Validation of analytical method for furan determination in eight food matrices and its levels in various foods

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Abstract
In this study, an automated solid‐phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for the determination of furan in eight matrices including ham, milk, apple juice, rice porridge, peanut butter, flatfish, tuna (canned) and seaweed. The calibration curves were highly linear (r2 > 0.990) and the limit of detection and limit of quantification ranged from 0.01−0.02 and 0.04−0.06 ng/g, respectively. The recovery ranged from 77.81−111.47%. The validated method was used to analyse the furan levels in 120 foods. The higher levels of furan were detected in black tea (172.05 ng/g) and red ginseng extract (89.27 ng/g). Whelk (canned) contained a high furan content (21.34 ng/g) among the seafood samples. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
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  • Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
  • National Research Foundation of Korea
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

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