🇵🇱 GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT JAKOŚCI HANDLOWEJ PL

PCA AB 775 • Warszawa, Poland • 65 methods

Food & beverages

GŁÓWNY INSPEKTORAT JAKOŚCI HANDLOWEJ is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 775 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 65 test methods in the following areas: Food & beverages. Test objects include: Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E, Meat and meat products, Honey, (agri-food products) E. Most frequently used techniques: Gravimetric method, High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (…, Titrimetric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 775
  • Methods in scope: 65
  • Types of test objects: 23
  • Techniques used: 30
  • City: Warszawa, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 775
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
ARTYKUŁÓW ROLNO-SPOŻYWCZYCH, Al. Jerozolimskie 98, 00-807 Warszawa, LABORATORIUM W LUBLINIE, ul. Nowy Świat 3
City
Warszawa, Poland

What this laboratory tests (23)

Analytical techniques used (30)

Accreditation scope — test methods (65)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Cereal grain Loose bulk density
Range (43,3 – 85,5) kg/hl
Volumetric-gravimetric method PN-EN ISO 7971-3:2019-03
2 Wheat grain, Rye grain, Wheat flour, Rye flour Falling number
Range (70 - 477) s
Viscometric method (Hagberg-Perten) PN-EN ISO 3093:2010
3 Wheat grain Sedimentation index
Range (10 - 70) ml
Method: Zeleny test PN-EN ISO 5529:2010
4 Wheat grain Gluten content
Range (10 - 40) % Gluten spreading Range (1 - 20) mm
Manual washing - gravimetric method; Ball diameter measurement method PN-77/A-74041
5 Cereal products Degree of comminution
Range (1 - 100) %
Sieving - gravimetric method PN-73/A-74015
6 Wheat flour Gluten content
Range (10 - 40) % Gluten spreading Range (1 - 20) mm
Manual washing - gravimetric method; Ball diameter measurement method PN-77/A-74041
7 Breadcrumbs Degree of comminution
Range (60 - 100) %
Sieving - gravimetric method PN-73/A-74015
8 Gluten-free cereal products Gluten content
Range (5,0-100,0) mg/kg
Enzyme immunoassay method ELISA Test producenta: RIDASCREEN® Gliadin nr R7001 firmy R-Biopharm AG, Darmstadt, Germany
9 Rapeseed Percentage share of erucic acid
Range (0,1 – 5,0) %
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC -FID) PN-EN ISO 12966-1:2015-01 +AC:2015-06 | PN-EN ISO 12966-2:2017-05 | PN-EN ISO 12966-4:2015-07
10 Hops and hop products Alpha and beta acids and their homologues content
alpha acids (1,0 - 50,0) % beta acids (1,0 - 30,0) % Ratio of alpha acid content to beta acid content (calculated) Ratio of beta acid content to alpha acid content (calculated)
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) PN-A-79097: 2001 Załącznik D
11 Meat and meat products Total phosphorus content calculated as P2O5
Range (2300 - 10600) mg/kg Range (0,23 - 1,06) % Content of phosphorus added to the product calculated as P2O5 (calculated)
Gravimetric method PN-A-82060:1999
12 Meat and meat products Hydroxyproline content
Range (0,05 - 1,75) %
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 3496:2000
13 Meat and meat products Collagen content (calculated) Rozporządzenie Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) nr 1169 z dnia 25 października 2011 r. (Dz.U. L 304)
14 Meat and meat products Collagen/meat protein ratio (calculated) Rozporządzenie Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) nr 1169 z dnia 25 października 2011 r. (Dz.U. L 304)
15 Meat and meat products Connective tissue content (calculated) Rozporządzenie Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) nr 1169 z dnia 25 października 2011 r. (Dz.U. L 304)
16 Meat and meat products Nitrite and/or nitrate content
nitrites (10 - 250) mg/kg nitrates (10 - 380) mg/kg
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) PB-17/LL Wydanie 2 z dnia 20.04.2023 r.
17 Meat and meat products Presence of nitrites and/ or nitrates
nitrites from 10 mg/kg nitrates from 10 mg/kg
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) PB-17/LL Wydanie 2 z dnia 20.04.2023 r.
18 Meat and meat products (raw and heat-treated), meat delicatessen products Presence of poultry/ pork/ beef/ horse/ mutton raw material by ELISA method
Range od 1 %
Enzyme immunoassay method PB-03/LL Wydanie 6 z dnia 03.04.2023 r. Opracowana na podstawie instrukcji producenta testu diagnostycznego
19 Fruit and vegetable preserves Total extract content
Range (4,0 - 75,0) %
Refractometric method PN-90/A-75101/02 pkt 2 | PN-90/A-75101/02/Az1:2002
20 Fruit and/or vegetable products Presence of preservatives
benzoic acid from 10 mg/kg sorbic acid from 10 mg/kg
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC – DAD) IFU 63 (Rev. 2005)
21 Fruit and/or vegetable products Preservative content
benzoic acid Range (10,0 – 1500,0) mg/kg sorbic acid (10,0 – 1500,0) mg/kg
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC – DAD) IFU 63 (Rev. 2005)
22 Frozen vegetables Enzymatic activity Macroscopic method PN-90/A-75051 pkt 3.10
23 Herbs and spices Water content
Range (2,5 - 14,0) %
Azeotropic distillation method PN-ISO 939:2001
