Effect of household and industrial processing on levels of five pesticide residues and two degradation products in spinach
(2012) Food Control — n° 25, p. 397-406 (2012)
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- Spinach(Spinacia oleracea) was sprayed with four fungicides (boscalid, mancozeb, iprodione and propamocarb) and one insecticide (deltamethrin) to quantify the effect of household and industrial processing on the pesticide residues. To ensure sufficiently high level of residues, the most concentrated formulations were applied pursuant to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs). The subsequent processing conditions were established in accordance with industrial practice corresponding as closely as possible to the actual conditions that are normally used in practice. The effects of household and industrial processing on the levels of the five pesticide residues and the two degradation products were quantified. Washing with tap water reduced residues by 10-50%. The blanching step allowed decreasing the concentration of residues for the 5 pesticides by 10-70%. It is the most effective step to remove pesticide residues from spinach.The presence of heat in combination with a large quantity of water enhanced the elimination of residues. Microwave cooking hardly reduced residues (up to 39%) whereas in pack sterilization resulted in a decrease of pesticide residues up to 99%. The cumulative loss in concentration ilization resulted in a decrease of pesticide residues, except for deltamethrin. Degradation products were also investigated in this study. Sterilization produced the most degradation products (namely 3,5-dichloroaniline from iprodione and ethylenethiourea from mancozeb). Thact can be attributed to heat induced hydrolysis of mancozeb and iprodione, respectively. Most of the processing factors could be explained in terms of water solubility, the log-octanol-water-partitioning coefficients and he systemic properties of the studied pesticides.
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Scientific Institute Of Public Health - Ixelles (Belgium) Food, Medicines and Cosumer Safety Department Scientific Institute of Public Health - Ixelles (Belgium) Food, Medicines and Consumer Safety Department Food Science and Nutrition Research - Heverlee (Belgium) Laboratory of Food Technology Redebel - Saint Amand (Belgium)
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Bonnechère, A., Hanot, V., Jolie, R., Hendrickx, M., Bragard, C., Bedoret, T., & Van Loco, J. (2012). Effect of household and industrial processing on levels of five pesticide residues and two degradation products in spinach. Food Control, 25, 397-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.11.010 (Original work published 2012)