[Determination of linuron and its metabolite 3,4-dichloroaniline residues in meat and meat products using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry].

A method of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed for the determination of linuron and its metabolite 3, 4-dichloroaniline residues in pork, liver, kidney, casings, canned steam pork and sausage. The sample was extracted with a mixture of acetone-acetonitrile (5: 95, v/v). Most of the lipids in the extract were eliminated by freezing-lipid filtration. After Florisil solid phase extraction cleanup, the linuron and its metabolite residues were determined by LC-MS/MS, and quantified by internal standard meth-od. In the range of 1 - 500 microg/L, both linuron and 3,4-dichloroaniline showed good linearity with the correlation coefficients (r) more than 0. 998. The limit of quantification (S/N > 10) was 10 microg/kg, and the limit of detection (S/N > 3) was 5 microg/kg for each analyte. The recoveries of linuron and 3,4-dichloroaniline in meat and meat products at three spiked levels were in the ranges of 88.3% - 101.2% and 91.6% - 101. 6%, and the relative standard deviations were in the ranges of 4. 8% - 13. 7% and 4. 7% - 11. 8%, respectively. The results demonstrated that the proposed method can meet the requirements for the determination of linuron and 3,4-dichloroaniline in meat and meat products.