Low level pesticides and alternaria toxins in ready-to-eat babyfood (pear)

Ring test P2720-RT is designed to fit to Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/1040 and 2021/1041. A selection of the pesticides mentioned in this regulations are spiked to the test material. Low limits of quantitation, at least equal to the mentioned maximum residue levels are required in order to be able to analyse the pesticides at the spiked levels.

Alternaria toxins and patulin are offered as an additional module. LOQs of 2 µg/kg and lower are required for alterariol and alternariol monomethyl ether, and an LOQ of 20 µg/kg and lower is required for tenuazonic acid. An LOQ of at least 5 µg/kg is required related to patulin.

Parameters

Test material

aldrin, dieldrin, aldrin and dieldrin (combined expressed as dieldrin), cadusafos, demeton-S-methyl, demeton-S-methyl sulfone, oxydemeton-methyl, oxydemeton-methyl (sum of oxydemeton-methyl and demeton-S-methylsulfone expressed as oxydemeton-methyl), endrin, ethoprophos, fensulfothion, fentin (including its salts, expressed as triphenyltin cation), fipronil (sum fipronil + sulfone metabolite (MB46136) expressed as fipronil), haloxyfop (sum of haloxyfop, its esters, salts and conjugates expressed as haloxyfop), heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide expressed as heptachlor), hexachlorobenzene, nitrofen, omethoate, propineb (expressed as propilendiamine), terbufos

Additional module

alternariol, alternariol monomethyl ether, tenuazonic acid, patulin

Expected time schedule

Please register before:
01 February 2027

Dispatch of samples:
10 May 2027

Deadline for reporting results:
01 June 2027

Costs of P2720-RT

Ring test and material	Amount	Price per unit
Low level pesticides and alternaria toxins in ready-to-eat babyfood (pear)	–	720 €
Test material Ready-to-eat babyfood pear purée, spiked.	100 g	included
Additional module Alternaria toxins and patulin.		300 €
Blank material Ready-to-eat babyfood pear purée, unspiked.	100 g	70 €

Note: PROOF-ACS reserves the right to cancel tests in case of less than ten participants.