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Το Ελληνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας & Καινοτομίας παρέχει πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στους τομείς των τροφίμων. Προσφέρουμε ενημέρωση σχετικά με όλες τις σύγχρονες και καινοτόμες αναλυτικές τεχνικές καθώς και για τις τελευταίες τάσεις στην έρευνα και στην ασφάλεια τροφίμων.
Συμμετοχή στο 7th European Food Safety & Standards Conference που θα διεξαχθεί στην Αθήνα στις 13 και 14 Νοεμβρίου. Η συμμετοχή αφορά την έρευνα που διεξάγεται στα εργαστήρια του HRIC με θέμα την ανάπτυξη και επικύρωση μεθόδου προσδιορισμού ανόργανου αρσενικού σε ρύζι και ρυζάλευρο με την τεχνική ICP-MS.
Arsenic constitutes one of the most toxic trace elements found in the environment both as organic and inorganic forms. The total inorganic As (inAs) is the sum of As(III) and As(V), which are considered carcinogenic. Besides being carcinogen, it also causes a wide range of adverse health effects such as skin lesions, abnormal glucose metabolism, cardiovascular diseases etc. However, the susceptibility to the toxic effects differs considerably between individuals and populations depending on factors such as age, gender and nutritional habits. The main source of human exposure to inAs is via the food chain. Among agricultural products, rice as a bio-accumulative plant and staple food for half the world’s population, contributes significantly to inAs human intake. Despite its high toxicity, regulatory limits of inAs in foodstuffs have been established recently by regulation EU 2015/1006. Specifically, maximum levels of inAs for non-parboiled milled rice and parboiled, husked rice must be 0.20 and 0.25 mg/kg, respectively. Significantly lower limits have also been set for commodities such as rice-based products and food destined for the vulnerable portion of consumers, like infants and young children (0.30 and 0.10 mg/kg, respectively). Consequently, the selective determination of inAs is nowadays considered a challenge for food analysts. The present work describes the development of a method for determination of inAs in rice flour by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). New optimized preparation procedures are applied avoiding microwave assisted digestion step. The conjunction of HPLC by ICP-MS (most common analytical technique internationally applied) makes the analysis simple and rapid. Accuracy and trueness were tested by measuring certified reference materials. It is a well established in-house developed method under ISO 17025 requirements.
Συμμετοχή στο 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis που θα διεξαχθεί στην Πράγα στις 7 με 10 Νοεμβρίου. Η συμμετοχή αφορά την έρευνα που διεξάγεται στα εργαστήρια του HRIC με θέμα την ανάπτυξη και επικύρωση μεθόδου προσδιορισμού λιποδιαλυτών βιταμινών σε βρεφικό γάλα με τη χρήση HPLC-DAD.
The aim of this study was the development of a fast, accurate, low cost and eco-friendly method for routine analysis of fat soluble vitamins A and E in cereal and milk based infant formulas (IF). Two main pretreatment methods were hyphanated to High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) – diode array detector (DAD): (1) a generic method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of all samples and (2) a simple screening method for detecting the form of vitamins initially added into the IF (without saponification) to check each IF’s label claim. Parameters such as use of a-amylase, antioxidants (L-ascorbic acid and butylated hydroxyl-toluene (BHT)), sampling, time of saponification, number and time of extractions, reconstitution volume were studied and optimized. Regarding validation, trueness, linearity and repeatability were estimated, with %RSD of 1.8 % for vitamin A and 3.1% for vitamin E, respectively. Trueness was tested by both the standard addition method and by certified reference material (CRM, NIST 1849a) analysis.
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V. G. Samaras, N.S. Thomaidis, A.S. Stasinakis, G. Gatidou, T.D. Lekkas (2010). Determination of selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in wastewater by gas chromatography mass-spectrometry. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 90, 219-229.
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