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Recent developments in the estimation of trace toxic substances in food
Author(s) -
Self R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
biomedical mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0306-042X
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200060902
Subject(s) - trace (psycholinguistics) , mycotoxin , environmental science , environmental chemistry , contamination , biochemical engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , chemistry , business , engineering , biology , food science , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
A survey has been made of about 120 papers appearing in the food literature in which mass spectrometry has been employed to measure toxic contaminant levels. The areas covered are, mycotoxins, nitrosamines, polyhalogenated hydrocarbons and other industrial contaminants. All the essential analytical details have been collected and the limitations of the present day methods are discussed. The reader may conclude that sometimes there is a lack of essential information and that a more standard reporting procedure for quantitative assays is needed.