PPS 4326

Project Plan 2026

Tobacco and tobacco products — Determination of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in tobacco products — Method using LC-MS/MS

Sector: Food and Agriculture
Project Method: Not Available
Project Type: Update
International Classification for Standards (ICS)
Code Classification
65.160 Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment
Adopted Standard
Standards / Amendment / Corrigendum
1 ISO 21766:2021
Replaces
Will Replace
PS 4326-2021
Scope

This document specifies a method for the quantification of four tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in tobacco and the following tobacco products: cigarettes, cigars and smokeless tobacco products using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The TSNAs determined with this method are:

N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN),

N-nitrosoanatabine (NAT),

N-nitrosoanabasine (NAB) and,

4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK).