Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment
The evaluation of cereal-based product contamination by pesticide residues is a topic of worldwide importance, and reliable analytical methods for official check analyses and monitoring studies are required for multi-residue analysis at trace levels. In this work, a validated multi-residual analytic...
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| author | Valeria Nardelli Valeria D’Amico Mariateresa Ingegno Ines Della Rovere Marco Iammarino Francesco Casamassima Anna Calitri Donatella Nardiello Donghao Li Maurizio Quinto |
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| description | The evaluation of cereal-based product contamination by pesticide residues is a topic of worldwide importance, and reliable analytical methods for official check analyses and monitoring studies are required for multi-residue analysis at trace levels. In this work, a validated multi-residual analytical method by gas-chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry coupled with a rapid QuEChERS procedure was used for the determination of 37 pesticides (pyrethroids, organophosphorus and organochlorine compounds) in 209 commercially available samples of cereals and 11 legumes, placed on the Italian market in 2018 and 2019, coming from different regions of Italy, eastern Europe, and some non-European countries. No pesticide traces were observed in the analyzed legume samples. A total of 18 cereal samples were found to be contaminated by at least one pesticide, with a concentration level higher than the corresponding quantification limit, but never exceeding the maximum level fixed in the European Regulations. This work is the first part of a surveillance study for pesticide control in food samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0037e9c56e2c4072b8fce2d143a5c9cb2023-11-22T06:39:18ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-08-011116728310.3390/app11167283Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk AssessmentValeria Nardelli0Valeria D’Amico1Mariateresa Ingegno2Ines Della Rovere3Marco Iammarino4Francesco Casamassima5Anna Calitri6Donatella Nardiello7Donghao Li8Maurizio Quinto9Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimenti, Risorse Naturali e Ingegneria—Università degli Studi di Foggia, Via Napoli, 25, 71122 Foggia, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, Yanbian University, Park Road 977, Yanji 133002, ChinaDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimenti, Risorse Naturali e Ingegneria—Università degli Studi di Foggia, Via Napoli, 25, 71122 Foggia, ItalyThe evaluation of cereal-based product contamination by pesticide residues is a topic of worldwide importance, and reliable analytical methods for official check analyses and monitoring studies are required for multi-residue analysis at trace levels. In this work, a validated multi-residual analytical method by gas-chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry coupled with a rapid QuEChERS procedure was used for the determination of 37 pesticides (pyrethroids, organophosphorus and organochlorine compounds) in 209 commercially available samples of cereals and 11 legumes, placed on the Italian market in 2018 and 2019, coming from different regions of Italy, eastern Europe, and some non-European countries. No pesticide traces were observed in the analyzed legume samples. A total of 18 cereal samples were found to be contaminated by at least one pesticide, with a concentration level higher than the corresponding quantification limit, but never exceeding the maximum level fixed in the European Regulations. This work is the first part of a surveillance study for pesticide control in food samples.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7283pesticidescerealslegumesfood safetyfood contaminationgas-chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) |
| spellingShingle | Valeria Nardelli Valeria D’Amico Mariateresa Ingegno Ines Della Rovere Marco Iammarino Francesco Casamassima Anna Calitri Donatella Nardiello Donghao Li Maurizio Quinto Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment Applied Sciences pesticides cereals legumes food safety food contamination gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) |
| title | Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment |
| title_full | Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment |
| title_fullStr | Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment |
| title_short | Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment |
| title_sort | pesticides contamination of cereals and legumes monitoring of samples marketed in italy as a contribution to risk assessment |
| topic | pesticides cereals legumes food safety food contamination gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7283 |
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