title: [Studies on the occurrence of furan in food for infants by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry method].
abstract: Furan is an organic compound formed during heat treatment. It has been shown to be carcinogenic in animal laboratory studies. The aim of this study was to determine the content of furan in vegetables and vegetable-meat products intended for infants. The testing system used during this study was gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The content of furan in 48 samples of processed food ready to eat has been determined. In all samples furan was detected within the range from 13.2 to 91.1 microg/kg, and its average value was 43.3 microg/kg. The paper estimate the exposure assessment of infants to furan found in food. The calculated exposure ranged from 0.23 to 1.77 microg/kg bw/day with the average content of furan in ready to eat products ranged from 35.3 to 52.2 microg/kg. Exposure did not exceed the ADI value 2 microg/kg bw/day.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Toksykologii Srodowiskowej, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego - Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa. mminorczyk@pzh.gov.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minorczyk
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Starski
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jedra
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gawarska
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sawilska-Rautenstrauch
mesh_terms: D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis*; D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011044:Poland; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D005663:Furans