BS EN 16852:2017

This standard BS EN 16852:2017 Foodstuffs. Determination of ethyl carbamate in stone fruit spirits, fruit marc spirits and other spirit drinks. GC-MS method is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.160.10 Alcoholic beverages

This European Standard specifies a gas chromatographic method using mass spectrometric detection for the determination of ethyl carbamate (EC) in stone fruit spirits, fruit marc spirits and other spirit drinks. The method has been validated in an interlaboratory study for stone fruit spirits and fruit liqueurs, at levels ranging from 0,253 mg/l to 1,11 mg/l. However, linearity of the instrument response was proven for the concentration ranges 0,10 mg/l to 4,0 mg/l (simplified method) and 0,025 mg/l to 3,0 mg/l (procedure including sample clean-up), respectively.