Survey of bisphenol A and bisphenol F in canned foods.
Bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol F (BPF) have been determined in a range of canned foods. Sixty-two different canned foods were purchased from retail outlets in the UK from January to November 2000 and the contents extracted and analysed by GC-MS for BPA and BPF isomers. The following canned products were analysed: fish in aqueous media, 10 samples; vegetables, 10; beverages, 11; soup, 10; desserts, five; fruit, two; infant formula, four; pasta, five; and meat products, five. BPF isomers were not detected in any of the canned foods with detection limits of 0.005 mg kg(-1) for the 2,2' and 2,4' isomers and 0.01 mg kg(-1) for the 4,4' isomer. BPA was detected in 38 samples with a detection limit of 0.002 mg kg(-1). Of these, BPA was quantified in 37 canned foods at levels from 0.007 mg kg(-1), with one sample of meat containing a mean level of 0.38 mg kg(-1). All other samples contained <0.07 mg kg(-1) BPA.
Goodson
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Pira International, Randalls Road, Leatherhead, KT22 7RU, UK.
Summerfield
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Cooper
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D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005519:Food Preservation; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds
D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D010636:Phenols; C006780:bisphenol A; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds; C423722:bisphenol F diglycidyl ether