Food ControlPub Date : 2024-10-03DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110933
Xiaoyu Li , Juan Zhang , Jiaci Chen , Xiangyi Pang , Longrui Yang , Yuhang Fan , Qingli Yang , Ailiang Chen
{"title":"High-sensitive detection of organophosphate and carbamate pesticide residues in milk based on bioluminescence method","authors":"Xiaoyu Li , Juan Zhang , Jiaci Chen , Xiangyi Pang , Longrui Yang , Yuhang Fan , Qingli Yang , Ailiang Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110933","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110933","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) and carbamate pesticides (CBs) are the most commonly used pesticides in agricultural cultivation. The pesticide residues in plant products can easily enter dairy cows through feed, resulting in the pesticide low-concentration residues in milk. Traditional acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition-based colorimetric methods have low sensitivity and could not satisfy the detection of low-concentrations of OPs and CBs residues in dairy products. In this study, we combined firefly luciferase (FLuc)-mediated bioluminescence with the inhibition of AChE-catalyzed substrate activity by pesticides to develop a highly sensitive and rapid method for detecting OPs and CBs residues in milk. AChE breaks down D-luciferin acetate to produce D-luciferin, which is recognized by the FLuc and emits luminescence in the presence of ATP. However, the presence of OPs and CBs inhibits AChE, causing the reduction or disappearance of the luminescence signal. The luminescence signal can be detected using a hand-held luminescence photometer, eliminating the need for large instrumentation. The AChE-FLuc system accurately detected OPs and CBs in milk within 30 min, with detection limits of 7.89 ng/mL and 1.75 ng/mL, respectively. The sensitivity of this method is approximately ten times higher than that of traditional AChE inhibition methods, meeting the pesticide residue limits in milk set by China and the European Union.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110933"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110927
Yiting Zhou , Jingming Zhou , Yankai Liu , Yumei Chen , Hongliang Liu , Xifang Zhu , Peiyang Ding , Chao Liang , Enping Liu , Sixuan Wu , Aiping Wang
{"title":"A novel label-free electrochemical immunosensor based on Ce-MOF@AgAuNPs for highly sensitive detection of monensin","authors":"Yiting Zhou , Jingming Zhou , Yankai Liu , Yumei Chen , Hongliang Liu , Xifang Zhu , Peiyang Ding , Chao Liang , Enping Liu , Sixuan Wu , Aiping Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110927","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110927","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A novel electrochemical immunosensor for the sensitive detection of monensin (MON) was developed. The sensor platform utilized anti-MON monoclonal antibodies and a nanocomposite (Ce-MOF@AgAuNPs), composed of cerium-based metal-organic frameworks decorated with silver-gold nanoparticles. The physicochemical properties of the Ce-MOF@AgAuNPs nanocomposite were investigated using transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray, UV–Vis spectrophotometry, and fourier transform infrared techniques. The stepwise fabrication process and electrochemical performance of the immunosensor were investigated through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The sensor exhibited excellent analytical performance for MON detection, with a wide linear response range from 0.05 to 250 ng mL<sup>−1</sup> and a low LOD of 0.008 ng mL<sup>−1</sup>. Additionally, the immunosensor exhibited high accuracy, with recovery rates ranging from 97.4% to 103.2% in chicken liver and 96.0%–104.7% in milk. This developed immunosensor shows great potential for food safety applications, demonstrating high specificity, stability, and reproducibility in the detection of MON.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110927"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploration of antimicrobial activities and mechanisms of biocontrol agent Serratia nematodiphila BC-SKRU-1 against Penicillium digitatum in tangerine fruit","authors":"Siriporn Yossan , Jaturong Kumla , Nakarin Suwannarach , Wanida Petlamul , Sirasit Srinuanpan , Sawitree Dueramae , Sawai Boukaew","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The isolate BC-SKRU-1, identified as <em>Serratia nematodiphila</em> from fungal culture contamination, was investigated for its biocontrol potential against <em>Penicillium digitatum in vitro</em> and on tangerine fruit, with a focus on its mechanisms of action. <em>In vitro</em> tests on PDA plates revealed BC-SKRU-1's broad-spectrum antifungal activity, achieving up to 74.68% inhibition against seven plant pathogenic fungi, including <em>P. digitatum</em> NKP4321. Bacterial culture filtrates from BC-SKRU-1 (BCF BC-SKRU-1) at 5–10% concentrations inhibited NKP4321 mycelial growth in PDB medium (78.41–83.68%) more effectively than in PDA medium (46.20–72.61%), with complete suppression at 15% (v/v) in both media. BCF BC-SKRU-1's efficacy