基于消费者行为的食品溯源信息监管策略研究

溯源信息真实性直接影响食品可溯源体系建设和消费者对食品安全信心。本文基于消费者行为理论,构建溯源信息掺假与不掺假以及掺假比例大小、政府监管力度强弱情形时企业最优定价决策模型。结果表明,无论消费者购买可溯源产品的溯源信息量高低,企业均选择溯源信息掺假,此时政府两种策略:一是加强监管力度和惩罚力度,迫使企业不敢溯源信息掺假;二是提升产品低溯源信息程度,缩小高低溯源信息程度差异,促使企业无可掺假信息空间。通过高低溯源信息程度对企业最优决策影响研究,低监管情形下企业最优决策受到高低溯源信息程度影响较为显著,高监管情形下企业最优决策受其影响较小。     

Composition Profiling and Authenticity Assessment of Camellia Oil Using High Field and Low Field 1H NMR

Camellia oil (CA), mainly produced in southern China, has always been called Oriental olive oil (OL) due to its similar physicochemical properties to OL. The high nutritional value and high selling price of CA make mixing it with other low-quality oils prevalent, in order to make huge profits. In this paper, the transverse relaxation time (T₂) distribution of different brands of CA and OL, and the variation in transverse relaxation parameters when adulterated with corn oil (CO), were assessed via low field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) imagery. The nutritional compositions of CA and OL and their quality indices were obtained via high field NMR (HF-NMR) spectroscopy. The results show that the fatty acid evaluation indices values, including for squalene, oleic acid, linolenic acid and iodine, were higher in CA than in OL, indicating the nutritional value of CA. The adulterated CA with a content of CO more than 20% can be correctly identified by principal component analysis or partial least squares discriminant analysis, and the blended oils could be successfully classified by orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis, with an accuracy of 100% when the adulteration ratio was above 30%. These results indicate the practicability of LF-NMR in the rapid screening of food authenticity.     

15N tracer application to evaluate nitrogen dynamics of food webs in two subtropical small-scale aquaculture ponds under different managements

Small, semi-intensively managed aquaculture ponds contribute significantly to the food security of small-scale farmers around the world. However, little is known about nutrient flows within natural food webs in such ponds in which fish production depends on the productivity of natural food resources. ¹⁵N was applied as ammonium at 1.1 and 0.4 % of total nitrogen in a traditionally managed flow-through pond and a semi-intensively managed stagnant pond belonging to small-scale farmers in Northern Vietnam and traced through the natural food resources over 7 days. Small-sized plankton (1–60 μ m) was the dominant pelagic biomass in both ponds with higher biomass in the stagnant pond. This plankton assimilated major portions of the applied tracer and showed a high sedimentation and turnover rate. High re-activation of settled nutrients into the pelagic food web was observed. The tracer was removed more quickly from the flow-through pond than from the stagnant pond. A steady nutrient supply could increase fish production.     

Voltammetric Determination of Indigo Carmine and Amaranth on a Silver-Based Mercury Film Electrode

Abstract

The voltammetric behavior of indigo carmine and amaranth on silver-based mercury film electrodes was studied. At pH 4, reduction current peaks were observed at potential ?0.11 V (indigo carmine) and ?0.24 V (amaranth), respectively. The system showed a linear response to both of the food colorants in a concentration range of 0 to 100 ng/ml. Detected at different reduction potentials, indigo carmine and amaranth could be determined separately without interfering with each other. This method demonstrated a better reproducibility and longer life time than the existing techniques.     

Optimizing fleet size and delivery scheduling for multi-temperature food distribution

In light of the demand for high-quality fresh food, transportation requirements for fresh food delivery have been continuously increasing in urban areas. Jointly delivering foods with different temperature-control requirements is an important issue for urban logistic carriers who transport both low temperature-controlled foods and normal merchandise. This study aims to analyze and optimize medium- and short-term operation planning for multi-temperature food transportation. For medium-term planning, this study optimizes fleet size for carriers considering time-dependent multi-temperature food demand. For short-term planning, this study optimizes vehicle loads and departure times from the terminal for each order of multi-temperature food, taking the fleet size decided during medium-term planning into account. The results suggest that carriers determine departure times of multi-temperature food with demand–supply interaction and deliver food of medium temperature ranges with priority because delivering such food yields more profit.     

Improvement of Naturally Derived Food Colorant Performance with Efficient Pyranoanthocyanin Formation from Sambucus nigra Anthocyanins Using Caffeic Acid and Heat

Consumers and regulations encourage the use of naturally derived food colorants. Anthocyanins (ACN), plant pigments, are unstable in foods. In aged red wines, ACN with a free hydroxyl group at C-5 condenses to form pyranoanthocyanins (PACN), which are more stable but form inefficiently. This study attempted to produce PACN efficiently using high cofactor concentration and heat. Elderberry anthocyanins were semi-purified and caffeic acid (CA) was dissolved in 15% ethanol and diluted with a buffer to achieve ACN:CA molar ratios of 1:50, 1:100, 1:150, and 1:200, then incubated at 65 °C for 5 days. The effect of temperature was tested using ACN samples incubated with or without CA at 25 °C, 50 °C, and 75 °C for 7 days. Compositional changes were monitored using uHPLC-PDA-MS/MS. Higher CA levels seemed to protect pigment integrity, with ACN:CA 1:150 ratio showing the highest tinctorial strength after 48 h. PACN content growth was fastest between 24 and 48 h for all ACN:CA ratios and after 120 h, all ACN had degraded or converted to PACN. PACN formed faster at higher temperatures, reaching ~90% PACN in 24 h and ~100% PACN in 48 h at 75 °C. These results suggest that PACN can form efficiently from elderberry ACN and CA if heated to produce more stable pigments.     

