Govt wants checks for pesticides in food
New Delhi: A Central government panel has recommended stringent checks for pesticides in fruits and vegetables, including imported ones. Submitting a report before a bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan
Residue Monitoring
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EPA fisheries talks: An opportunity to tackle SPSmeasures
Although the scope of food safety measures affecting fish products has emerged as an area of great concern to the European Union
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Antibiotics in food: Legislation and validation of analytical methodologies
In this paper, European food safety legislation is presented, and special attention is devoted to monitoring residues of veterinary drugs in foodstuffs of animal origin. After a short review of the state of the art of analytical methodology for antibiotic residue analysis, the paper focuses on validation of analytical methods, with Decision 657/2002/EC as reference document.
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Study on the migration of bisphenol-A from baby bottles by stir bar sorptive extractionthermal desorption-capillary GC-MS
Migration of bisphenol-A (BPA), the principal monomer of polycarbonate (PC) baby bottles, was investigated using an aqueous migration simulant. BPA was determined in 200 mL water samples using stir bar
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Development of veterinary drug residue controls by the Codex Alimentarius Commission: a review
Within the Codex Alimentarius, transparency is and has been an important consideration with regard to how and why actions and decisions are made in providing stakeholders with sufficient information and clarity on matters of interest and decision-making.
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Adsorption and persistence of metalaxyl in soils
The aim of the study was to find the adsorption and persistence behavior of metalaxyl in different soils of Karnataka.
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Pharmaceuticals in drinking water: A future water quality threat
Developed to promote human health and well being, certain pharmaceuticals are now attracting attention as a potentially new class of water pollutants. Little is known about the occurrence, transport, fate, accumulative, and/or long-term effects of pharmaceuticals and other personal care products following their end use.
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Distribution of pesticides, PAHs and heavy metals in prawn ponds near Kolleru lake wetland, India
This paper discussed the distribution of pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals in water, sediment and prawn from intensive prawn ponds (n = 8) near the Kolleru lake wetland, India and assessed the quality of prawn for human consumption and also discussed the possible effects of these pollutants on pond environment and aquatic environment.
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Analysis of macrolide antibiotics by liquid chromatography
A compilation of the most representative single and multianalyte HPLC methods for the analysis of macrolide antibiotics published during the last two decades is presented in this paper. Its scope is the coverage of two main areas which require the determination of macrolide antibiotics at a low concentration level, i.e. pharmacokinetic studies and residue analysis.
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Determination of josamycin residues in porcine tissues using high-performance liquid chromatography
A simple, selective and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for the measurement of josamycin residues in four porcine tissues (i.e., muscle, liver, kidney and fat).