The suitability of the proposed method for the determination of
PAH4 in food was assessed by analysing non-fortified and fortified
samples. The selected samples were smoked meat and fish, bivalve
mollusks, and processed cereal-based food for infants. All of them
belong to different food categories for which maximum levels of
BaP have been set in EC Regulation (European Commission,
2006), namely The concentration of PAHs at which samples were
spiked matched the maximum level set for BaP in each type of
foodstuff. Experiments were made in triplicate.