was comparable to chemical fungicides such as propiconazole®, prochloraz®, and mancozeb®. Notably, BCF BC-SKRU-1 retained its antifungal activity after dilution (1/1000), autoclaving (at 121 °C), and storage (at −20 °C). <em>In vivo</em> evaluations on tangerine fruit showed significant reduction in the severity of postharvest green mold disease with BC-SKRU-1 treatments, especially at a concentration of 10<sup>8</sup> CFU mL<sup>−1</sup>. Both preventive and curative applications were effective, with curative treatments being more successful. Mechanistic studies indicated that BCF BC-SKRU-1 reduces intracellular ergosterol content, compromises plasma membrane integrity, and attenuates antioxidant defense activities (SOD, CAT, GSH, GSSG, and GSH/GSSG ratio). These findings highlight BC-SKRU-1 and its metabolites as promising biocontrol agents against green mold in tangerine fruits and provide insights into their antifungal mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110929"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142438341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110926
Nidhi Rajesh Mavani , Mohamad Azri Ismail , Norliza Abd Rahman , Jarinah Mohd Ali
{"title":"Fuzzy logic-based barcode scanning system for food products halal identification","authors":"Nidhi Rajesh Mavani , Mohamad Azri Ismail , Norliza Abd Rahman , Jarinah Mohd Ali","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Halal status in food products is fundamental for Muslims and may be crucial for those who are allergic to non-halal ingredients when choosing suitable foods for consumption. However, with the rising demand for food products and the advancement of science and technology, contamination with non-halal substances is likely to occur in food production. Furthermore, some irresponsible food industry players tend to replace halal with non-halal ingredients to reduce costs. Therefore, it is crucial to identify the contents of halal food products to ensure compliance with the guidelines outlined by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM). In this study, an integrated fuzzy logic barcode scanning system was developed to determine non-halal ingredients and traces in packaged food products. Although the information on food products can be easily accessed from the open-source web data bank, using the proposed fuzzy logic based-barcode scanning system to identify the authenticity of halal food products is an alternative option for providing accurate, reliable, and fast detection. The inputs for the fuzzy logic framework are halal logo, alcohol, animal fats, gelatin, ham, bacon, L-cysteine, lipase, mono-and diglycerides, pepsin, rennet, sodium stearoyl lactylate, vanilla extract, whey, and E-code of E120, E422, E441, E470, E542, and E904. On the other hand, the outputs are halal, uncertain, and non-halal. The fuzzy logic-based barcode system was able to identify the halal status for three different categories: samples with a halal logo, uncertain halal status samples, and non-halal samples.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110926"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142427509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110930
Melinda Sattler, Melanie Huch, Diana Bunzel, Sebastian T. Soukup, Sabine E. Kulling
{"title":"Pyrrolizidine alkaloid contents and profiles in Borago officinalis leaves, flowers and microgreens: Implications for safety","authors":"Melinda Sattler, Melanie Huch, Diana Bunzel, Sebastian T. Soukup, Sabine E. Kulling","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Borago officinalis</em> (borage) is widely consumed as a herb or vegetable, however, it produces toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA). In 2020, the European Union (EU) established maximum levels for the PA content in certain foodstuffs, including borage leaves.</div><div>This study aimed to evaluate PA contents and profiles in borage originating from different cultivation conditions and developmental stages. A total of 106 borage leaf samples, including borage microgreens, leaves from commercial producers, and plants from various home gardens at pre-flowering, flowering and end-of-flower stages, as well as 33 flower samples from plants grown in home gardens, were analyzed.</div><div>The microgreens exhibited strikingly high PA contents, exceeding the maximum level set by Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 by an average factor of 130. PA contents in the leaves of pre-flowering plants exceeded the maximum level by an average factor of 5, whereas PA contents in the leaves of flowering plants were below the maximum level in most cases. The PA contents in flowers were higher than those of the corresponding leaves, suggesting increased accumulation of PA in flowers compared to leaves. Additionally, the occurrence of acetylated PA, especially 7-acetyl-lycopsamine-<em>N</em>-oxide, which are not listed in the EU regulation, was shown to be significant in borage.</div><div>In summary, our results indicate that the PA contents in borage leaves are highest in emerging plants and decrease with the progression of plant or leaf maturity. The findings suggest that borage microgreens may not be suitable for human consumption and that further regulatory consideration of acetylated PA is warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110930"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110931
