Eurofins WEJ Contaminants
Neuländer Kamp 1
D-21079
Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 49 29 42222
wej-contaminants@eurofins.de
www.eurofins.de/lebensmittel/labore/eurofins-wej-contaminants
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With more than 200 employees, Eurofins WEJ Contaminants is the Competence Centre of the Eurofins Group for the analysis of organic and inorganic contaminants, mycotoxins & plant toxins and veterinary drug residues in food and feed.
Eurofins WEJ Contaminants is a well-equipped and highly-automated laboratory using state-of-the-art techniques. It is a member of many national and international associations and working groups such as DIN, § 64 Working Groups, CEN, AOAC Working Groups and participates in different national and international EU projects (AveQ, Biofocos, Biocop, MoniQA, European certification campaigns, Mycotoxin Awareness Network, KOMBISPEC)
Services:
Eurofins WEJ Contaminants hosts the following units:
1) Mycotoxin & Plant Toxins Competence Centre:
Analysis of all regulated mycotoxins and as well as a broad spectrum of further relevant mycotoxins and plant toxins such as Alternaria toxins, ergot alkaloids, citrinin, moniliformin, sterigmatocystin, enniatins, beauvericin, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, tropane alkaloids and quinolizidine alkaloids.
2) Veterinary Drug Residues Competence Centre:
Analysis of more than 250 different veterinary drugs, such as nitrofurans, CAP, macrolides, lactames, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, quinolones, coccidiostats, benzimidazoles, nitroimidazoles, phenylbutazone, fipronil, hormones and tranquilizers.
3) Organic Contaminants Competence Centre:
Portfolio of more than 100 different parameters, such as PAHs, BTEX, furans and methyl furans, acrylamide, 3-MCPD and its esters, glycidylesters, nicotine, plasticisers, bisphenol A, sudan and other illegal dyes, residual solvents, nitrosamines, low volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons and mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH/POSH/MOAH)
4) Inorganic Contaminants Production Centre:
Analysis of a vast number of (heavy) metals and trace elements with lead, cadmium, mercury and (inorganic) arsenic amongst them, metal speciation and analysis of radionuclides (caesium 134 and 137 and iodine 131).
State-of-the-art laboratory equipment:
Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC-MS, GC-MS/MS), flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) or mass spectrometric detection (HPLC-MS/MS), high-resolution LC-MS, online-LC-GC-FID, online-LC-GC-MS, atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), inductive coupled plasma with mass spectrometric detection or optical emission spectroscopy ICP-MS, ICP-MS/MS, ICP-OES), LC-ICP-MS, gamma-spectrometry , sample preparation robot capable of preparing up to 400 samples per day.
Accreditations:
• DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005
• Authorised experts for double and cross checks according to § 43 LFGB (German Food and Feed Code).
• Q+S, GMP+ and BNN certified
