Mineral oil hydrocarbons in foods: is the data reliable?
| Autor: | Jesus Varela, Celine Lesueur, Richard H. Stadler, Sander Koster, Cristina Cruz-Hernandez, Julie Roïz, Julie Moulin, Johannes Hielscher, Hervé Simian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Flour Food Contamination Toxicology Coffee 01 natural sciences Baby food medicine Humans Mineral Oil Chocolate Mineral oil 010405 organic chemistry 010401 analytical chemistry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Reproducibility of Results Food sample General Chemistry General Medicine Contamination Dietary Fats Hydrocarbons Infant Formula 0104 chemical sciences Vegetable oil Infant formula Fruit Ground coffee Environmental science Whole food Food Analysis Food Science medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A. 37:69-83 |
| ISSN: | 1944-0057 1944-0049 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19440049.2019.1678770 |
| Popis: | The contamination of foods with mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) is a serious concern, requiring in most cases tedious mitigation measures that span across the whole food supply chain. A major issue today is the significant variability of the results generated by laboratories. This study was therefore designed to achieve a deeper insight into the analytical procedures used by commercial laboratories, identifying possible gaps and suggesting improvements that will enhance the reliability of the MOH data, an important prerequisite for risk assessment. In total six different food matrices, i.e. infant formula (IF), cocoa butter, cocoa powder, biscuits, fruit-based baby food containing biscuit and roast and ground coffee were subjected to comparative inter-laboratory studies, as well as one vegetable oil analysed within the frame of a professionally conducted proficiency test. The results indicate that on some matrices with possibly low amounts of MOH contamination, the current methodologies cannot reliably conclude whether or not a food sample is indeed contaminated with mineral oils ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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