Sciensano conducts various chemical analysis including analysis on plant toxins, mycotoxins, marine toxins, bacterial toxins, pesticides, environment and process contaminants, Trace elements, additives, Food Contact Materials and antibiotics.
Plant toxins
Tropane alkaloids in food and food supplements
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food and food supplements
Mycotoxins
Food of plant origin
Aflatoxins and OTA in herbs and cacao
Patulin in fruit
Citrinin in red rice, food and food supplements
Multi-mycotoxinanalysis in food and feed (DON, aflatoxins, HT2 & T2 toxin, OTA, ZEN and fumonisins)
Ergot alkaloids
Alternaria
Enniatins and beauvericin
Fusaric Acid
Moniliformin
Other types A and B trichothecene
Food of animal origin
OTA in kidney, liver and black pudding
AFM1 in milk
Mycotoxin-metabolites in urine and feaces
Other matrices
Malformin C in yeast cultures
Marine toxins
ASP toxins in bivalve molluscs and crab
Lipofilic toxins in bivalve molluscs
PSP toxins in bivalve molluscs
Bacterial toxins
Pesticides
Food of plant origin
Multi-residu pesticides in Grains GC
Multi-residu pesticides in Grains LC
Multi-residu pesticides in Vegtables and fruit GC
Multi-residu pesticides in Vegtables and fruitLC
Multi-residu pesticides in Honey GC
Multi-residu pesticides in Honey LC
Single-residu or single-class pesticides
Amitraz and its degradation products
Bromide
Chlormequat and mepiquat
Dithiocarbamate
Ethefon
Glyphosate and AMPA
Maleïque hydrazide
Morfoline
nitrate
Organotins and apolar pesticides
acidic pesticides
In Feed
Chlormequat in milk
Glyphosate in AMPA
Maleïque hydrazide in milk
Multi residu pesticides in fat rich products
Organochloride compounds in fat rich products
Pyrethroide in fat rich products
In water
Glyphosate and AMPA
Multi-residu pesticides LC + GC
Environment and process contaminants
Food
BFRs
PAHs
PCBs
PFASs
Trace Elements
Food of plant origin
As, Al, Cd, Cu, Cr, F, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Zn and others on demand
As-species (Asi, DMA, arsenobetain and others on demand)
moisture content
Food of animal origin
As, Al, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Zn and others on demand
As-species (Asi, DMA, arsenobetain and others on demand)
moisture content
Food Supplements
As, Al, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Zn and others on demand
As-species (Asi, DMA, arsenobetain and others on demand)
Se-species (selenite, selenomethionin and others on demand)
moisture content
Feed
As, Al, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Zn and others on demand
As-species (Asi, DMA, arsenobetain and others on demand)
Se-species (selenite, selenomethionin and others on demand)
moisture content
Raw material
As, Al, Cd, Cu, Cr, F, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Ti, Zn and others on demand
moisture content
Additives
Food
Steviol glycosides in food
Sweeteners in food
Food contact materials
organic contaminants
BADGE and degradation products in fatty food
Epoxidized Soybean oil (ESBO), in oily food packaged in glass jars
Phthalates in baby food in milk
Phthalates, bisphenol A and photo-initiators in dry food
Migration of Bisphenols and alkylphenols from food contact materials
Migration of Formaldehyde from food contact materials
Migration of Melamine from food contact materials
Migration of Primary aromatic amines from food contact materials
Analysis in context of the general European regulation (1935/2004)
Analysis in context of the specific European regulation (10/2011) form materials and tools
Analysis in context of the specific European regulation (1895/2005) according to the limitation of the use of certain epoxyderivates
Bisphenol A analysis in context of the specific Belgian law for its use in materials and tools for young children
Anorganic contaminants
From ceramic
Cd and Pb (according to 8⅘00/EG and 2005/31/EC), As, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Se, Sb and others on demand
From metal/alloy (according to the resolution of the European counsil Res(2013)9 and the Royal Decree of 17 February 2021 on metal and alloy materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs)*
Al, Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cd, Cu, Co, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, Sn, Sb, Tl, V, Zn
From aluminium (according to the resolution of the European counsil Res(2013)9 and the Royal Decree of 17 February 2021 on metal and alloy materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs)*
Al
From other materials or other demands according to food contact materials
on demand
*In practice, the tests are carried out according to the Guideline for the implementation and execution of the Royal Decree of 17 February 2021 on materials and
objects made of metal and alloy that are intended to be brought into contact with foodstuffs. Test conditions are determined according to the JRC guidelines: Testing conditions for kitchenware articles in contact with foodstuffs: Plastics and Metals: Jakubowska, N., Beldi, G., Robouch, P. and Hoekstra, E.
Antibiotics
Determination of nitrofuran metabolites
Determination of beta-agonists and multiresidu veterinary medicine use in beef
Els Van Hoeck for more info and prices of planten toxin-, mycotoxin-, marine toxin-, bacterial toxin- and food contact material analysis
Laure Joly for more info and prices of pesticide-, environment and process contaminant- and antibiotic analysis
Karlien Cheyns for more info and prices of trace element analysis
Séverine Goscinny for more info and prices of additive analysis
Heidi Demaegdt for more info and prices of anorganic contaminant analysis