Analysis on heavy metals and non-metals

Heavy metals are tested in our laboratory – lead, cadmium, mercury and tin as defined in the EU Regulation no. 2023/915.

Lead – it is being determined in milk, infant formulas, meat, fish, shellfish and seafood, cereals, vegetables, mushrooms, fruits, fats and oils, fruit juices, wine.

Cadmium – it is being determined mainly in all sorts of meat, fish, shellfish and seafood, cephalopods, cereals, vegetables and soybeans.

Mercury – maximum permitted level (MPL) value is defined mainly for fish products.

Tin – it is being determined mainly in canned food (packed in tin packaging).

Apart from heavy metals, we also test the content of other metals and non-metals – iron, sodium, potassium, calcium, lithium, barium  and others.

The tests are being conducted with the following instruments:

• Atomic absorption spectrophotometer – Flameless technique (FL-AAS) novAA 350

• Atomic absorption spectrophotometer – Hydride system (HS-AAS) HS 50

• Atomic absorption spectrophotometer – Graphite furnace (GF-AAS) Aanalyst 600

• Microwave Multiwave 3000