Original scientific paper
EVALUATION OF FUNGICIDE RESIDUES IN APPLES AND THEIR IMPACT ON FOOD SAFETY
Vezirka Jankuloska
orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-801X
; Faculty of Technology and Technical Sciences Veles, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University -Bitola, Dimitar Vlahov 57, 1400 Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
Ilija Karov
; Agricultural Faculty, University "Goce Delcev" Shtip, Krste Misirkov 10-A, 2000 Shtip, Republic of North Macedonia
Gorica Pavlovska
; Faculty of Technology and Technical Sciences Veles, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University -Bitola, Dimitar Vlahov 57, 1400 Veles, Republic of North Macedonia
Gjore Nakov
; Department of Biotechnology and Food Technologies, University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, Branch Razgrad, Aprilsko vastanie Blvd. 47, 7200 Razgrad, Bulgaria
Midhat Jašić
; University of Tuzla, Faculty of Technology, Univerzitetska 8, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
The apple is a fruit that has beneficial health effects due to the presence of biologically active components and is considered as a functional food. But today's production of apples cannot be imagined without chemical treatment. In addition to its favorable health effects, it may also have adverse effects on human health due to the presence of pesticides that are considered as contaminants. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the fungicide residues in fruit/apples. The fungicide residues were extracted from apple cultivar Idared with QuEChERS method and analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography with a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (UPLC-TQ/MS). The analyses have shown that the apples contain pesticides penconazole (10 μg/kg), boscalide (60 μg/kg), tebuconazole (11-40 μg/kg), myclobutanil (20-70 μg/kg), fenbuconazole (70 μg/kg), pyrimethanil (12-60 μg/kg) and carbendazime (azole) with range of 100-200 μg/kg. After comparing the concentration of detected pesticides with MRLs, it can be concluded that apples are safe for consumption.
Keywords
apples; food safety; pesticides; residues
Hrčak ID:
230153
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Publication date:
17.12.2019.
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