24 Herbs and spices Essential oil content
Range (0,1 - 16,0) ml/100g suchego of product Essential oil content in ml/100g of product (calculated)
Distillation method PN-EN ISO 6571:2009 | PN-EN ISO 6571:2009/A1:2018-02
25 Herbs and spices Essential oil content
Range (0,1 - 10,0) ml/100g surowca Essential oil content in d.m. in ml/100g of dry product (calculated)
Distillation method PN-91/R-87019 pkt 5
26 Honey Water content
Range (14,0 - 27,0) %
Refractometric method Rozporządzenie MRiRW z dnia 14 stycznia 2009 r. Załącznik do rozporządzenia pkt I (Dz. U. z 2009 r. Nr 17, poz. 94)
27 Honey Specific conductivity
Range (0,010 - 14,000) mS/cm
Conductometric method Rozporządzenie MRiRW z dnia 14 stycznia 2009 r. Załącznik do rozporządzenia pkt VII (Dz. U. z 2009 r. Nr 17, poz. 94)
28 Honey 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content
Range (0,5 - 2500) mg/kg
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) Rozporządzenie MRiRW z dnia 14 stycznia 2009 r. Załącznik do rozporządzenia pkt IV (Dz. U. z 2009 r. Nr 17, poz. 94)
29 Honey Colour
Range (6 - 114) mm on the Pfund scale
Spectrophotometric method PB-21/LL Wydanie 2 z dnia 20.04.2023 r.
30 Mayonnaise Hen egg yolk content
Range (0,5 - 7,0) %
Gravimetric method PN-A-86950:1995 | PN-A-86950:1995/Ap1:2000
31 Sugar Ash content
Range (0,004-0,050) % m/m
Conductometric method ICUMSA GS 2/3/9-17:2011
32 White sugar Sucrose content
Range (99,50 - 99,99) % m/m
Polarimetric method ICUMSA GS2-1 (2022)
33 White sugar Sucrose content expressed on dry matter basis (calculated) ICUMSA GS2-1 (2022)
34 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Water content Gravimetric method Normy Rozporządzenia Komisji UE
35 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Ash content/ Content of insoluble ash Gravimetric method Normy
36 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Mass and content of ingredients Gravimetric method Normy Rozporządzenia Komisji UE
37 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Fat content Gravimetric-extraction method Normy
38 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Nitrogen content Titrimetric method (Kjeldahl method) Normy
39 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Acidity Titrimetric method Normy
40 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Chloride content Titrimetric method Normy
41 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Carbohydrate content Titrimetric method Normy
42 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Calcium content Titrimetric method Normy
43 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Acidity Potentiometric titration method Normy Rozporządzenia krajowe
44 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E pH Potentiometric method Normy Rozporządzenia krajowe
45 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Chloride content Potentiometric titration method Normy
46 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Sugar content High-performance liquid chromatography with refractive index detection (HPLC-RID) Rozporządzenia krajowe
47 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Diastase number/, Proline content/, Colour of white sugar solution Spectrophotometric method Normy Rozporządzenia krajowe
48 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Presence of impurities/ defective products Macroscopic method Normy
49 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Presence of ingredients/ food additives /adulterations Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) Normy Procedury badawcze
50 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Product/ ingredient identity/ Normy
51 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Presence of adulterations Rozporządzenia krajowe
52 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Microscopic method Procedury badawcze
53 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Presence of adulterations/ additives Normy
54 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E for food Rozporządzenia krajowe
55 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Macroscopic method Procedury badawcze
56 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Obecność i zawartość szkodników i ich Normy
57 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E residues Macroscopic/ microscopic method Rozporządzenia krajowe
58 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Presence and content of GMO/ specific DNA Real Time PCR method Procedury badawcze
59 Agricultural products, food Presence of specific DNA Procedury badawcze
60 (agri-food products) E PCR method Procedury badawcze
61 Agricultural products, food (agri-food products) E, Agricultural products, food Identification of hop varieties Procedury badawcze
62 (agri-food products) E nieprzygotowanego na podstawie DNA Multiplex PCR method with capillary electrophoresis Procedury badawcze
63 Agricultural products, food Organoleptic quality attributes Normy
64 (agri-food products) E Simple descriptive test Rozporządzenia krajowe
65 Agricultural products, food (agri – food products) E Sodium content, Salt content (calculated) Potentiometric method Procedury badawcze

