Streamline & Analyze: Optimizing Food Safety Analysis Workflow with Automated SamplePrep for 3MCPD/GE and Other Emerging Food Contaminants with Shimadzu-Gerstel Solutions

3 Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) is a process contaminant that can be found in edible oils, along with its fatty acid and glycidyl esters (GE). These compounds are formed when chlorides react with the glycerol backbone of lipids at high temperatures during the deodorization step of the refining process. 3-MCPD and glycidol are potential human carcinogens and the European Union has imposed stringent regulations, specifying maximum allowable concentrations of these compounds in food products.

Shimadzu Malaysia and Lab Alliance has co-organised a workshop on demonstrating online automated sample preparation for the analysis of 3-MCPD and GE in edible oil in accordance with ISO 18363-1, AOCS Cd 29c-13, and DGF C-VI 18 (10). The process was performed by a Gerstel MPS WorkStation (DualHead version) which runs on Maestro software. The detection and quantitation of the target analyte were done using a Shimadzu Triple quadrupole GC-MS system, GCMS-TQ8050 NX, equipped with an end-column backflush system

Date : 11 June 2024 to 12 June 2024
Venue : Shimadzu Customer Support Center, Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor