Furan in food: Headspace method and product survey

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 91-107

  Zoller, O ^a   Sager, F ^a   Reinhard, H ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canned food; Coffee; Furan; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Headspace; Heat processing; Jarred food

Indexed keywords

FURAN; STARCH;

BEAN; BREAD; CANNED FOOD; COFFEE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; COOKING; CORN; FLOUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; VEGETABLE; WHEAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAD; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COFFEE; COOKERY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MEAT PRODUCTS; VEGETABLES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547909254     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701447389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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