Ochratoxin A (OTA) in spices, cocoa and cocoa products

Determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) in spices, cocoa and cocoa products

The European Union Reference Laboratory for Mycotoxins (EU-RL Mycotoxins) will organise by the end of January 2016 an inter-laboratory comparison for the validation of an analytical method (MVS) to determine ochratoxin A (OTA) in spices, cocoa and cocoa products.

The method is based on solvent extraction, immunoaffinity column purification (IAC), and detection/quantitation by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with fluorescence detection (FLD).

Reporting of results:	16 March 2016
Reporting to participants:	September 2016
Sample dispatch:	End of January 2016
Year:	2015-01-01 00:00:00
Contact:	jrc-irmm-eurl-mycotoxec [dot] europa [dot] eu (jrc-irmm-eurl-mycotox[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)