Honggang Lai , Minjun Liu , Xia Chen , Fangzhe Ren , Mingshu Xu , Xin-an Jiao , Jinlin Huang , Qiuchun Li
{"title":"Assessment of microbial contamination in various processing rooms using culture-dependent and 16S rRNA methods in a commercial kitchen in eastern China","authors":"Honggang Lai , Minjun Liu , Xia Chen , Fangzhe Ren , Mingshu Xu , Xin-an Jiao , Jinlin Huang , Qiuchun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110931","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Commercial kitchens, frequently implicated in foodborne illness outbreaks, underscore the importance of studying bacterial communities in these settings. This study analyzed bacterial communities of two cooked food samples and 49 food contact surface samples in a commercial kitchen in eastern China, utilizing traditional bacterial cultivation methods and 16S rRNA sequencing. The cutting room exhibited the highest microbial contamination, with elevated bacterial colony counts on cutting boards and containers, suggesting it as the primary site for potential cross-contamination risks between different foods. Regarding bacterial communities, Coliform levels in refrigerators ranged from 1.0 to 3.0 log<sub>10</sub> CFU/cm<sup>2</sup>, which is below sanitary standards. However, <em>E. coli</em> levels on food contact surfaces and cooked foods exceeded microbial limits set by GB1903 and GB 2726 in China. Proteobacteria were predominant at the phylum level across processing rooms, with Moraxellaceae notably prevalent and Pseudomonadaceae dominant in cooked foods at the family level. Source tracking identified food contact surfaces, including countertops, containers in the cutting room, and refrigerators in the cooking room, as primary sources of bacterial contamination in the final cooked foods, contributing 61.62% of contamination. These findings suggest that effective measures should be developed to control bacterial contamination on kitchen food contact surfaces to prevent cross-contamination among different cooked foods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110931"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142427508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110928
Mina Movasaghi , Mohamad Mehdi Heydari , Karen Schwean-Lardner , Shelley Kirychuk , Brooke Thompson , Lifeng Zhang
{"title":"Investigating cold plasma jet effectiveness for eggshell surface decontamination","authors":"Mina Movasaghi , Mohamad Mehdi Heydari , Karen Schwean-Lardner , Shelley Kirychuk , Brooke Thompson , Lifeng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ensuring the safety of eggs, a valuable source of high-quality protein and essential vitamins, is critical to prevent foodborne illness. Cold plasma, an emerging green technology, generates various reactive species that effectively inactivate microorganisms, attracting global attention for its potential in food safety. This study aims to explore the application of cold plasma as a chemical-free, non-thermal approach for decontaminating egg surfaces and to assess its potential as an alternative to conventional egg-washing methods. Various operation conditions of a cold plasma jet device, including power levels (300–400 W), exposure times (20–60 s), distances between the nozzle and eggshell (1–3 cm), airflow rates (30–35 L/min), and feed gases (nitrogen, air (20 %–65 % relative humidity), helium and air mixtures), were examined to decontaminate hen eggshells inoculated with <em>Escherichia coli</em> and <em>Salmonella enterica</em> bacteria. The results showed a maximum log reduction and deactivation efficiency of 1.94 and 98.74 % for <em>E. coli</em>, and 1.11 and 92.20 % for <em>Salmonella</em>, after a 60 s treatment of egg surface using a cold plasma device set at 1 cm distance, 400 W power, and 35 L/min airflow with 65 % relative humidity. Moreover, our findings indicated no significant differences in egg quality, eggshell cuticle chemical composition, and cuticle coverage between untreated eggs and those treated with cold plasma. This suggests the potential of this non-chemical, non-thermal emerging technique to be commercialized as a substitute for conventional washing methods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110928"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-09-29DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110924
Eun Seon Jeong , Taek Gu Han , Jin Hwan Kim , Kyung Tae Kim , Dong-Kyu Lee , Sang Beom Han , Jong Seong Kang , Yong Seok Choi , Hyung Min Kim
