acetonitrile/water | IAS | HPLC | FL | |
| Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2 | Acetone/water or methanol/water | IAS | PBPB | HPLC | FL |
| Aflatoxin M1 | Water | IAS | HPLC | FL | |
| Ergot alkaloids | ethyl acetate/methanol/propanol | SPE | HPLC | FL | |
| Patulin | ethyl acetate/hexane | SPE | HPLC | DAD | |
| Alternariatoxins | acetonitrile/methanol/water | SPE | HPLC | FL | |
| Citrinin | methanol/water | IAS | HPLC | FL | |
| Sterigmatocystin | Acetonitrile/water | IAS | HPLC | DAD |
*includes the following parameters: Deoxynivalenol (DON), nivalenol, 3-acetylDON, 15-acetylDON, DON-3-glucoside, fusarenone X, T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, monoacetoxyscirpenol, diacetoxyscirpenol, aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2), zearalenone, ochratoxin A, fumonisin B1, and sterigmatocystin IAS = immunoaffinity column; SPE = solid phase extraction PBPB = pyridinium bromide perbromide; OPA = orthophthaldialdehyde HPLC = high performance liquid chromatography FL = fluorescence detector; DAD = diode array detector MS = mass spectrometry (MS-MS = dilute & shoot method using stable isotope dilution analysis and triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry).
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Scope of examination
- Calorific value/energy (calculated)
- Fat
- Fatty acid spectrum (saturated fatty acids etc.)
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Starch
- Sugar
- Sugar alcohols
- Organic acids
- Alcohol
- Dietary fiber
- Water content
- Ash
- Sodium (salt)
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
- Nutritional value calculation based on recipe and literature data
Fat content
Analyzable goods
- All food products
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Total fat
Standard reference
DIN 10342, BVL L 02.00-11, BVL L 03.00-10, BVL L 17.00-4, BVL L 44.00-4, BVL L 06.00-6, BVL L 07.00-6, BVL L 08.00-6, BVL L 13.05-3, DGF K I-2A, AIIBP 2/9B
Notes
Special methods are available for certain product groups (e.g. meat products). Various analytical methods (reference methods, rapid methods) are available.
Protein content
Analyzable goods
- All food products
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Protein
- Nitrogen
Standard reference
DIN 10454, BVL L 02.09-5, BVL L 05.00-15, BVL L 06.00-7, BVL L 07.00-7, BVL L 08.00-7, BVL L 13.05-6, BVL L 13.06-6
Notes
Different analytical methods (Kjeldahl, Dumas) are available.
Ash content
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- All foods
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Ash
- Sand (hydrochloric acid insoluble)
- Sulphated ash
Standard reference
DIN EN 1135, BVL L 26.26-5, DIN 10755, DIN 10802, BVL L 17.00-3, BVL L 18.00-4, BVL L 16.01-2, BVL L 16.03-2, DIN EN ISO 2171, BVL L 06.00-4, BVL L 07.00-4, BVL L 08.00-4, BVL L 05.00-13, DIN 10744, BVL L 02.00-27, BVL L 03.00-30, DGF C-III 10, DIN 10223, DIN 10805, AIIBP 2-3, AIIBP 4-3, AIIBP 4-3a, ISO 5809, AIIBP 6-1
Notes
Different analytical methods (reference methods, rapid methods) are available.
Starch content
Analyzable goods
- all foodstuffs
Scope of analysis
- Starch
Standard reference
DIN EN ISO 10520, BVL L 17.00-5, BVL L 18.00-6, WL 46.1.0
Notes
Special methods are available for certain product groups (e.g. meat products)
Refractive index
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs (liquid or liquefiable)
- Additives (liquid)
Scope of analysis
- Refractive index
- Dry mass (refractometric)
Dry mass
Analyzable goods
- All foodstuffs
Scope of analysis
- Dry matter
- Water content
- Evaporation residue
Remarks
Various analytical methods (reference methods, rapid methods) are available.
Standard reference
- L 05.00-12 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter in eggs and egg products.
- L 06.00-3 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter in meat and meat products.
- L 07.00-3 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter in meat products.
- L 08.00-3 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter in sausage products.
- DGF Unit Methods K-I 1 or L 13.05-1 (Official Collection of Methods of Analysis according to §64 LFGB): Determination of the water content in margarine.
- L 13.06-1 (Amtliche Sammlung von Untersuchungsverfahren nach §64 LFGB): Determination of the water content in half-fat margarines.
- L 17.00-1 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of the loss on drying in bread including cookies made from bread dough.
- L 18.00-12 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of loss on drying in fine bakery products.
- L 20.01/02-3 (Amtliche Sammlung von Untersuchungsverfahren nach §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter in mayonnaise and emulsified sauces.
