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Trace Level Contaminant Detection and Identification in Foods using a Portable SERS Platform
Wednesday, March 10, 2021: 3:45 PM - 4:05 PM
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Trace level contaminants such as pesticide residues in foods pose significant health risks dues their high toxicity. With increasing awareness of the importance of food safety and food security, rapid and reliable identification of food contaminants is essential to the health of the global population. Here we present a portable Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) platform – the Misa - for the detection of harmful additives and pesticides in common food matrices. Misa enables the rapid identification at the point of sample even at very low concentration levels. This has the potential to facilitate fast responses to prevent outbreaks before they become widespread. This talk will introduce case studies on olive oil, fruits, and spices spiked with various contaminants such as dyes, additives and pesticides as representative samples. Coupling common, simple sample clean-up techniques with SERS, these results demonstrate it is possible to accurately identify the presence of illegal or harmful chemicals down to ppm / ppb levels using robust, field deployable SERS analysis. In addition, we will highlight various aspects of the Misa platform that aid in the dissemination of crucial information by leveraging the capabilities of modern mobile devices for recording, tracking, and sharing data. This enables efficient decision making and limits the spread of food-borne issues.
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Keywords: Please select up to 4 keywords ONLY:
Food Safety,New Method,Raman/Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,Spectroscopy
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