Monitoring the benzene contents in soft drinks using headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: A survey of the situation on the Belgian market

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4504-4510

  Van Poucke, Christof ^a   Detavernier, Christ'l ^a   Van Bocxlaer, Jan F ^a   Vermeylen, Rudi ^b   Van Peteghem, Carlos ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benzene; GC MS; Headspace; Soft drink

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BELGIUM; BENZENE; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47349108868     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf072580q     Document Type: Article

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