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Use of headspace-SPME-GC/MS to identify matters causing food complaints and accidents resulting in the death of animals
2004
Tsukioka, T.(Nagano-ken. Research Inst. for Health and Pollution (Japan)) | Terasawa, J. | Miyagawa, A. | Nakazawa, H. | Hanaoka, Y. | Sato, S. | Shimizu, S. | Maruyama, S.
Many complaints have been made about bad smelling and tasting food and accidents resulting in the death of animals in Nagano Prefecture. The method of headspace SPME-GC/MS has been found very effective as a screening method to investigate the cause of these complaints and accidents. This method is characterized mainly in that the operation is simple without using any solvents for extraction, causing no environmental pollution; the extraction may be carried out in a short time with a small quantity of sample in low concentration, preventing reagent contamination, the whole extract may be injected, leading to high sensitivity, and the fiber may be used repeatedly, making the analytical cost inexpensive. This paper describes representative examples of cases in which the relevant causes have been solved.
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