Main description:

As a key component of human survival, a safe and sufficient food supply is essential for a healthy and productive population throughout the world, so assurance that the food supply is clean and free of harmful substances is a global concern. In Mass Spectrometry in Food Safety: Methods and Protocols, experts in the field provide context to the subject through reviews of regulations in various countries, the current state-of-the art, and specific, detailed scientific methods being employed today. The volume thoroughly covers the key areas in food safety, such as detection of low level chemical residues, pesticide analysis aided by chromatographic techniques, and the revealing of mycotoxins and chemical contaminants from packaging materials. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology (TM) series format, method chapters contain introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Pertinent and cutting-edge, Mass Spectrometry in Food Safety: Methods and Protocols serves researchers with both understanding and appreciation for the contribution of mass spectrometry and its vital application to food testing and food safety.

Contents:

1. European Union Regulations

Peter Furst

2. China's Food Safety Regulation and Mass Spectrometry

Xiaogang Chu, Feng Zhang, Xuemei Nie, Wenzhi Wang, and Feng Feng

3. United States and Japanese Food Regulations

Jerry Zweigenbaum

4. QuEChERS Sample Preparation Approach for Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Foods

Steven J. Lehotay

5. Automated Solid Phase Extraction

Norbert Helle, Meike Baden, and Kaj Petersen

6. Multiresidue Pesticide Analysis by Capillary Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Jon W. Wong, Kai Zhang, Douglas G. Hayward, and Chin Kai Meng

7. Targeted Pesticide Residue Analysis Using Triple Quad LC-MS/MS

Lutz Alder

8. LC/TOF-MS Analysis of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables: The Emerging Role of Accurate Mass in the Unambiguous Identification of Pesticides in Food

Imma Ferrer, E. Michael Thurman, and Jerry A. Zweigenbaum

9. Hormone Analysis in Food Products

Marco H. Blokland and Saskia S. Sterk

10. Analysis of Multiple Mycotoxins in Food

Jana Hajslova, Milena Zachariasova, and Tomas Cajka

11. Multi Mycotoxin Analysis in Food Products Using Immunoaffinity Extraction

Masahiko Takino, Hiroki Tanaka, and Toshitsugu Tanaka

12. Multiresidue Analysis of Antibiotics in Food of Animal Origin Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Katerina Mastovska

13. The LC-MS/MS Methods for the Determination of Specific Antibiotics Residues in Food Matrices

Gui-Liang Chen and Yan-Yan Fang

14. Identification of Unknown Migrants from Food Contact Materials

Malcolm Driffield, Emma L. Bradley, Laurence Castle, and Leon Coulier

15. Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Food

Tomas Cajka and Jana Hajslova