This standard specifies the liquid chromatography for determining polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food (naphthalene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[]pyrene, indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene, dibenzo[]anthracene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene), as well as the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for determining the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in foods (naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[]pyrene, indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene, dibenzo[]anthracene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene).