SPME Procedures for GC-MS Analysis of Foods Contaminants and/or Packaging Materials
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Chromatographic Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 1642
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; solid phase microextraction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food safety is a major international concern. In fact, a vast number of foodborne acute and chronic diseases are related to the consumption of contaminated food by biotic and/or xenobiotic compounds. Thus, there is an ever-increasing demand for reliable analytical methods that enable the rapid screening of food contaminants also at low concentration levels. Among the various stages of the analytical process, sample preparation and, specifically, the step involving the extraction of analytes, represents the most critical phase in the attainment of reliable results. In this contest, solid-phase microextraction (SPME) could be useful, enabling volatile and semi-volatile compounds to be extracted without the utilization of organic solvents; this could combine, in a single step, the analyte extraction and concentration phases.
Due to the widespread use of plastics, today, considerable attention is paid to human exposure to phthalates (PAEs; key additives in many plastics to keep them soft at room temperature) owing to their suspected carcinogenic and estrogenic properties. Therefore, the development of alternative packaging materials that can enhance the shelf-life of foods is vital.
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute your research article, communication paper, or review to this Special Issue dedicated to the development of SPME procedures for the GC–MS analysis of food contaminants and/or packaging materials.
Dr. Nicoletta De Vietro
Dr. Antonella Maria Aresta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SPME
- GC–MS
- food contaminants
- food safety
- packaging
- shelf-life