{"title":"Occurrence of organophosphate flame retardants in agricultural products from Korean markets","authors":"Eun Seon Jeong , Taek Gu Han , Jin Hwan Kim , Kyung Tae Kim , Dong-Kyu Lee , Sang Beom Han , Jong Seong Kang , Yong Seok Choi , Hyung Min Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110924","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110924","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) are widely used in various products encountered in daily life including home appliances, furniture, and plastics. This study developed a method to determine the presence of 11 OPFRs in agricultural products to monitor OPFR contamination in Korean local markets. The method was based on QuEChERS extraction with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry using gradient elution with a run time of 13 min. The selectivity, linearity, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), recovery, and precision of developed method were validated based on the CODEX guidelines. The LOD values for 11 OPFRs ranged from 0.05 to 0.66 ng/g, which were comparable to the values obtained in previous studies. The established method was successfully applied to agricultural products collected in a Korean market. A 32 product types with seven replicates (total 224 samples) were monitored for OPFR contamination. These products included popular fruits and vegetables in Korea such as apples, cucumber, corn, etc. The agricultural products with the highest average of total OPFR concentration was eggplants (12.50 ng/g ww), and the OPFR types with the highest average concentration across all tested agricultural products was tris (1-chloropropan-2-yl) phosphate (TCIPP), with an average value of 1.48 ng/g. The estimated daily intake values were much lower than the reference dose values of OPFRs, which showed that exposure to OPFRs through agricultural products is generally safe. The results of this study could be used as the basis for expanding monitoring of OPFRs to aquatic and meat products, and will also be helpful in informing industries about the current risk of OPFR contamination.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110924"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food ControlPub Date : 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110913
Demian A. Willette , Kelli Andrade , Ben Fitzpatrick , Kesterlyn Wilson
{"title":"Outreach & DNA-based monitoring facilitate 3-fold reduction in seafood mislabeling in Los Angeles over 10 years","authors":"Demian A. Willette , Kelli Andrade , Ben Fitzpatrick , Kesterlyn Wilson","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110913","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110913","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Awareness and intervention can reduce fraudulent labeling in seafood. Using a 10-year longitudinal study approach, DNA-based monitoring data reveals a lower sushi mislabeling in Los Angeles restaurants over time. This is in part attributed to implemented recommendations by restaurants of a local academia-industry-government outreach initiative launched in 2018, The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project. We found mislabeling was 3-fold lower among project-partnering restaurants than other restaurants. This difference was statistically significant, illustrating the combination of project partnering and implementation of recommendations was most impactful on reducing mislabeling rates. Lastly, the study period includes the COVID19 global pandemic, which additional monitoring effort between 2019 and 2021 did not reveal any significant change in mislabeling rates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110913"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142426841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An electrochemical sensor based on the molecularly imprinted polymer/ single walled carbon nanotube-modified glassy carbon electrode for detection of zineb fungicide in food samples","authors":"Shokofeh Mahmodnezhad, Mahmoud Roushani, Zahra Mirzaei Karazan","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110919","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110919","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the present study, a selective electrochemical technique to determine Zineb fungicide based on molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) as a simple and fast method was developed. The MIP was synthesized on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) through electropolymerization of ortho-aminophenol (o-AP) monomer and Zineb fungicide analyte. Some ions and compounds were examined as the interfering species to investigate the selectivity of the developed sensor. This research proposes simple determination of Zineb fungicide with a linear range 5–1000 fM and limit of detection (LOD) 1.6 fM. Finally, this strategy was successfully used to detect Zineb in some vegetable and fruit samples such as cucumber, potato, tomato, lettuce, peach, and apple with a satisfactory recovery range between 98.85 and 102.00%. The obtained results indicated that the newly developed method is stable, convenient, and has easy preparation steps with low-cost materials. It can be used for rapid diagnosis of Zineb in crops and agriculture products, which holds great promise in detection of environmental pollutants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 110919"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}