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PCDD, PCDF, and DL-PCB compounds are classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and are recognized as food contaminants. Therefore, monitoring these substances in food is imperative for safeguarding public health. This chapter outlines a modern analytical methodology, embracing both automated and manual clean-up approaches to the determination of such contaminants. Isotope dilution GC-MS/MS is used for accurate and reliable quantification of these contaminants across various food matrices.
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Pissinatti, R., Gloria, M.M.M.F., Mota, R.F., Rocha, C.R., Nogueira, R. (2024). Determination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs), Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and Dioxin-Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (dl-PCBs) in Food by GC-MS/MS. In: Hoff, R., Molognoni, L. (eds) Chemical Food Contaminants Analysis. Methods and Protocols in Food Science . Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3806-4_2
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