High-Throughput Analysis for Food Safety

Advanced Food Safety Testing: High-Throughput Screening & Mass Spectrometry

This reference explores advanced analytical techniques for rapidly detecting contaminants in food products. It focuses on mass spectrometry applications, including GC-MS, LC-MS and tandem MS, while examining method validation, quality control, regulatory compliance and the detection of veterinary drug residues, pesticides, metals and food adulterants.

Key Features

• Fundamentals of high-throughput food safety analysis
• Rapid screening methods for food contaminants
• Detection of veterinary drug residues in food
• Analytical techniques for identifying protein contaminants
• Methods for detecting metals and toxic substances
• Screening for hormones and pesticide residues
• Identification of food adulterants
• Applications of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
• Applications of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)
• Stand-alone mass spectrometry techniques
• Tandem mass spectrometry applications
• Comparison of analytical methods and instrumentation
• Quality control standards and laboratory procedures
• Method validation and ongoing analytical monitoring
• Food safety regulations, compliance and international testing requirements