Conclusion
Our optimized automated HS-GC-MS method has proven to be
rapid, sensitive, and efficient for the analysis of parts-per-billion
presence of furan in three (3) different food matrices (i.e. solid,
semi solid, and liquid) with a detection limit of 0.2 ng g1. The
average furan levels in 11 select commercially available foods in the
Chinese market ranged from 1.5 ng g1 to128.8 ng g1.
This is the first report on the furan levels in 11 categories of
frequently-used commercially available food products in the
Chinese market place.