title: Determination of formaldehyde in fresh and retail milk by liquid column chromatography.
abstract: A quantitative method is described for the determination of formaldehyde (CH2O) in milk by liquid chromatography. Aldehyde derivatization-extraction was carried out in situ with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine in 2-phase reaction medium. Average recovery of added CH2O (0.1 microgram/mL) was 89.9 +/- 3.9% with an estimated detection limit of 0.009 mg/kg. The technique was used for the determination of CH2O in commercial 2% milk and in fresh milk of cows fed on a typical North American dairy diet. The average concentrations of CH2O in fresh and commercial milk were 0.027 and 0.164 mg/kg, respectively. Several methods for CH2O determination in milk are compared.
authors.affiliation: Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Food and Animal Research, Ottawa, ON.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Atwal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005557:Formaldehyde