Advice of the Scientific Committee of the Belgian Food Safety Agency on the list of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to control in

The Scientific Committee is asked to give an opinion on the list of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to be included in the analysis of feed and on the action limits to be used. Currently, 12 PAHs (acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, dibenzo(a, h)anthracene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, fluoranthene, phenanthrene, and pyrene) are analyzed in feed while 4 PAHs (benz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene) are analyzed in the human diet. ; BE; nl; secretariaat.scicom@favv-afsca.be