Food & nutrition

News and Updates

Picture of jars containing reference materials 8256, 8257, 8258, and 8259: Wild caught and aquacultured shrimp and salmon

Four NIST Reference Materials Help Authenticate Shrimp and Salmon

July 28, 2022

Four reference materials from NIST will help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Customs and Border Protection agencies assess whether imported salmon and

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NIST Tree Nut Reference Materials Support Food Allergen Testing

June 6, 2022

Researchers from NIST have developed hazelnut and almond flour reference materials that will help ensure accurate and consistent results for industry test kits.

Suite of NIST Reference Materials Reflects Supply Chain and Production Stages of Ginseng Supplements

January 25, 2022

Three NIST reference materials of ginseng in different forms support ginseng supplement manufacturers’ analysis of the authenticity and purity of their products

Projects and Programs

Classification Methods for the NIST Biorepository

Ongoing

We aim to identify chemometric fingerprints using artificial intelligence methods that reflect the temporal and geographic history of seabirds, and by extension

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program

Ongoing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

Ongoing

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

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NIST Food Safety Program

Ongoing

A multi-disciplinary team is helping to ensure food safety and authenticity.

Publications

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1568c Rice Flour

July 29, 2022

Author(s)

Chuck Barber, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Monique Johnson, Shaun Kotoski, Rick L. Paul, Nicholas Sharp, Maria Isabel Vega Martinez, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu, Laura Wood, John Sieber, Stephen Long

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 1568c Rice Flour which has value assignments for over 30 analytes, including

Value Assignment of Reference Material 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection

January 21, 2022

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Ashley Beasley Green, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released RM 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection, which is intended for harmonizing

Value Assignment of Reference Material 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection

January 21, 2022

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Ashley Beasley Green, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released RM 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection, which is intended for harmonizing

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 17g: Sucrose Optical Rotation

January 12, 2022

Author(s)

Michael Nelson, Jerome Mulloor, Brian Lang, Masaaki Ishikawa, Yoshiro Kondo, Blaza Toman