- L 22.02/04-4 (Amtliche Sammlung von Untersuchungsverfahren nach §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter content in dried pasta.
- L 22.02/04-5 (Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of dry matter content in moist pasta.
- L 39.00-E(EC) and 1(EC) to 10(EC) (Amtliche Sammlung von Untersuchungsverfahren nach §64 LFGB): Analytical methods for the determination of the composition of some sugars intended for human consumption. Annex II, methods 1 and 2.
- L 44.00-3 (Amtliche Sammlung von Untersuchungsverfahren nach §64 LFGB): Determination of the dry matter content in solid chocolate.
- L 57.20.19-1(EG) ((Official collection of test methods according to §64 LFGB): Determination of loss of mass by drying of sodium nitrite (E250).
- ISO 2483 - 1973: Sodium Chloride for Industrial Use - Determination of the Loss of Mass at 110 °C.
- Österreichisches Lebensmittelbuch, IV. Auflage, Kapitel B 8 Vinegar; balsamic vinegars; salad seasonings, sour seasonings; vinegar essence; sauces, creams, vinegar-based preparations; other vinegar-like seasonings.
- AOAC Official Method 2008.06: Moisture and Fat in Meats (Microwave and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis). AOAC International, Official Methods of Analysis, 19th Edition (2012) (39.1.39).
- AOAC Official Method 985.14: Loss on Drying (Moisture) in Meat and Poultry Products (Rapid Microwave Drying Method). AOAC International, Official Methods of Analysis, 19th Edition (2012) (39.1.03).
Total dietary fiber content
Analyzable commodities
- All foods
Scope of analysis
- Total dietary fiber
Note
The availability of at least 3 g of non-fat dry matter is required for this determination. All fatty and/or moist foods must be defatted and/or dried during processing.
Standard reference
- AOAC: Official Methods of Analysis, 16th Edition, Vol. II, Arlington 1995, Chapter 45.4.07, AOAC Official Method 985.29.
- Official collection of analytical methods according to § 35 LMBG: L 00.00-18: Determination of dietary fiber in foodstuffs
Fatty acid spectrum incl. trans fatty acids
Analyzable goods
- Fats and oils
- Isolated fat from food
Scope of analysis
- Fatty acid methyl esters
- Saturated fatty acids
- Monounsaturated fatty acids
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Omega-6 fatty acids
- Trans fatty acids
Standard reference
- EN ISO 12966-2 Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters (Part 2: Preparation of fatty acid methyl esters)
- EN ISO 12966-4 Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters (Part 4: Determination by capillary gas chromatographyAppraisal and customer advice
Instrumentation
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to: FID
Total carbohydrates
Analyzable commodities
- All foodstuffs
Scope of analysis
- Total carbohydrates
Instrumental equipment
High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), coupled to: RI detector
Note
After preparation of an extract, the oligosaccarides are degraded by enzymatic cleavage to monosaccarides. This is followed by the determination of sugars by HPLC measurement and a back-calculation to the total carbohydrate content.
Additional services
Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Fiber hemp
Scope of analysis
- Coumarin
- Quinine
- safrole, methyl eugenol, estragole
- aloin
- phenolic substances: p-hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillin, ferulic acid, ethylvanillin
- Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Cannabidiol
- morphine*
- ethyl morphine*
- codeine*
- papaverine*
- noscapine*
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
- Execution of sampling according to EU VO 401/2006 (agricultural contaminants)
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Institute for Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Analyzable goods
Food
- Vegetable foodstuffs e.g.
- Vegetables (e.g. salads, arugula, carrots, spinach)
- Cereal-based baby foods and other baby foods for infants and young children
- Vegetable juices, fruit juices
Instrumental equipment
- Liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to: MWD/DAD (UV)
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Innsbruck lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at Technikerstraße 70 6020 Innsbruck
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Feed
Scope of analysis
- Malic acid
- Lactic acid
- Acetic acid
- Citric acid
- Succinic acid
- Propionic acid
- Oxalic acid
- Formic acid
- 3-hydroxybutyric acid in eggs
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analysable goods
- Plant foods e.g.
- Fruit & vegetables / dried fruit / nuts / oilseeds
- Cereals and cereal products
- Tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar
- Spices
- Drinks (e.g. fruit juices, concentrates, wine)
- Vegetable oils
- Vegetable leaves
- Animal foods e.g.
