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Nanomaterials for food applications: Analytical challenges and practical solutions for enforcing labeling of nanoingredients in food products in the European Union
limitations of existing analytical techniques, and the lack of validated studies and reference materials. This book chapter summarizes these challenges and, in addition, suggests a screening strategy for ...
Open Lab Application for the Characterization of Nanomaterials by Transmission Electron Microscopy
dedicated infrastructures remain limited to specialized research institutions. Over the last years the National Reference Laboratory for Nanomaterials in Food of Sciensano (Belgium) has acquired high level ...
Simultaneous determination of parabens, bisphenols and alkylphenols in human placenta by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry
limits of detection and quantification are in the range of 0.1-0.3 ng g−1 and 0.2-0.7 ng g−1, respectively. The applicability of the method was demonstrated on 71 human placenta samples from a Belgian ...
Monitoring of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in beehive products and derivatives on the Belgian market
was performed (N = 374), the concentration levels were more limited with a maximum of 60 ng/g and the contamination pattern was dominated by senecionine-type PA s. The PA levels in honey based candies ...
Development of a QuEChERS-Based UHPLC-MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Determination of Six Alternaria Toxins in Grapes
and anhydrous magnesium sulfate (0.5 g) was established to recover the six Alternaria toxins. After validation by determining the linearity (R2 > 0.99), recovery (77.8–101.6%), sensitivity (limit of ...
Arsenic speciation in food in Belgium. Part 2: Cereals and cereal products.
and pasta showed significantly lower concentrations compared to wheat. All 30 rice samples were conform to the European maximum limits for As, laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006. Although ...
Risk to human and animal health related to the presence of 4,15-diacetoxyscirpenol in food and feed
the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) assessed the risk of DAS to human and animal health related to its presence in food and feed. Very limited information ...
Analysis of mineral oil in food: results of a Belgian market survey
for a limited number of food groups and only from few countries. In Belgium, data on the contamination of food by mineral oil are lacking. In this contribution, an in-house validated online combination ...
A more sensitive, efficient and ISO 17025 validated Magnetic Capture real time PCR method for the detection of archetypal Toxoplasma gondii strains in meat.
demonstrated. For this, a bioassay is still the reference method. As an alternative, various PCR methods have been developed, but due to the limited amount of sample that can be tested, combined with a low tissue ...
Development and performance assessment of a luminex xMAP® direct hybridization assay for the detection and identification of indoor air fungal contamination.
(2017) Keywords: Air Pollution, Indoor DNA Probes environment Fungi Limit of Detection Nucleic Acid Hybridization Abstract: Considered as a public health problem, indoor fungal contamination is generally ...