Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2020 Jan;37(1):131-142. doi: 10.1080/19440049.2019.1682686. Epub 2019 Oct 29.
Food safety becomes imperative when it aims to protect infants. The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of emerging contaminants of which some act as endocrine-disruptors in baby food. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), parabens and antibiotics were analysed in 112 baby food of different categories (meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, cheese). As regard POPs, PFASs and antibiotics, no residues were detected, while one sample showed methyl-paraben (4.14 ng g), whereas another three contained propyl-paraben (median 1.70 ng g). Special attention must be paid on parabens metabolites, as 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, the principal parabens metabolite, was detected in all samples (median 176.7 ng g). It may be present as a degradation product, but also, it can be released from vegetables and fruits during food processing. It is recommended to collect more data on natural vs non-natural occurrence of parabens and metabolites to evaluate the exposure of sensitive population vs ADI published by the European Food Safety Authority and European Medicines Agency.
食品安全对于保护婴幼儿尤为重要。本研究旨在调查婴儿食品中新兴污染物的存在情况，其中一些物质具有内分泌干扰作用。研究人员分析了 112 种不同类别（肉类、鱼类、蔬菜、水果、奶酪）的婴儿食品中的持久性有机污染物（POPs）、全氟烷基物质（PFASs）、对羟基苯甲酸酯和抗生素。关于 POPs、PFASs 和抗生素，未检测到任何残留，而一个样本中含有甲基对羟基苯甲酸酯（4.14ng/g），另有三个样本含有丙基对羟基苯甲酸酯（中位数 1.70ng/g）。必须特别注意对羟基苯甲酸酯代谢物，因为所有样本中都检测到了主要的对羟基苯甲酸酯代谢物 4-羟基苯甲酸（中位数 176.7ng/g）。它可能是降解产物，但也可能是在食品加工过程中从蔬菜和水果中释放出来的。建议收集更多关于天然和非天然对羟基苯甲酸酯及其代谢物的数据，以评估敏感人群与欧洲食品安全局和欧洲药品管理局发布的 ADI 暴露情况。
