Quantitation of pesticides in citrus oils and natural product identification
DATE: 14 SEPTEMBER | TIME: 16:00 BST Food analysis presents many difficult challenges for the analytical chemist. An important aspect of ensuring food safety is to measure contaminants that will adversely affect the safety of the product. In addition to testing for known contaminants, there is a need to provide suspect screening as well because it is difficult to predict what chemicals may be present in the samples due to adulteration or the use of other additives that may not be known at the beginning of the analysis. This webinar presents data that demonstrates the analytical power of a QTOF mass spectrometer. First, a description of a QTOF is given and then data is shown that demonstrates the ability of this technology to generate quantitative data for traditional target compound analysis. This data is followed with a description of suspect screening workflows to identify and confirm chemicals that are not on a target list but are present in the samples and may have an adverse effect on product safety. Finally, these types of instruments generate enormous amounts of data and strategies for data processing are discussed. | 
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