BS EN 17644:2022

This standard BS EN 17644:2022 Foodstuffs. Detection of food allergens by liquid chromatography. mass spectrometry (LC-MS) methods. General considerations is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.050 General methods of tests and analysis for food products

This document establishes an overall framework covering qualitative and quantitative methods for the determination of food allergens and allergenic ingredients using mass spectrometry-based methods for the determination of specific peptides/proteins. This document provides general guidelines and performance criteria applicable to this methodology. Guidelines, minimum requirements and performance criteria laid down in this document are intended to ensure that comparable and reproducible results are obtained by different analysts, instrumentation and laboratories.