EN 12014-2:2017

Foodstuffs - Determination of nitrate and/or nitrite content - Part 2: HPLC/IC method for the determination of nitrate content of vegetables and vegetable products

Publication date:   Mar 15, 2018

General information

90.93 Standard confirmed   Oct 20, 2023

CEN

CEN/TC 275 Food analysis - Horizontal methods

European Norm

67.080.20   Vegetables and derived products

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Scope

This European Standard specifies a high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) and an ion chromatographic (IC) method for determination of the nitrate level in vegetables and vegetable products. This method is applicable for samples with a content of 25 mg/kg or greater.
It has been validated on naturally contaminated and spiked samples as beetroot juice with nitrate mass fractions of 194 mg/kg and 691 mg/kg, pureed carrots with nitrate mass fractions of 26 mg/kg and 222 mg/kg and with iceberg lettuce with nitrate mass fractions of 623 mg/kg and 3 542 mg/kg.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

882/2004

Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 onofficial controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules

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EN 12014-2:1997

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EN 12014-2:2017
90.93 Standard confirmed
Oct 20, 2023