[Contamination status and relatively exposure of furan on Beijing infant food].
OBJECTIVE
A study of contaminative status and relative exposure estimation was performed to get the furan intake in the Beijing infant food.


METHODS
4 separate items bought in the Beijing market were analyzed and relative exposure was calculated.


RESULTS
The following were mean levels of furan of each items: infant formula milk powder 17.44 microg/kg, infant formula rice powder 16.41 microg/kg, commercial baby food in glass jars 25.73 microg/kg, fruit juices undetectable, which leads exposure of different ages from 1.533 to 5.985 microg/d, 0.341-0.712 microg/(kg bw x d). With the highest concentration of each type of each stage, the exposure of different ages was 0.521-2.474 microg/(kg bw x d).


CONCLUSIONS
The survey leads to the conclusion that infant food sold in Beijing was contaminated with high concentration of furan, which leads to high exposure of infant or baby.
Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100013, China. jinqzh@gmail.com
Qingzhong
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Jin
Ping
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Liu
Yuan
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Meng
Jing
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He
D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male
D005663:Furans; C039281:furan