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Gas chromatographic analysis of volatile hydrocarbons to detect irradiated chicken, pork and beef - an intercomparison study. A report in English and German

Abstract

This report provides a detailed description of an inter-laboratory study to detect irradiation treatment of chicken carcasses, pork and beef using a method suitable for routine application. The 17 participating laboratories determined the quantity of four different radiation-induced hydrocarbons (1-tetradecene, pentadecane, 1,7-hexadecadiene, 8-heptadecene) in coded samples approx. 3 and 6 months after irradiation. The quantities detected were used to identify the samples as irradiated or non-irradiated. The samples of each type of meat to be examined had been supplied by two different producers. The dose range that was tested (approx. 0.6 to 7.5 kGy) included commercially used doses (approx. 1 to 5 kGy). The method employed enable 98.3% of a total of 864 samples to be correctly identified as irradiated or non-irradiated. This result is remarkable: Although the marker concentrations in the various samples showed a clear dose dependency, the variation was quite marked. The high rate of correct identifications could be achieved by defining a sample only as irradiated if certain quantities of at least 3 of the radiolytic products to be determined had been found. A similar identification rate was achieved if quantification of markers was omitted to identify a sample only as irradiated when all the expected  More>>
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
INIS-mf-15048
Reference Number:
SCA: 553004; PA: DEN-95:0F1229; EDB-95:025324; SN: 95001322011
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1993
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; FOOD PROCESSING; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS; CHICKENS; MEAT; RADIOPRESERVATION; HYDROCARBONS; 553004; FOOD PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION
OSTI ID:
10110265
Research Organizations:
Bundesgesundheitsamt, Berlin (Germany). Inst. fuer Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English;German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE95738866; ISBN 3-89254-159-0; TRN: DE95F1229
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
DEN
Size:
189 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2005

Citation Formats

Schreiber, G A, Schulzki, G, Spiegelberg, A, Helle, N, Adam, S T, Ammon, J, Baumann, P, Brockmann, R, Baenziger, U, Delincee, H, Droz, C, Estendorfer, S, Gemperle, C, Grabowski, H.U. von, Kaenzig, A, Kroells, W, Matter, L, Metschies, M, Mildau, G, Pfordt, J, Plaga-Lodde, A, Punkert, M, Roennefahrt, B, Ruge, W, Stemmer, H, Vater, N, Wilmers, K, and Boegl, K W. Gas chromatographic analysis of volatile hydrocarbons to detect irradiated chicken, pork and beef - an intercomparison study. A report in English and German. Germany: N. p., 1993. Web.
Schreiber, G A, Schulzki, G, Spiegelberg, A, Helle, N, Adam, S T, Ammon, J, Baumann, P, Brockmann, R, Baenziger, U, Delincee, H, Droz, C, Estendorfer, S, Gemperle, C, Grabowski, H.U. von, Kaenzig, A, Kroells, W, Matter, L, Metschies, M, Mildau, G, Pfordt, J, Plaga-Lodde, A, Punkert, M, Roennefahrt, B, Ruge, W, Stemmer, H, Vater, N, Wilmers, K, & Boegl, K W. Gas chromatographic analysis of volatile hydrocarbons to detect irradiated chicken, pork and beef - an intercomparison study. A report in English and German. Germany.
Schreiber, G A, Schulzki, G, Spiegelberg, A, Helle, N, Adam, S T, Ammon, J, Baumann, P, Brockmann, R, Baenziger, U, Delincee, H, Droz, C, Estendorfer, S, Gemperle, C, Grabowski, H.U. von, Kaenzig, A, Kroells, W, Matter, L, Metschies, M, Mildau, G, Pfordt, J, Plaga-Lodde, A, Punkert, M, Roennefahrt, B, Ruge, W, Stemmer, H, Vater, N, Wilmers, K, and Boegl, K W. 1993. "Gas chromatographic analysis of volatile hydrocarbons to detect irradiated chicken, pork and beef - an intercomparison study. A report in English and German." Germany.
@misc{etde_10110265,
title = {Gas chromatographic analysis of volatile hydrocarbons to detect irradiated chicken, pork and beef - an intercomparison study. A report in English and German}
author = {Schreiber, G A, Schulzki, G, Spiegelberg, A, Helle, N, Adam, S T, Ammon, J, Baumann, P, Brockmann, R, Baenziger, U, Delincee, H, Droz, C, Estendorfer, S, Gemperle, C, Grabowski, H.U. von, Kaenzig, A, Kroells, W, Matter, L, Metschies, M, Mildau, G, Pfordt, J, Plaga-Lodde, A, Punkert, M, Roennefahrt, B, Ruge, W, Stemmer, H, Vater, N, Wilmers, K, and Boegl, K W}
abstractNote = {This report provides a detailed description of an inter-laboratory study to detect irradiation treatment of chicken carcasses, pork and beef using a method suitable for routine application. The 17 participating laboratories determined the quantity of four different radiation-induced hydrocarbons (1-tetradecene, pentadecane, 1,7-hexadecadiene, 8-heptadecene) in coded samples approx. 3 and 6 months after irradiation. The quantities detected were used to identify the samples as irradiated or non-irradiated. The samples of each type of meat to be examined had been supplied by two different producers. The dose range that was tested (approx. 0.6 to 7.5 kGy) included commercially used doses (approx. 1 to 5 kGy). The method employed enable 98.3% of a total of 864 samples to be correctly identified as irradiated or non-irradiated. This result is remarkable: Although the marker concentrations in the various samples showed a clear dose dependency, the variation was quite marked. The high rate of correct identifications could be achieved by defining a sample only as irradiated if certain quantities of at least 3 of the radiolytic products to be determined had been found. A similar identification rate was achieved if quantification of markers was omitted to identify a sample only as irradiated when all the expected radiolysis products could be clearly detected. For all three types of meat, no significant differences in marker yields could be shown for the products of the respective two producers. Also, in none of the types of meat, any significant difference could be revealed for the quantiatitive results achieved three and six months after irradiation. These results show that irradiation of chicken carcasses, pork and beef in the commerically used dose range can be clearly detected throughout the entire period in which products are normally stored and that the method described is suitable for routine analyses in food control laboratories. (orig.)}
place = {Germany}
year = {1993}
month = {Dec}
}