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Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in Liquid Milk Products in Korea

  • Park, Na-youn (Department of Health Environment Safety, Eulji University) ;
  • Kho, Younglim (Department of Health Environment Safety, Eulji University) ;
  • Kim, Junghoan (Food Technology & Service, Eulji University)
  • Received : 2021.08.06
  • Accepted : 2021.08.24
  • Published : 2021.08.30
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Abstract

This study was carried out to monitor the level of 17 perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) present in liquid milk products sold on the Korean market. The liquid milk samples were extracted via liquid-liquid extraction and analyzed by LC-MS/MS. Excellent linearity over the calibration range (r2>0.99), and the limit of quantification of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was 0.021 ng/g, and perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFOA) was 0.057 ng/g. The accuracy was in the range of 72.5-115.3%, and the precision was under 20%. The preprocessing method for this experiment is considered appropriate for analysis of milk samples. The proposed analytical method was applied for the determination of PFCs in 98 liquid milk product samples, and the average content of total PFCs was 0.6576 ng/mL. PFOA and PFOS were detected in most samples, and their levels were less than 0.1 ng/mL, which was lower than those in other studies.

본 연구는 국내 유통되는 액상 유제품에 함유된 17종의 과불화화합물 (PFCs) 함량에 대한 모니터링을 위해 수행되었다. 샘플을 액체-액체 추출을 통해 추출하고 LC-MS/MS로 정량 분석하였다. 시중에 유통중인 98개의 액상 유제품 샘플에서 PFCs의 모니터링을 진행하였으며 그 결과, PFTeDA를 제외한 16종의 PFCs가 검출되었다. 총 PFCs의 함량은 0.9037 ng/mL로 액상 우유에서 가장 높았으며, PFPeA, PFDS, PFHxA도 액상우유에서 0.1 ng/mL 이상의 농도 수준을 보였다. 미국과 이탈리아에서 수행한 연구와 비교했을 때 PFOA와 PFOS의 잔류 패턴은 유사한 것으로 나타났으며, 농도 수준은 0.1 ng/mL 미만이었다. 액상 유제품은 다양한 가공단계(살균, 혼합, 지방제거 등)를 거쳐 총 PFCs의 함량이 감소하는 것으로 보여 지며, 특히 짧은 탄소 사슬을 가진 PFCs가 크게 감소하거나 검출되지 않았다. 이는 식품 안전에서 원료의 PFOS와 PFOA의 잔류정도가 중요하다는 것을 의미한다.

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