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Material Measurement Laboratory / Chemical Sciences Division

Organic Chemical Metrology Group

Reference Materials for Food Safety

SRMs for Toxic Elements

Reference Material	As	Cd	Pb	Hg
SRM 1515 Apple Leaves		X	X	X
SRM 1547 Peach Leaves	X	X	X	X
SRM 1548b Typical Diet	X	X	X	X
SRM 1566b Oyster Tissue	X	X	X	X
SRM 1567b Wheat Flour	X	X	X	X
SRM 1568b Rice Flour	X	X	X	X
SRM 1570a Trace Elements in Spinach Leaves	X	X	X	X
SRM 1577c Bovine Liver	X	X
SRM 1845a Whole Egg Powder	X
SRM 1974c Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)	X			X
SRM 2383a Baby Food Composite	X
SRM 2384 Baking Chocolate		X	X
SRM 2974a Organics in Freeze-Dried Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)				X
SRM 2976 Trace Elements and Methylmercury in Mussel Tissue (Freeze-Dried)	X			X
SRM 3035 Arsenic Species in Apple Juice	X
SRM 3232 Kelp Powder (Thallus laminariae)	X	X	X	X
SRM 3233 Fortified Breakfast Cereal	X	X
SRM 3252 Protein Drink Mix		X	X
SRM 3254 Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Leaves	X	X	X	X
SRM 3255 Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Extract	X		X
SRM 3290 Dry Cat Food	X	X	X
SRM 3299 Ground Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) Rhizome	X	X	X

Reference Materials for Chemical Contaminants

Reference Material	Target Contaminants
SRM 1565 Mycotoxins in Corn	Mycotoxins
SRM 1945 Organics in Whale Blubber	PCBs, PBDEs
SRM 1974c Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)	PAHs, PCBs
SRM 2387 Peanut Butter	Aflatoxins
SRM 2974a Organics in Freeze-Dried Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)	PAHs, PCBs, PBDEs
SRM 3253 Yerba Mate Leaves	PAHs
RM 8238 Glyphosate in Oats (Low Level)	Glyphosate, AMPA
RM 8239 Glyphosate in Oats (High Level)	Glyphosate, AMPA

Reference Materials for Allergens

SRM 1549a Whole Milk Powder
SRM 1567b Wheat Flour
SRM 1568b Rice Flour
SRM 1845a Whole Egg Powder
SRM 1947a Lake Michigan Fish Tissue (in development)
SRM 2387 Peanut Butter
SRM 3234 Soy Flour

SRM 3235 Soy Milk
RM 8186 Soy Protein Isolate
RM 8187 Soy Protein Concentrate
RM 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection
RM 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection

Created June 11, 2020, Updated December 13, 2024