- Meat and meat products
- Fish and fish products
- Milk and dairy products
- eggs
- honey
- Fats / Oils
- Feed (feed materials, compound feed, feed oils) - QS FM monitoring test parameters
Additional services
- Expertise and customer advice, including samples from organic production
- National reference laboratory for pesticide residues
- Training programme: Laboratory training
Pesticide multi-method plant protection products
Depending on the food or animal feed, analysis using the multi-method for up to 550 active substances (LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS)
Analysis using single and multi-component methods
- Glyphosate / AMPA, glufosinate / N-acetyl glufosinate
- Chlorate, perchlorate
- Maleic hydrazide
- ethephon
- Fosetyl, phosphonic acid
- bromide
- Dithiocarbamates
- Quaternary ammonium compounds
- (benzyldimethyldecylammonium chloride (BAC-10), benzyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride (BAC-12), benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride (BAC-16), benzyldimethyltetradecylammonium chloride (BAC-14), didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC-10))
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) with different injection techniques coupled to: MS/MS, TOF, ECD, MSD
- Liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled to: MS/MS
- Sample preparation with dry ice or liquid nitrogen
Further information
European Commission - EU reference laboratories for pesticide residues
Public List of Testing (PLT) according to the Accreditation Austria Guideline "Scope of Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies" in conjunction with the supplement to the accreditation notification can be found at the following link: https://www.bmaw.gv.at/Services/Akkreditierung/AkkreditiertePIZ-Stellen.html
Contact
Institute for Food Safety Innsbruck
lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at
Technikerstraße 70
6020 Innsbruck
Analyzable goods
- Plant-based foodstuffs e.g.
- Fruit / Vegetables / Dried fruit / Nuts / Oilseeds
- Cereals and cereal products
- Tea, coffee, cocoa
- Herbs
- Beverages (e.g. fruit juices, concentrates, wine)
- Vegetable oils
- Leaves, plants
- Animal food e.g.
- Meat and meat products
- Fish and fish products
- Milk and milk products
- Fats / Oils
- Consumer goods e.g.
- Toys
- Feed of all kinds
- Soil
- Fertilizers, composts
Additional services
- Assessment and customer consulting, including samples from ecological / organic production
- National reference laboratory for PAH
- Laboratory training - on request
- Execution of sampling according to EU VO 333/2007 (process contaminants)
Scope of investigation, instrumental equipment
For the determination of PAH in food, feed, soil etc. accredited special analytical methods are used in KONA of AGES GmbH:
| Matrix | Work-up/extraction | clean up | Separation procedure | Detection |
| Plant material, etc. | Saponification with methanolic KOH; extraction with cyclohexane | SPE (2x) | HPLC | FL/PDA |
| Soil, composts, sewage sludge, grains, etc. | Extraction with dichloromethane | SPE (2x) | HPLC | FL/PDA |
| Oils, fats | GPC (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate) | HPLC | FL/PDA | |
| Food (general) | Saponification with methanolic KOH; extraction with cyclohexane | SPE (2x) | HPLC | FL/PDA |
| Miscellaneous food | ASE (acetone/hexane) and GPC (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate) | HPLC | FL |
GPC = gel permeation chromatography SPE = solid phase extraction HPLC = high performance liquid chromatography FL/PDA: fluorescence detector or photodiode array ASE = accelerated solvent extraction
Contact
Institute of Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Vegetable food e.g.
- Coffee and coffee substitutes,
- tea and tea-like products,
- beverages containing caffeine,
- Cocoa products (chocolate, cocoa drinks, cakes, ...)
- food supplements (e.g. sexual enhancers, energy/tonic capsules)
Scope of investigation
- Caffeine
- Theophylline
- Theobromine
Instrumental equipment
- Liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to: MWD/DAD (UV)
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Innsbruck lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at Technikerstraße 70 6020 Innsbruck
Analyzable goods
- Vegetable food
- Herbal teas
- Animal food
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Additional services
- Customer advisory service
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- all foodstuffs
- Toys
- Cosmetics
Scope of analysis
- Odor
- Taste
- Odor after cooking test (preparation)
- Taste after cooking test (preparation)
- Consistency
- Appearance, color
- If necessary, abnormalities, defects
Additional services
- Commissioned sensory testing
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Quaternary ammonium compounds
Analyzable goods
- Animal food
- Milk
- Cheese
- Ice cream
- Eggs
- Meat products
- Baby food
- Food supplements
Scope of testing
- Benzalkonium chloride
- Other quaternary ammonium compounds
Melamine & cyanuric acid
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Food contact materials
- Kitchen utensils
- Feed
Scope of analysis
- Melamine
- Cyanuric acid
Diisopropylnaphthalene
Analyzable goods
- Plant food
- Cereals
- Cereal products (pasta,...)
