Do GC/MS methods available for furan and alkylfurans in food provide comparable results? - An interlaboratory study and safety assessment of 2-pentylfuran in food.
Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
; 41(1): 22-32, 2024 Jan.
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A call for data on the occurrence of alkylfurans in food and feed from EFSA triggered the development of new methods to cover next to furan also 2- and 3-methylfuran, 2,5-dimethyl- and 2-ethylfuran as well as 2-pentylfuran. A significant variability was noticed when comparing analysis of 2-pentylfuran and furans in the same matrix performed by different laboratories. To assess the variability an interlaboratory study including eight laboratories was organised. The highest variabilities were observed when analysing cereals, with measurements of 2-pentylfuran indicating concentrations from 8 mg/kg up to more than 1000 mg/kg in the same sample. This study illustrates that the analysis of 2-pentylfuran requires special attention, and that additional method development would be necessary to ensure reliable and reproducible determination of 2-pentylfuran at contamination level. Moreover, a recent evaluation of the EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings indicates that concerns for genotoxicity, reason why it was grouped with the shorter alkylfurans, are now ruled out. We question the need and justification to include 2-pentylfuran in the analytical method as requested by EFSA, from both the analytical and the safety perspective.
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Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
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