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Committee:

CTN 34/SC 4 - Food analysis. Horizontal methods

Secretary:
FIAB - FEDERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE INDUSTRIAS DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN Y BEBIDAS
Structure:

GT 2 Sweeterners

GT 3 Pesticides

GT 5 Biotoxins: mycotoxins and phycotoxins

GT 6 Microbiology of the food chain

GT 9 Vitamins and caretenoids

GT 10 Trace elements (heavy metals)

GT 11 Genetically modified foodstuffs

GT 12 Food allergens

GT 13 Process contaminants

International Relations:

ISO/TC 34/SC 9  Microbiology

ISO/TC 34/SC 16  Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis

CEN/TC 275  Food analysis - Horizontal methods

CEN/TC 463  Microbiology of the food chain

* Some activities of this TC correspond to other AEN/CTN.

Standards developed by the committee: CTN 34/SC 4: 356

UNE-EN ISO 16140-7:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-07-16

Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 7: Protocol for the validation of identification methods of microorganisms (ISO 16140-7:2024)

UNE-EN 15842:2020

Status: VIGENTE2025-06-06

Foodstuffs - Detection of food allergens - General considerations and validation of methods

UNE-EN 15634-2:2020

Status: VIGENTE2025-06-06

Foodstuffs - Detection of food allergens by molecular biological methods - Part 2: Celery (Apium graveolens) - Detection of a specific DNA sequence in cooked sausages by real-time PCR

UNE-EN 15633-1:2020

Status: VIGENTE2025-06-06

Foodstuffs - Detection of food allergens by immunological methods - Part 1: General considerations

UNE-EN 17266:2020

Status: VIGENTE2025-06-06

Foodstuffs - Determination elements and their chemical species - Determination of organomercury in seafood by elemental mercury analysis

UNE-EN 17280:2020

Status: VIGENTE2025-06-06

Foodstuffs - Determination of zearalenone and trichothecenes including deoxynivalenol and its acetylated derivatives (3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol and 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol), nivalenol T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin in cereals and cereal products by LC-MS/MS

UNE-EN 17254:2020

Status: VIGENTE2025-06-06

Foodstuffs - Minimum performance requirements for determination of gluten by ELISA

UNE-EN ISO 22174:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-04-09

Microbiology of the food chain - Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection and quantification of microorganisms - General requirements and definitions (ISO 22174:2024)

UNE-EN ISO 16140-2:2016/A1:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-04-09

Microbiology of the food chain — Method validation — Part 2: Protocol for the validation of alternative (proprietary) methods against a reference method — Amendment 1: Revision of qualitative method comparison study data evaluation, relative level of detection calculations in the interlaboratory study, calculation and interpretation of the relative trueness study, and inclusion of a commercial sterility testing protocol for specific products (ISO 16140-2:2016/A1:2024)

UNE-EN ISO 16140-4:2021

Status: VIGENTE2025-04-09

Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 4: Protocol for method validation in a single laboratory (ISO 16140-4:2020)

UNE-EN ISO 16140-4:2021/A1:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-04-09

Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 4: Protocol for method validation in a single laboratory - Amendment 1: Validation of a larger test portion size for qualitative methods (ISO 16140-4:2020/Amd 1:2024)

UNE-EN ISO 7218:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-03-26

Microbiology of the food chain - General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations (ISO 7218:2024)

UNE-EN 12396-1:2000

Status: VIGENTE2025-03-05

NON-FATTY FOODS - DETERMINATION OF DITHIOCARBAMATE AND THIURAM DISULFIDE RESIDUES - PART 1: SPECTROMETRIC METHOD

UNE-EN 12396-2:2000

Status: VIGENTE2025-03-05

NON-FATTY FOODS - DETERMINATION OF DITHIOCARBAMATE AND THIURAM DISULFIDE RESIDUES - PART 2: GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD

UNE-EN 14332:2005

Status: VIGENTE2025-03-05

Foodstuffs - Determination of trace elements - Determination of arsenic in seafood by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) after microwave digestion

UNE-EN 14627:2006

Status: VIGENTE2025-03-05

Foodstuffs - Determination of trace elements - Determination of total arsenic and selenium by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) after pressure digestion

UNE-CEN ISO/TS 15213-3:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-02-12

Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. - Part 3: Detection of Clostridium perfringens (ISO/TS 15213-3:2024)

UNE-EN ISO 6887-1:2017/A1:2025

Status: VIGENTE2025-02-12

Microbiology of the food chain - Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination - Part 1: General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions - Amendment 1: Requirements and guidance on the use of larger test portion size for qualitative method (ISO 6887-1:2017/Amd 1:2024)

UNE-CEN/TS 16621:2015 EX

Status: VIGENTE2024-12-09

Food analysis - Determination of benzo[a]pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene and benzo[b]fluoranthene in foodstuffs by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FD)

UNE-EN 14123:2008

Status: VIGENTE2024-12-09

Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1 and the sum of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in hazelnuts, peanuts, pistachios, figs, and paprika powder - High performance liquid chromatographic method with post-column derivatisation and immunoaffinity column cleanup