Detection of banned meat and bone meal in feedstuffs by near-infrared microscopic analysis of the dense sediment fraction.
In this paper we present an alternative method for detection of meat and bone meal (MBM) in feedstuffs by near-infrared microscopic (NIRM) analysis of the particles in the sediment fraction (dense fraction (d >1.62) from dichloroethylene) of compound feeds. To apply this method the particles of the sediment fraction are spread on a sample holder and presented to the NIR microscope. By using the pointer of the microscope the infrared beam is focussed on each particle and the NIR spectrum (1112-2500 nm) is collected. This method can be used to detect the presence of MBM at concentrations as low as 0.05% mass fraction. When results from the NIRM method were compared with the classical microscopic method, a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.87 was obtained. The results of this study demonstrated that this method could be proposed as a complementary tool for the detection of banned MBM in feedstuffs by reinforcement of the monitoring of feeds.
Baeten
Vincent
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Département Qualité des Productions Agricoles, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W), Chaussée de Namur 24, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium. baeten@cra.wallonie.be
von Holst
Christoph
C
Garrido
Ana
A
Vancutsem
Jeroen
J
Michotte Renier
Antoine
A
Dardenne
Pierre
P
D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D001688:Biological Products; D008461:Meat Products; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008903:Minerals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D001688:Biological Products; D008903:Minerals; C027762:bone meal