Reference standards (37)

ICUMSA GS 2/3/9-17:2011
ICUMSA GS2-1 (2022)
IFU 63 (Rev. 2005)
Normy
Normy Procedury badawcze
Normy Rozporządzenia Komisji UE
Normy Rozporządzenia krajowe
PB-03/LL Wydanie 6 z dnia 03.04.2023 r. Opracowana na podstawie instrukcji producenta testu diagnostycznego
PB-17/LL Wydanie 2 z dnia 20.04.2023 r.
PB-21/LL Wydanie 2 z dnia 20.04.2023 r.
PN-73/A-74015
PN-77/A-74041
PN-90/A-75051 pkt 3.10
PN-90/A-75101/02 pkt 2
PN-90/A-75101/02/Az1:2002
PN-91/R-87019 pkt 5
PN-A-79097: 2001 Załącznik D
PN-A-82060:1999
PN-A-86950:1995
PN-A-86950:1995/Ap1:2000
PN-EN ISO 12966-1:2015-01 +AC:2015-06
PN-EN ISO 12966-2:2017-05
PN-EN ISO 12966-4:2015-07
PN-EN ISO 3093:2010
PN-EN ISO 5529:2010
PN-EN ISO 6571:2009
PN-EN ISO 6571:2009/A1:2018-02
PN-EN ISO 7971-3:2019-03
PN-ISO 3496:2000
PN-ISO 939:2001
Procedury badawcze
Rozporządzenia krajowe
Rozporządzenie MRiRW z dnia 14 stycznia 2009 r. Załącznik do rozporządzenia pkt I (Dz. U. z 2009 r. Nr 17, poz. 94)
Rozporządzenie MRiRW z dnia 14 stycznia 2009 r. Załącznik do rozporządzenia pkt IV (Dz. U. z 2009 r. Nr 17, poz. 94)
Rozporządzenie MRiRW z dnia 14 stycznia 2009 r. Załącznik do rozporządzenia pkt VII (Dz. U. z 2009 r. Nr 17, poz. 94)
Rozporządzenie Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) nr 1169 z dnia 25 października 2011 r. (Dz.U. L 304)
Test producenta: RIDASCREEN® Gliadin nr R7001 firmy R-Biopharm AG, Darmstadt, Germany