Emerging food contaminants: a review
2010
Kantiani, Lina | Llorca, Marta | Sanchís, Josep | Farré, Marinella | Barceló, Damià
Governments throughout the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. These efforts come as a response to an increasing number of food-safety problems and increasing consumer concerns. In addition, the variety of toxic residues in food is continuously increasing as a consequence of industrial development, new agricultural practices, environmental pollution, and climate change. This paper reviews a selection of emerging contaminants in food, including the industrial organic pollutants perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and nanomaterials; the pharmaceutical residues antibiotics and coccidiostats; and emerging groups of marine biotoxins. The main analytical approaches for their detection and quantification in food will be presented and discussed with special emphasis on biological techniques, when these are feasible. In the last section, a summary of recent publications reporting the concentrations of these compounds in food will be presented and discussed.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the project CEMAGUA (CGL2007-64551/HID). Waters is acknowledged for providing the SPE cartridges. Lina Kantiani acknowledges the Generalitat de Catalunya (2009FI_B 00660) and the Alexander S. Onassis foundation (F-ZD 09/2007-2008).
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