Estimation of the furan contamination across the Belgian food chain

International audience ; The current paper provides the estimate of the furan content in Belgian foods. The objective of the study was to achieve the best food chain coverage with a restrictive number of samples (n=496). The geographic distribution, the different market chains and labels, but also the consumption frequencies were taken into account for the sampling plan construction. Weighting factors on contamination levels, consumption frequency and diversity of food items were applied to set up the model. The very low detection capabilities (CC) of the analytical methods used (sub-ppb) all... Mehr ...