{"id":68534,"date":"2022-01-14T11:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.merieuxnutrisciences.com\/chemistry-food-testing\/contaminants-and-residues\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:26:36","slug":"contaminants-and-residues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com\/ie\/chemistry-food-testing\/contaminants-and-residues\/","title":{"rendered":"Contaminants and Residues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"page-header-block-wrapper fullwidth-block\">\n    <div class=\"acf-page-header\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Header_contaminants.png'); \">\n        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"acf-page-header-container\">\n                            <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Contaminant-blanc.svg\" alt=\"Icon\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n                        <h1>Contaminants and Residues<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.page-header-block-wrapper{\n    margin-bottom: 60px;\n}\n\n.fullwidth-block {\n    max-width: none !important;\n    width: 100vw !important;\n    position: relative;\n    padding:0px;\n    left: 50%;\n    right: 50%;\n    margin-left: -50vw;\n    margin-right: -50vw;\n}\n\n.acf-page-header {\n    background-size: cover;\n    background-position: center;\n    display: flex;\n    position: relative;\n    min-height: 250px; \n}\n\n.acf-page-header-container{\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    padding: 48px 24px;\n    display: flex;\n    flex-direction: column;\n    justify-content: end;\n    align-items: center;\n}\n\n.acf-page-header .overlay {\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 0;\n    left: 0;\n    right: 0;\n    bottom: 0;\n    background: 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facilities, equipment, and packaging.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Agricultural practices<\/strong>, including crop treatments with pesticides, phytochemicals, and fungicides.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Farming practices<\/strong>, such as the use of hormones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The <strong>most significant chemical contaminants<\/strong> affecting the agri-food chain include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Pesticide <\/strong>residues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Mycotoxins<\/strong>, including aflatoxins, ochratoxin, fumonisins, Ergot alkaloids, and Alternaria toxins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Plant toxins<\/strong> like Tropane Alkaloids and Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Veterinary drug<\/strong> residues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Heavy metals<\/strong>, with cadmium, lead, and arsenic being the most prominent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Process contaminants<\/strong>, such as acrylamide, furan, alkyl furans, MCPD, dioxins, PCBs, PAHs, chlorates, and perchlorates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">Contaminants from <strong>contact materials<\/strong> (MOSH and MOAH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>PFAS<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Environmental contaminants<\/strong>, including radioactive substances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Allergens<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>GMOs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The presence of chemical contaminants, pesticides, and veterinary drug residues in the food chain is a growing global <strong>concern for consumer health and 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Our state-of-the-art testing centers employ approved methods for detecting contaminants, pesticides, and veterinary drug residues, delivering <strong>accurate<\/strong>, <strong>reliable<\/strong>, and <strong>rapid results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Our available analytical techniques include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">UHPLC-MS\/MS and GC-MS\/MS triple quadrupole<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">HPLC\/MS\/MS with ion trap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">UHPLC\/Exactive (Orbitrap Technologies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">HPLC-GC-FID for MOSH and MOAH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">HPLC\/DAD\/TOF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:18px\">ICP-MS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-68534_a038f9-72 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-68534_a038f9-72 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-68534_a038f9-72\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-merieux-nutrisciences-support\">M\u00e9rieux NutriSciences Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">We provide dedicated customer support through our Customer Care team, comprised of highly specialized technical experts in scientific matters. 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