Toxic Chemicals
Toxic chemicals may occasionally be formed in a product due to degradation or a cross-reaction caused by several reasons, including incompatible raw materials, contaminated raw materials, or improper storage of raw materials or final products. A customer requested Chemir to evaluate benzene content in its orange drink prior to it put the product on the market. Chemir conducted headspace GC/MS on samples incubated for two weeks at higher temperatures and samples at room temperature. From the results shown in Figure 4, Chemir confirmed that the amount of benzene in the drink was slightly lower than the reporting limit of 0.5 ppb.