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The efficacy of washing strategies in the elimination of fungicide residues and the alterations on the quality of bell peppers

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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
卷 147, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110579

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Fungicide residue; Washing process; Ozone, chromatographic analysis, food safety; Capsicum annuum L

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  1. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)
  2. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
  3. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  4. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - Brasil (CAPES) [001]

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This study investigated the effectiveness of different methods in removing pesticide residues from bell peppers, finding that water continuously bubbled with ozone and low-concentration traditional washing solutions can effectively remove pesticide residues while preserving the quality of the fruit. Sodium bicarbonate in traditional washing solutions showed good efficiency in removing pesticide residues but affected the color quality of the fruit.
Food safety problems caused by pesticide residues in vegetables have become a top issue to raise public concern. In this study, bell peppers were grown in an experimental field and sprayed with two systemic (azoxystrobin and difenoconazole) and one contact (chlorothalonil) fungicides. Ozone (ozonated water and water continuously bubble with ozone) or conventional domestic (washing with distilled water, detergent, acetic acid, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium hypochlorite solutions) procedures were investigated to identify the most effective way to remove fungicide residues in bell peppers. The residues in the fruits and the washing solutions were determined by solid-liquid extraction with a low-temperature partition (SLE/LTP) and liquid-liquid extraction with a low temperature partition (LLE/LTP), respectively, and analyzed by gas chromatography. Water continuously bubbled with ozone a concentration of 3 mg L-1 was the most efficient treatment with removal of fungicides residues ranging from 67% to 87%. However, similar treatment at a lower concentration (1 mg L-1) did not only efficiently removed fungicide residues (between 53% and 75%) but also preserving the quality of the fruit along a storage time of 13 days. Among the conventional solutions, sodium bicarbonate at 5% showed good efficiency removing between 60% and 81% of the fungicide residues from bell peppers, affecting the color quality of the fruit. Overall, the most affected physicochemical parameters in bell peppers after the treatments were weight loss, color, and vitamin C content.

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