Determination of 14 heterocyclic aromatic amines in meat products using solid‐phase extraction and supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry

A novel, simple, and sensitive method has been developed for simultaneous determination of 14 heterocyclic aromatic amines in meat product using solid‐phase extraction combined with ultrahigh‐performance supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. The analytes could be separated within 7 min and identified using their retention times and mass. The developed method was validated based on the linearity, limits of quantification, precision, and accuracy. The recovery ranged from 52.3 to 97.5% with an acceptable standard deviation, which is not higher than 6%. The limits of quantitation ranged from 0.03 to 0.17 µg/kg. The selectivity and sensitivity were satisfactory in multiple reaction monitoring mode. The method was applied to commercial meat products, and the results demonstrated that the novel method has potential for the analysis of the targets in food matrices. This is the first work reporting the simultaneous quantification of 14 heterocyclic aromatic amines by means of ultrahigh‐performance supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry.     

Thin‐layer chromatography combined with surface‐enhanced Raman scattering for rapid detection of benzidine and 4‐aminobiphenyl in migration from food contact materials based on gold nanoparticle doped metal‐organic framework

In this work, a rapid and sensitive thin‐layer chromatography combined with surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy method was established for rapid detection of benzidine and 4‐aminobiphenyl in migration from food contact materials based on Au nanoparticle doped metal‐organic framework. Benzidine and 4‐aminobiphenyl were firstly separated by thin‐layer chromatography to solve the limitation of their overlapping Raman peaks. Then the target molecules were monitored by adding AuNPs/MIL‐101(Cr) on the sample spots. Under the optimum conditions, the concentration of benzidine and 4‐aminobiphenyl can be quantitatively measured in the range of 2.0‐20.0 and1.0‐15.0 μg/L, respectively with good linear relationship, and the limits of detection were 0.21 and 0.23 μg/L, respectively. Furthermore, the developed method was applied to analyze benzidine and 4‐aminobiphenyl in migration of different food contact materials. The recoveries of benzidine and 4‐aminobiphenyl for migration of food contact materials, including paper cups, polypropylene food containers, and polyethylene glycol terephthalate bottles, were 80.6‐116.0 and 80.7‐118% with relative standard deviations of 1.1‐9.1 and 3.1‐9.9%, respectively. Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering detection was performed conveniently in the on‐plate mode without additional elution process. The method shows great potential in rapid monitoring of hazardous substances with overlapping characteristic Raman peaks in food contact materials.     

加速溶剂萃取-气相色谱法测定食品纸包装材料中的多氯联苯

建立利用加速溶剂萃取仪前处理来测定食品纸包装材料中的多氯联苯含量的气相色谱法。针对纸包装材料的特点优化加速溶剂萃取仪的萃取溶剂、萃取时间和萃取温度,达成避免乙腈的使用、提升实验效率、节约实验成本的目标。使用GC-ECD对浓缩后的萃取液进行检测,内标法定量。该方法检出限为0.002mg/kg,定量限为0.007mg/kg。在待测食品纸包装材料中加标0.020mg/L后进行6次平行实验,得到的方法加标回收率为97.2%~99.4%、加标样品精密度RSD为0.38%~1.36%。方法简便实用,灵敏度和重现性好,能够满足食品纸包装材料中多氯联苯含量的检测需求。     

超高效液相色谱–串联质谱法测定食品接触材料中烷基酚物质迁移量

建立了超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定食品接触材料中双酚A、四溴双酚A、壬基酚和辛基酚迁移量的方法。样品经蒸馏水、3%乙酸溶液、10%乙醇溶液、20%乙醇溶液、50%乙醇溶液和异辛烷6种食品模拟物浸泡处理,浸泡液经C18色谱柱分离,以多反应监测(MRM)模式进行定性和定量。检测结果表明:在水基、酸性、酒精类食品模拟物中,双酚A、四溴双酚A、壬基酚、辛基酚的质量浓度均在0.001~0.50μg/mL范围内与其质谱响应值具有良好的线性关系,相关系数均不小于0.9995,方法检出限为0.01~0.25μg/kg,定量限为0.03~0.83μg/kg;在油基食品模拟物中,双酚A、四溴双酚A、壬基酚、辛基酚的线性范围均为0.01~0.50μg/mL,相关系数均不小于0.9989,方法检出限为0.10~2.50μg/kg,定量限为0.33~8.32μg/kg。双酚A、四溴双酚A、壬基酚、辛基酚的加标回收率为87.2%~101.2%,相对标准偏差为1.5%~3.4%(n=6)。该法样品处理步骤简单,准确度高,灵敏度好,可用于食品接触材料中烷基酚类化合物的检测。