Food Testing for Toxins is a Present Day Challenge
Food testing laboratories are facing several challenges in food testing because a large variety of toxins and residues in foods are increasing. The increase in toxins is because of industrial development, environmental pollution, newer agricultural practices and climate change. While some contaminants are known there are others that need to be identified in the foods for them to be analysed. Also there are a wide variety of foods like solids, liquids, meats, agricultural produce, raw and read-to eat foods. The compositions and matrices of all these foods require proper sampling preparation and testing strategies which can be challenging for food testing laboratories. Food Testing laboratories need to carry out accurate sampling and analysis to determine the levels of the contaminants and ...