Atmospheric pressure gas chromatography coupled to quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry as a tool for identification of volatile migrants from autoadhesive labels used for direct food contact

Canellas, Elena ; Vera, Paula (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Nerin, Cristina (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Pressure‐sensitive adhesives (PSA) are used to manufacture labels that are applied directly on the food. These adhesives could contain not only intentionally added compounds (IAS) to the adhesive formula but also non‐intentionally added substances (NIAS), due to the impurities from the raw materials used, decomposition of the initial components or from chemical interactions between them. These compounds could migrate to the food and contaminate it. In this study, gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC‐MS/Q) and atmospheric pressure gas chromatography coupled to a quadrupole hyphenated to a time of flight mass spectrometer (APGC‐MS/Q‐TOF) have been used for identification of unknown compounds and NIAS coming from a PSA.

Seven compounds were identified by GC‐MS/Q, and other eight compounds remained initially unknown. The structure of these eight new compounds was elucidated by working with the spectra obtained by APGC‐MS/Q‐TOF. Finally, two different migration studies were carried out. The first one with Tenax as solid food simulant in contact with the paper label containing the adhesive and the second one with isooctane filled in a natural pork intestine where the label containing the adhesive was applied on the external side. The results are shown and discussed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1002/jms.3445

Año: 2014

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 49, 11 (2014), 1181 - 1190
ISSN: 1076-5174

Factor impacto JCR: 2.379 (2014)

Categ. JCR: BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS rank: 39 / 79 = 0.494 (2014) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: SPECTROSCOPY rank: 14 / 44 = 0.318 (2014) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL rank: 27 / 74 = 0.365 (2014) - Q2 - T2

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Química Analítica (Dpto. Química Analítica)
Área (Departamento): Proy. investigación HVA (Dpto. Química Analítica)