- Cocoa
- Food contact materials
- Packaging
Scope of analysis
- 2,6-Diisopropylnaphthalene
Bisphenols and their glydidyl esters
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Beverages
- Canned food
- Food contact materials
Scope of analysis
- Bisphenols
- BADGE
- BFDGE
4-methylimidazole
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Beverages
- Food additives
- Scope of examination
- 4-methylimidazole
Benzene
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Beverages
Scope of analysis
- Benzene
Furan
Analyzable goods
- Food
Scope of analysis
- Furan
Acrylamide
Analyzable goods
- Food
Scope of analysis
- Acrylamide
Primary aromatic amines
Analyzable goods
- Food contact materials
- Kitchen utensils
- Napkins
Scope of analysis
- Primary aromatic amines
Dioxane
Analyzable goods
- Cosmetics
Scope of analysis
- Dioxane
N-nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA)
Analyzable goods
- Cosmetics
Scope of analysis
- N-Nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA)
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Food e.g.
- Tea, coffee, cocoa
- Beverages (e.g. fruit juices, concentrates, beer)
- Honey
- Table sweets
Additional services
- Examination and customer consulting
Scope of examination
- Sweeteners in food
- Stevioside in food
- Steviol glycosides in sweeteners
- Sugar and sugar alcohols
Instrumental equipment
- LC-MS/MS
- HPLC
Contact
Institute of Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Analyzable matrices
- Food of animal origin
- Meat and other animal tissues
- Fish and other aquaculture products
- Milk and milk products
- Eggs
- Honey
- Samples from animal live stock
- Urine
- Blood
- Feed
Scope of investigation
- Hormones and prohibited veterinary drugs
- Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives
- Thyrostatic agents
- Steroids
- resorcylic acid lactones including zeranol
- beta-agonists
- prohibited substances according to Annex Table 2 of Regulation (EU) 37/2010: chloramphenicol, chlorpromazine, dapsone, nitrofurans, nitroimidazoles
- carbadox and olaquindox
- Authorized veterinary drugs
- Antibiotics (aminoglycosides, ß-lactams, quinolones, macrolides, sulfonamides and tetracyclines)
- Antiparasitics (avermectins, benzimidazoles, levamisole, rafoxanide and others)
- Coccidiostats, including nitroimidazoles
- Tranquilizers
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
- Corticosteroids
Additional services
- National reference laboratory for veterinary drugs and hormones
- Customer advisory service
- AGES laboratory training for detection of veterinary drugs and hormones in food of animal origin
CNS material: glial fiber protein
Analyzable matrices
- Head meat of cattle
Scope of analysis
- Glial fiber protein
Additional services
- Customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Vegetable food e.g.
- Cereals and cereal products (e.g. millet, buckwheat, corn, baking mixes)
- Baby food, complementary food
- Herbs
- Tea (herbal tea)
- Food supplements (capsules, compresses...)
Scope of investigation
- Atropine
- Scopolamine
Instrumental equipment
- Liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled to: MS/MS
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Innsbruck lebensmittel.innsbruck@ages.at Technikerstraße 70 6020 Innsbruck
Fat soluble vitamins
Analyzable goods
- Vegetable food
- Animal food
- Feed
Fat-soluble vitamins:
- Vitamin A
- ß-Carotene
- Vitamin D2
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin E
Instrumental equipment
- HPLC (UV or fluorescence detection)
Water-soluble vitaminsH4: Analyzable goods
- Food
- Feed
Water-soluble vitamins:
- C (ascorbic acid)
- B1 (thiamine)
- B2 (riboflavin)
- Niacin
- B6 (pyridoxine)
- B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Folic acid
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Vegetable food e.g.
- Oils, fats
- Sugo, pesto etc.
- Canned food
- Infant food, baby food
- Food contact materials
- Seals
- Packaging
- Tubes
- Cosmetics
Scope of testing
- Phthalates
- Epoxidized soybean oil
- Plasticizer multi-method
Additional services
- Customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Vinegar
Scope of examination
- Labeling aspects (for pre-packaged goods)
- Sensory analysis
- Composition
- Additives
- Contaminants
- Microscopy
- Determination of total acidity in vinegar
- Hydroxymethylfurfural
- Acetoin
- Ethanol
Additional services
- Expert opinion
- Health Certificates
Permanganate resistance of acetic acid
Analyzable goods
- Acetic acid
Scope of analysis
- Permanganate resistance
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Sulfate in acetic acid
Analyzable goods
- Acetic acid
Scope of analysis
- Sulfate, qualitative
Chloride in acetic acid
Analyzable products
- Acetic acid
Scope of analysis
- Chloride, qualitative
Titratable acid
Analyzable goods
- Acetic acid
- Water for ice cream scoop
Scope of analysis
- Titratable acid
Standard reference
- BVL L 52.04-2: Examination of foodstuffs. Determination of titratable acid (total acid) in vinegar, except wine vinegar.
