Call for continuous collection of chemical contaminants occurrence data in food and feed

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Background

In the framework of Articles 23 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 EFSA has received from the European Commission a mandate (M-2010-0374) to collect all available data on the occurrence of chemical contaminants in food and feed. These data are used in EFSA’s scientific opinions and reports on contaminants in food and feed.

Submission of data

National food authorities, research institutions, academia, food business operators and other stakeholders are invited to submit data on occurrence of contaminants with a focus on the substances and related substances listed below. This list is not exhaustive: the full list of contaminants and additives that can be reported and their corresponding codes are published with this call in the file ‘Contaminants+additives_PARAM.xlsx’.

Process Contaminants

  • Furan, 2-methylfuran, 3-methylfuran, 2,5-dimethylfuran, 2-ethylfuran and 2-pentyfuran
  • Acrylamide
  • PAHs
  • 3-MCPD, 3-MCPD esters, 2-MCPD esters and glycidyl esters
  • Ethyl Carbamate
  • Nitrosamines (NDMA, NDEA)

Organic contaminants

  • Dioxins and PCBs
  • Non dioxin-like PCBs
  • Brominated Flame Retardants
  • PFAS
  • Chlorinated Paraffins
  • Polychlorinated napthalenes
  • Mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH)
  • Melamine and analogues
  • Benzene
  • Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF)
  • Perchlorate

Inorganic

  • Cadmium
  • Lead
  • Arsenic (inorganic and total)
  • Mercury (methyl mercury and total mercury)
  • Fluorine in feed
  • Nitrates and Nitrites
  • Inorganic tin
  • Aluminium
  • Nickel

Mycotoxins

  • Aflatoxins (B1 in feed, B1, B2, G1 and G2 and Total in food, M1 in dairy)
  • Ochratoxin A
  • Deoxynivalenol (and acetylated derivatives and DON-3-glucoside)
  • Zearalenone and modified forms
  • Fumonisins and modified forms
  • Alternaria toxins (alternariol, alternariol monomethyl ether, tenuazonic acid, tentoxin)
  • Patulin
  • T-2 and HT-2 and modified forms
  • Nivalenol and modified forms
  • Ergot sclerotia
  • Ergot alkaloids
  • Enniatins
  • Sterigmatocystin
  • Beauvericin
  • Citrinin
  • Moniliformin
  • Diacetoxyscirpenol
  • Phomopsins

Plant toxins

  • Opium alkaloids
  • Quinolizidine alkaloids
  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
  • Glucosinolates
  • Glyco-alkaloids
  • Tropane alkaloids
  • Grayanotoxins
  • Hydrocyanic acid
  • Erucic acid
  • Tetrahydrocannabinol
  • Specific for feed
    • Free Gossypol
    • Theobromine
    • Ricin
    • Abrin
    • Crotin I

Organochlorine compounds specific for feed

  • Aldrin
  • Dieldrin
  • Camphechlor
  • Chlordane
  • DDT
  • Endosulfan
  • Endrin
  • Heptachlor
  • Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
  • Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH-alpha, beta and gamma isomers)

Data must be submitted in electronic format (XML) to the EFSA Data Collection Framework (DCF) https://dcf.efsa.europa.eu/dcf-war/dc. User credentials are required to access the DCF web interface, please contact data.collection [at] efsa.europa.eu (data[dot]collection[at]efsa[dot]europa[dot]eu) to obtain the credentials.

EFSA will only accept data in SSD2 (Standard Sample Description version 2) format. In case data are compiled manually using the EFSA tools available at https://zenodo.org/record/3714967#.XqG-tMgzbIU the XML file must be generated for direct submission to the DCF. A short video describing how to send data to EFSA is available here. The guidance ‘Chemical monitoring reporting Guidance: 2020 data collection’ should also be consulted for reporting requirements and is available at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/pub/en-1796

The major release of the catalogues (31/01/2020) and SSD2 structural metadata can be downloaded from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.779880. Guidance on the installation and use of the EFSA Catalogue browser can be found at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/pub/en-1726

The DCF will open for the 2019 data collection on contaminants from 15 April 2020 to 1 October 2020.

Contact details

Please address any technical enquiries regarding the reporting of data to data.collection [at] efsa.europa.eu (data[dot]collection[at]efsa[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Feed additives