title: Determination of acrylonitrile in materials in contact with foodstuffs.
abstract: Monitoring of the content of free acrylonitrile in plastics used for the preparation of viands is necessary due to its negative effect on human health. A content of 20 ppb is the maximal value of free acrylonitrile in such samples. In this case, head-space gas chromatography is most favourable analytical method when combined with the standard addition method together with a mass-spectrometry detector because of a very low concentration of the analyte. In samples taken for analysis, the content of free acrylonitrile was found to be within 5.1 and 10.3 ppb (microg/kg).
authors.affiliation: University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Pardubice, Czech Republic. karel.ventura@upce.cz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eisner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000181:Acrylonitrile / Q000032:analysis*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D000181:Acrylonitrile