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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 ...

How can we better detect unauthorized GMO in the food and feed chain

6, Number 517 (2017) Keywords: detection DNA walking Monitoring new workflow next-generation-sequencing qPCR unauthorized GMO Abstract: Current GMO detection systems have limited abilities to detect ...

Evaluation of the potential health risks of substances migrating from polycarbonate replacement baby bottles.

non-intentionally added substances). For the listed substances, concentrations in the migration solutions were compared to their respective specific migration limits (SML) (when applicable). Migration of all ...

Study of the possible migration risks of food contact materials for children under 3 years

migration limits) showed that for some baby bottles, several not authorised compounds exceeded the generally adapted “no-detection limit” of 10 µg kg-1. Substances, such as 2,4-di-tertbutylphenol (up to 118 ...

Evaluation of the migration of chemicals from baby bottles under standardised and duration testing conditions.

with the EU legislative migration limits) showed that several non-authorised compounds were observed in some baby bottles exceeding 10 µg kg(-1). However, all authorised compounds were detected well ...

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