title: Application of capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for determining organic food contaminants and residues.
abstract: Food contamination continues to be a serious problem around the world. Surveillance of chemical contaminants in foods is important not only for public health but also because of the negative economic impact of contamination. From the analytical perspective, analysis of contaminants in food is an extremely challenging area. There is a wide variety of questions, ranging from the quantification of extremely low levels of individual components to the detailed assessment and evaluation of the analytical technique possibilities. This review considers the applications of CE coupled to MS detection (CE-MS) for the analysis of organic contaminants in food. Analytical information on sample concentration techniques, as well as on the CE separation conditions and recoveries obtained from water and food are provided. Different sections include several fields of application, such as pesticides, drug residues, or toxic formed during food processing in different matrices. A number of tables report a comprehensive listing of CE-MS applications. As a result, this work presents an update overview on the principal application of CE-MS together with a discussion of their main advantages and drawbacks, and an outline of future trends on analysis of organic contaminants.
authors.affiliation: Laboratori de Bromatologia i Toxicologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València, Spain.
authors.forename: Guillermina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Font
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Picó
mesh_terms: D004350:Drug Residues / Q000032:analysis; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005511:Food Handling; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis; D052616:Solid Phase Extraction; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical