Mineral oil residues in food sample preparation: Part 3, fract and collect
Posted: 12 December 2018 | Shimadzu | No comments yet
Mineral oil residues in food gain a lot of public concern in there recent years. No matter if talking about rice, noodles, olive oil or chocolate, there are numerous examples of mineral oil contaminations in food.
At the moment the challenges we face are the ubiquitous presence of mineral oils from raw material to the finished product and the big lack of information concerning composition, health effects, analysis and regulatory limits. Mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) are divided into the two groups mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH).
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