What is BS EN 17203 about?
BS EN 17203 discusses foodstuffs. BS EN 17203 is a European standard that aims to improve the quality of food products and eliminate the risk of mycotoxins in food products. BS EN 17203 describes a procedure for the determination of the citrinin content in food (cereals, red yeast rice (RYR)), herbs and food supplements by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). BS EN 17203 specifies a method that has been validated for citrinin in red yeast rice and in the formulated food supplements in the range of 2,5 microgram/kg to 3 000 microgram/kg and in wheat flour in the range of 2,5 microgram/kg to 100 microgram/kg.
Laboratory experiences have shown that the method specified in BS EN 17203 is also applicable to white rice, herbs such as a powder of ginkgo biloba leaves and the formulated food supplements in the range of 2,5 microgram/kg to 50 microgram/kg.
Who is BS EN 17203 for?
BS EN 17203 on determination of citrinin in food is useful for:
- Packaged food industries
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Research and analytical laboratories
- Food technologists
- Biochemist
Why should you use BS EN 17203?
Citrinin is a mycotoxin that is found in food products. Citrinin is found in stored grains, and can also be found in plant and fruit-based food products after a prolonged storing period. Citrinin can cause kidney damage and other diseases. Hence it is important for organizations to identify the citrinin content in their food products.
BS EN 17203 helps you perform the HPLC-MS method to determine the citrinin content in food products. This method given in BS EN 17203 helps you to separate and detect additives, ingredients, nutritional components, and contaminants in food.
BS EN 17203 enables you to determine the citrinin content in food products thereby ensuring the quality and safety of your food products.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 17203:2021 supersedes EN 17203:2018. BS EN 17203:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 17203:2018. These include:
- The necessity to prepare calibration solutions freshly every day was deleted
- The requirement for cross-contamination below 1 % was deleted
BS EN 17203:2021 has been editorially revised. These include:
- 7.5.1 First sentence was re-worded in better language
- 7.5.2 The last part “when negative ion mode is used”of second para before Table 2, starting with “When an adduct ion is used as precursor ion” was deleted as not applicable for this method
- 7.5.2 Table 2, the last column for the 2nd qualifier was re-introduced again