Assessing Risk‐Based Upper Limits of Melamine Migration from Food Containers

Melamine contamination of food has become a major food safety issue because of incidents of infant disease caused by exposure to this chemical. This study was aimed at establishing a safety limit in Taiwan for the degree of melamine migration from food containers. Health risk assessment was performed for three exposure groups (preschool children, individuals who dine out, and elderly residents of nursing homes). Selected values of tolerable daily intake (TDI) for melamine were used to calculate the reference migration concentration limit (RMCL) or reference specific migration limit (RSML) for melamine food containers. The only existing values of these limits for international standards today are 1.2 mg/L (0.2 mg/dm²) in China and 30 mg/L (5 mg/dm²) in the European Union. The factors used in the calculations included the specific surface area of food containers, daily food consumption rate, body weight, TDI, and the percentile of the population protected at a given migration concentration limit (MCL). The results indicate that children are indeed at higher risk of melamine exposure at toxic levels than are other groups and that the 95th percentile of MCL (specific surface area = 5) for children aged 1–6 years should be the RMCL (0.07 mg/dm²) for protecting the sensitive and general population.     

毛细管电泳内标法测定奶制品中三聚氰胺含量

建立了毛细管电泳内标法检测牛奶、奶粉、奶片和奶茶中三聚氰胺含量的方法.研究了缓冲溶液种类、浓度、pH值、电压等对分离的影响,并对分离条件进行了优化.在波长236nm、分离电压15kV、pH 2.0、15mmol·L-1磷酸二氢钠缓冲溶液中,以邻苯二胺为内标物,三聚氰胺在7min内得到较好的分离,三聚氰胺在1.5~200mg·L-1范围内具有良好是线性关系,平均加标回收率为96.2%.     

高效毛细管电泳法分离测定饲料中三聚氰胺含量

建立了毛细管电泳法直接分离测定饲料中三聚氰胺的方法,研究了缓冲溶液种类、物质的量浓度、pH值、电压等对分离的影响,对分离条件进行了优化.在波长215 nm,分离电压18 kV,5 mmol.L-1硼砂-10 mmol.L-1磷酸二氢钠缓冲溶液（pH=7.0）中,三聚氰胺在5 min内得到了较好的分离.该法用于测定市售样品得到较满意结果,线性关系良好,R2为0.996 9,回收率在89%～126%之间.