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
For vinegar:
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
For acetic acid
Institute of Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Fat content
Analyzable goods
- All foods
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Total fat
Standard reference
DIN 10342, BVL L 02.00-11, BVL L 03.00-10, BVL L 17.00-4, BVL L 44.00-4, BVL L 06.00-6, BVL L 07.00-6, BVL L 08.00-6, BVL L 13.05-3, DGF K I-2A, AIIBP 2/9B
Notes
Special methods are available for certain product groups (e.g. meat products). Various analytical methods (reference methods, rapid methods) are available.
Fatty acid spectrum incl. trans fatty acids
Analyzable goods
- Fats and oils
- Isolated fat from food
Scope of analysis
- Fatty acid methyl esters
- Saturated fatty acids
- Monounsaturated fatty acids
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Omega-6 fatty acids
- Trans fatty acids
Standard reference
- EN ISO 12966-2 Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters (Part 2: Preparation of fatty acid methyl esters)
- EN ISO 12966-4 Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters (Part 4: Determination by capillary gas chromatography)
Instrumentation
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to: FID
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Cholesterol content
Analyzable goods
- Egg pasta
- Mayonnaise
- Fine bakery products
- Egg liqueur
- Egg products
- Foodstuffs bearing quantitative indications with regard to egg content
Scope of analysis
- Cholesterol
- Egg content
Standard reference
- BVL L 20.01 13 Determination of cholesterol content in mayonnaise and salad mayonnaise containing egg yolk
- BVL L 18.00 17 Determination of cholesterol content in starch-containing foods
- BVL L 05.00 16 Determination of cholesterol content in eggs and egg products
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to: MS
Peroxide number
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Fats
- Oils
- Oilseeds
- Fatty foods
- Lecithin
Scope of analysis
- Peroxide value
Standard reference
- DGF unit method C-VI 6a - Part 1 (05): Peroxide value. Part 1: Method according to Wheeler
- DGF Unit Method C-VI 6a - Part 2 (02): Peroxide value. Part 2: Method according to Sully
Acid value
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- Fats
- Oils
- Oilseeds
- Fatty foodstuffs
Scope of examination
- Acid value
- Free fatty acids (acidity)
Standard reference
- DGF unit method C-V 2 (06): Determination of acid value and free fatty acids (acidity)
- DGF unit method C-III 4 (06): Free fatty acids
Smoke point
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- Fats and oils
Scope of analysis
- Smoke point
Standard reference
- DGF unit method C-IV 9 (02): Smoke point
Instrumental equipment
- Smoke point apparatus
Degree of fat spoilage
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- Frying fats
- Boiling fats
Scope of analysis
- Fritest
- Oxifrit test
Polar fractions
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Frying oils
- Frying fats
Scope of analysis
- Polar fractions
Standard reference
DGF unit method C-III 3e (06): Polar fractions in frying fats; rapid method with mini silica gel columns
Instrumental equipment
- Frying oil tester
Notes
Various analytical methods (reference methods, rapid methods) are available.
Polymerized triacylglycerides in frying fats
Analyzable commodities
- Animal and vegetable fats and oils
Scope of analysis
- Polymerized (di- and oligomeric) triacylglycerides
Instrumental equipment
- High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), suitable for HPSEC, coupled to: RI detector
Standard reference
- DGF Unit method C-III 3c (10): Polymerized triacylglycerides
- EN ISO 16931: Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of polymerized triglycerides by high-performance exclusion chromatography (HPSEC)
Isomeric diacylglycerides
Analyzable products
- Food products
- Vegetable edible oils
Scope of analysis
- 1,2-diacylglycerides
- 1,3-Diacylglycerides
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to: FID
Standard reference
- DGF Unit Methods C-VI 16 (08) Isomeric diacylglycerols (Determination of 1,2- and 1,3-diacylglycerols (diacylglycerides) in vegetable oils
- DGF Unit Methods C-VI 15 (08), Annex 11
- ISO 29822, Vegetable fats and oils - Determination of relative amounts of 1,2- and 1,3-diacylglycerols
Thermal degradation products of chlorophyll A
Analyzable products
- Foodstuffs
- Olive oil
- Olive pomace oil
Scope of analysis
- Pyropheophytin a
- Pheophytin a
- Pheophytin a'
- Pheophytin b
- Pheophytin b'
Instrumental equipment
- High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to: DAD
Standard reference
- Regulation (EEC) No. 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oils and olive-pomace oils
- DGF Standard Method C-VI 15 (08): Determination of thermal degradation products of chlorophyll a in virgin oils
K-values
Analyzable products
- Olive oil
Scope of analysis
- K232
- K268
- K270
- ∆K
Standard reference
- Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 299/2013 on the characteristics of olive oils and olive-pomace oils and methods for their determination.
- ÖNORM EN ISO 3656: Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of ultraviolet absorption expressed as specific UV absorbance.
