Analysis of Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues

Introduction

Concern about food safety is increasing. Particularly, an increasing attention is paid to pesticide residues in agricultural products due to recent reports of the detection of pesticides in imported vegetables and fruits that exceed the regulated levels. Application News G215 introduced the analysis of organophosphorus pesticides. Pesticides whose concentrations exceed the regulated value should be further verified using GC/MS. This Application News introduces examples of this verification test using GC/MS for samples pretreated in accordance with the official methods. Please refer to G215 for more details regarding the sample pretreatment procedures.

August 26, 2004 GMT