Pentachlorophenol (PCP) has long been used as a fungicide in consumer articles made of leather. Over the past 10 years, a close relationship has been found between the use of preservatives containing Pentachlorophenol and the health of their users. The symptoms include headaches, abdominal pains, vomiting and damage to the central nervous system.

The German Federal Government has issued a decree which states the maximum concentration of PCP and its related substances cannot exceed 5 mg/kg or 5 p.p.m., applies to those products have been treated with PCP as well as PCP salts and compounds products. All export products to German market are required to pass the above test.

To meet your needs and provide better testing services, we can provide testing services for the PCP analysis by using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) technique.