Silva FRN, Bortolotte AR, Braga PADC, Reyes FGR, Arisseto-Bragotto AP. Polyether ionophores residues in Minas Frescal cheese by UHPLC-MS/MS.
Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill 2020;
13:130-138. [PMID:
32207380 DOI:
10.1080/19393210.2020.1739149]
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Abstract
An analytical method was developed and validated for the determination of three polyether ionophores (monensin, lasalocid, and salinomycin) in 60 samples of Brazilian Minas Frescal cheese by UHPLC-MS/MS. Linearity ranged from 1 to 8 μg kg-1 for monensin and salinomycin, and from 0.50 to 4 μg kg-1 for lasalocid. Limits of detection and quantitation were 0.50 μg kg-1 and 1 μg kg-1, respectively, for both monensin and salinomycin, and 0.25 μg kg-1 and 0.50 μg kg-1, respectively, for lasalocid. Recoveries were between 69% and 84% with coefficients of variation up to 16.28% for repeatability and 13.79% for intermediate precision. A total of 60 samples of Minas Frescal cheese were analysed and only monensin residues were found. Monensin was detected in 55% of the samples and quantified in 5 of them at mean levels varying from 1.00 to 1.73 μg kg-1. The proposed method demonstrated the suitability for monitoring these substances in cheese.
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