- L 13.00-25 (Official Collection of Methods of Examination according to §64 LFGB): Examination of foodstuffs. Determination of ultraviolet absorption, expressed as specific UV absorbance, of animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Relative pollen abundance in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Pollen, qualitative and quantitative
- Other components of honey sediment (fine-grained sediment, yeasts, fungal spores, algae, impurities)
Standard reference
- DIN 10760: Determination of relative pollen abundance in honey
Instrumental equipment
- Microscopic examination
Water content in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of examination
- Water content
Instrumental equipment
- Bending oscillator
Hydroxymethylfurfural in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)
Standard reference
- DIN 10751-1: Analysis of foodstuffs - Analysis of honey - Determination of the hydroxymethylfurfural content. Part 1: Photometric method according to Winkler.
Electrical conductivity of honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Electrical conductivity
Standard reference
- DIN 10753: Determination of electrical conductivity in honey
- Official collection of test methods according to § 35 LMBG: L 40.00-5: Determination of electrical conductivity in honey
pH-value in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of examination
- pH-value
Standard reference
- DIN 10756: Determination of the free acid content
Free acids in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Free acids
Standard reference
- DIN 10756: Determination of free acid content
Water insoluble substances in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Water insoluble substances
Standard reference
- DIN 10743: Analysis of honey - Determination of the content of water-insoluble substances
Diastase activity in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Diastase activity
Standard reference
- DIN 10750: Determination of diastase activity in honey
- Official collection of test methods according to § 35 LMBG: L 40.00-1: Determination of diastase activity in honey
Saccharase activity according to Siegenthaler
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Saccharase activity
Standard reference
- DIN 10759 Part 1: Analysis of honey. Determination of saccharase activity. Part 1: Method according to Siegenthaler
Oligiosaccharides in honey
Analyzable goods
- Honey
Scope of analysis
- Oligosaccharides, qualitative
Contact
Institute for Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Ingredients and additives
Scope of investigation
- UV filter
- 3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate (IPBC)
- Arbutin, kojic acid and hydroquinone
- Preservative
- organic acids
- Diethylene glycol in toothpaste
- Oxidation dyes in hair dyes
- Climbazole, piroctone olamine and zinc pyrithione in hair shampoos
- musk compounds in fragrances
- allergenic fragrances
- methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone
- parabens (p-hydroxy-benzoic acid esters), phenoxyethanol and benzyl alcohol
- Camphor, menthol and linalool
- ethanol, 2-propanol
- Methyldibromoglutaronitrile
- Coenzyme Q10
UVA protection
Analyzable goods
- Sunscreen
- Scope of analysis
- UVA protection in vitro determination
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Heating indicators
Analyzable goods
- Milk
- Cheese
Scope of analysis
- ß-lactoglobulin
- Phosphatase
- Peroxidase
Ingredients
Analyzable goods
- Milk, dairy products
Scope of analysis
- Dry matter
- Fat
- Crude protein
Physical key figures
Analyzable goods
- milk, butter
Scope of analysis
- freezing point, density of milk
- ph-value of butter
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Chloride content in salt
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Table salt
- Salt preparations
Scope of analysis
- Chloride
Standard reference
- AOAC Official Method 935.43: Volhard Method
Potassium ferrocyanide in salt
Analyzable products
- Foodstuffs
- Table salt
- Specialty salts
Scope of analysis
- Potassium ferrocyanide
Standard reference
EuSalt 004/2008 (European Salt Producers' Association): Sodium Chloride - Analytical Standard: Determination of Water-Soluble Hexacyanoferrate(II). Prussian Blue Photometric Method (Former numbering: ECSS/CN 136-1974 & ESPA/CN-E-111-1996 & EuSalt/AS 004-2005)
Insoluble fractions in salt
Analyzable products
- Foodstuffs
- Table salt
- Specialty salts
Scope of analysis
- Water insoluble
- Acid insoluble
Standard reference
ISO 2479/1972: Sodium chloride for industrial use - Determination of matter insoluble in water or in acid and preparation of principal solutions for other determinations
Iodine content in salt
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- Table salt
- Specialty salts
Scope of analysis
- Total iodine
Standard reference
- EuSalt 002/2005 (European Salt Producers' Association): Sodium Chloride - Analytical Standard: Determination of Total Iodine. Titrimetric Method with Sodium Thiosulphate
- Federal Law on the Marketing of Table Salt, Federal Law Gazette No. 112/1963
Nitrite content in pickling salt
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- Pickling salt
Scope of analysis
- Nitrite
Standard reference
- BVL L 56.01.04-1: Examination of foodstuffs - Determination of the nitrite content in nitrite curing salt. Potassium permanganate iodide method
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
EN 71-1 Mechanical and physical properties
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of testing
- Tests of various physical quantities and toy properties
