Detection methods regulation, food specificity

This volume provides comprehensive information about contaminants in the food industry. The book opens with an explanation of risk analysis and analytical methods used for detecting contaminants in food products. This is followed by full details of relevant EU and USA regulations. The second part of the book provides information about specific contaminants. 

ICP-MS-coupled techniques are expected to increase in popularity, possibly leading to the commercial availability of ready-to-use speciation systems. Among the several approaches so far developed for species identification and quantification with ICP-MS detection in foods, some led to the establishment of sufficiently practicable and reliable analytical protocols for selected analytes/matrices. In a few cases, therefore, there is already the potential for validating routine control methods and this should facilitate the laying-down of species-specific regulations in the international legislation on trace elements in food. 

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