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Determination of Pesticide Residue in Food of Plant Origin by an Automated QuEChERS Solution
18 Mar 2015The study in this application note used laboratory spiked samples and samples previously shown to have incurred residues, to validate the performance of implementing QuEChERS on a fully automated system for pesticides amenable to analysis by UHPLC-MS/MS.
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QuEChERSThe QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) method is a streamlined approach that is used to extract multi-residue target compounds from food samples. It is most commonly used by analytical chemists studying pesticide residues in food.PesticidesPesticides are used to protect crops from diseases, pests and unwanted plants. They are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and can be harmful to humans. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently regulates the use of pesticides in the USA. Food TestingFood testing refers to a variety experiments including PCR, mass spectrometry, processing, QuEChERS, analyzing and Kjeldahl.