Standard reference
EN 71-1: Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
EN 71-1 Kinetic energy of projectile toys
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of investigation
- Kinetic energy
- Instrumental equipment
- Bullet velocity meter
Standard reference
EN 71-1 Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
EN 71-1 Sound pressure level
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of analysis
- A-weighted emission sound pressure level LpA
- A-weighted emission sound pressure level using time weighting F, LpAFmax
- C-weighted emission sound pressure level LpCpeak
Instrumental equipment
- Sound level meter
Standard reference
EN 71 Part 1: Requirements for toys that emit sound
EN 71-1 Magnetic flux index
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of analysis
- maximum magnetic flux density
- pole area
- magnetic flux index
Instrumental equipment
- Gaussmeter
Standard reference
EN 71 Part 1: Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties - Requirements for toys with magnets or magnetic components
EN 71-1 Strength of a laser
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of examination
- Power
Instrumental equipment
- Laser check
Standard reference
- EN 60825-1: Safety of laser equipment
- EN 62115: Electrical toys - Safety
Note Screening by laser check of toys containing lasers and/or light emitting diodes
EN 1400 Constructional and mechanical properties of pacifiers
Analyzable goods
- Commodities
- Soothers
- Protective caps for the sucking part
- Products that have the appearance of a pacifier
- Products that serve as a pacifier
Scope of testing
- Testing of various physical sizes and product properties
Standard reference
ÖNORM EN 1400: Child use and care articles - Soothers for babies and young children - Safety requirements and test methods
EN 71-2 Flammability
Analyzable goods
- Articles for everyday use
- Toys
Scope of analysis
- Flammability
- Burning time
- largest burned hair length (or smallest remaining hair length)
- largest dimension of burned area
- Flame propagation speed
Standard reference
- ÖNORM EN 71-2: Safety of toys - Flammability
- ÖNORM EN ISO 6941: Textiles - Burning behaviour - Measurement of flame spread characteristics of vertically arranged samples
EN 71-3 Migration of certain elements
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
- Baby articles
- Scope of analysis
- Aluminum
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Barium
- Boron
- Cadmium
- Chromium
- Cobalt
- Copper
- Lead
- Manganese
- Mercury
- Nickel
- Selenium
- Strontium
- Tin
- Zinc
Standard reference
- EN 71-3: Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
Note
- Quantitative determination of the concentration of certain elements after migration (gastric acid simulant: 0.07 M hydrochloric acid; 2 hours; 37°C); the elements in the migration solution are measured by ICP-MS
EN 71-3 Organotin compounds
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
- Baby articles
- Scope of analysis
- Methyltin
- Di-n-propyltin
- Butyltin
- Dibutyltin
- Tributyltin
- n-octyltin
- Tetrabutyltin
- Diphenyltin
- Di-n-octyltin
- Triphenyltin
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled with: MS
Standard reference
EN 71-3: Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
Saliva fastness and perspiration fastness
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
- Child Care Products
- Scope of testing
- Saliva fastness (determination of color fastness - part 1: test with saliva simulant)
- Sweat fastness (determination of color fastness - part 2: test with sweat simulant)
Standard reference
- DIN 53160-1
- DIN 53160-2
- DIN EN 20105-A03
- ÖNORM S 1555
Plasticizers
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
- Baby articles
Scope of analysis
- Dibutyl phthalate
- Benzyl butyl phthalate
- Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
- Di-n-octyl phthalate
- Di-isononyl phthalate
- Di-isodecyl phthalate
- Di-isobutyl phthalate
- Di-isoheptyl phthalate
- Bis(2-methoxyethyl)phthalate
- Triphenyl phosphate
- Tri-o-cresyl phosphate
- Tri-m-cresyl phosphate
- Tri-p-cresyl phosphate
- Hexamoll
- Tributyl acetyl citrate
- bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
- Triethyl citrate
- Di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled with: MS
Standard reference
EN 71 parts 9, 10, 11
Azo dyes in commodities
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Cellulose fibers
- Protein fibers
- Synthetic fibers
- Leather
Scope of investigation
- 4-aminodiphenyl
- Benzidine
- 4-chloro-o-toluidine
- 2-naphthylamine
- o-Aminoazotoluene
- 2-amino-4-nitrotoluene
- p-chloroaniline
- 2,4-diaminoanisole
- 4,4'-Diaminodiphenylmethane
- 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine
- 3,3'-dimethoxybenzidine
- 3,3'-dimethylbenzidine
- 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane
- p-cresidine
- 4,4'-methylene-bis[2-chloroaniline]
- 4,4'-oxydianiline
- 4,4'-thiodianiline
- o-Toluidine
- 2,4-toluylenediamine
- 2,4,5-trimethylaniline
- o-Anisidine
- 4-aminoazobenzene
Instrumental equipment
- High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to:
- MS
Standard reference
- ÖNORM EN 14362-1, Textiles - Method for the determination of certain aromatic amines from azo dyes
- ÖNORM EN ISO 17234-1 or -2, Leather - Chemical tests for the determination of certain azo dyes in dyed leather
Nickel release
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of analysis
- Nickel release
Note
- Quantitative determination of nickel release using a sweat simulant solution (1 week; 30°C); the solution is measured by ICP-MS.
Standard reference
EN 1811: Reference test method for the determination of nickel release from all rods inserted into pierced parts of the body and articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.
Benzene
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of analysis
- Benzene
Instrumental equipment
- Headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC) coupled with:
- MS
Standard reference
EN 71 Part 9, Annex A (informative), Analytical methods for volatile solvents
Formaldehyde release
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Toys
Scope of analysis
- Formaldehyde
- Instrumental equipment
- Photometer
Standard reference
- ÖNORM EN 71- 9: Safety of toys - Part 9: Organic chemical compounds - Requirements
- ÖNORM EN 717-3: Wood-based panels Determination of formaldehyde emission Part 3: Formaldehyde emission by the bottle method
- Food Safety Business Unit, Institute for Food Safety Linz
Dimethyl fumarate
Analyzable goods
- Consumer goods
- Toys and baby articles made of/with textile materials
Scope of analysis
- Dimethyl fumarate
- Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled with: MS
Standard reference
- ISO/TS 16186:2012 Footwear- Critical substances possibly present in footwear and footwear components - Test method for the quantitative determination of dimethyl fumarate (DMFU) in footwear materials.
- Narizzano, Riccardo et al (2009) Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of dimethyl fumarate in consumer products, Journal of Chromatography A, 2009, 1216, 6762-6766.
Nitrobenzene
Analyzable goods
- Consumer goods
- Toys
- Scope of analysis
- Nitrobenzene
Instrumental equipment
- Gas chromatography (GC) coupled with: MS
Standard reference
EN 71-3: Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
pH value of toys
Analyzable goods
- Commodities
- Finger paints
- Aqueous solutions
Scope of analysis
- pH value
Standard reference
- EN 71-7
- STANDARD EN ISO 787-9:1995
- DIN 19263 pH measurement - pH electrodes
- DIN 19268: pH measurement - pH measurement of aqueous solutions using pH electrodes with pH glass electrodes and estimation of measurement uncertainty
Side-by-side test
Analyzable goods
- Articles of daily use
- Plastics in toys
- Plastics in child care articles
Scope of analysis
Halogens (Cl, Br, J), qualitative
Additional services
Expert opinion and customer consulting
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Scope of analysis
- Methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methanol, 2-butanol, 1-propanol, isobutanol, allyl alcohol, 1-butanol, isoamyl alcohols, ethyl lactate, 1-hexanol, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol
- Alcohol determination in spirits, beer, alcopops and propolis
- Hydrogen cyanide
- thujone, camphor
- phenolic substances (barrel storage indicators)
- ethyl carbamate*
Contact
Institute Food Safety Vienna lebensmittel.wien@ages.at Spargelfeldstraße 191 1220 Vienna
Melting point
Analyzable goods
- Food
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Melting point (onset point, meniscus point, clear point)
- Melting range
Standard reference
- Ph. Eur. (European Pharmacopoeia 8.0), 8th edition, chapter 2.2.60
Instrumental equipment
- Melting point apparatus
Boiling point and solidification point
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs
- Additives (liquid pure substances)
Scope of analysis
- Boiling point
- Solidification point
Additional services
- Expert opinion and customer consulting
Refractive index
Analyzable goods
- Foodstuffs (liquid or liquefiable)
- Additives (liquid)
Scope of analysis
- Refractive index
- Dry matter (refractometric)
Relative density
Analyzable goods
- Liquid food and additives
Scope of analysis
- Density
Standard reference
- IFU 1A: International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers, Method 1A: Relative Density (Method using density meter)
Instrumental equipment
- Bending transducer
Optical rotation
Goods to be analyzed
- All foods
- Additives
Scope of analysis
- Optical rotation (rotation capacity, specific rotation)
- Sugar degree
Standard reference
L 39.00-E(EG) and 1(EG) to 10(EG) (Official Collection of Methods of Examination according to §64 LFGB): Methods of analysis for the determination of the composition of certain sugars intended for human consumption - Method 10: Determination of the degree of rotation (polarization)
Contact
Institute Food Safety Linz lebensmittel.linz@ages.at Wieningerstraße 8 4020 Linz
Leitung
Mag. Dr. Friedrich Sövegjarto
- office.lms@ages.at
- +43 50 555-35001
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Spargelfeldstraße 191
1220 Wien
Last updated: 03.10.2024
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