PMID- 34077335
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211004
LR  - 20211004
IS  - 1944-0057 (Electronic)
IS  - 1944-0057 (Linking)
VI  - 38
IP  - 8
DP  - 2021 Aug
TI  - LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS analysis of pesticide residues in Ecuadorian and Filipino 
      Cavendish bananas imported into Saudi Arabia.
PG  - 1376-1385
LID - 10.1080/19440049.2021.1930199 [doi]
AB  - The occurrence of pesticide residues in bananas imported from Ecuador and the 
      Philippines into Saudi Arabia was investigated. Eighty-seven banana samples were 
      purchased from various supermarkets around the country. The conventional QuEChERS 
      method was used to extract 294 pesticides in whole bananas and the analysis was 
      carried out using LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS. In total, nine pesticides were detected 
      of which azoxystrobin, carbendazim, chlorpyrifos, imazalil, and thiabendazole 
      were the most frequently found in bananas from both countries. The levels of 
      these pesticides were complaint according to the Saudi Food & Drug Authority's 
      (SFDA) maximum residue levels (MRLs), therefore they cannot be considered a 
      public health problem. Detectable residues of these agrochemicals show that they 
      are used extensively in banana cultivation. The Ecuadorian Agency for 
      Agricultural Quality Assurance (Agrocalidad) and the Saudi Ministry of 
      Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) prohibit the use of carbendazim in 
      agriculture, while the Filipino Fertiliser and Pesticide Authority (FPA) allows 
      its use. A legislative comparison of pesticide approval status revealed a lack of 
      consensus between banana exporting and importing countries that could affect food 
      safety and trade.
FAU - Almutairi, Mohammed
AU  - Almutairi M
AD  - Reference Laboratory for Food Chemistry, Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), 
      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alsaleem, Turki
AU  - Alsaleem T
AD  - Reference Laboratory for Food Chemistry, Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), 
      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al Herbish, Hatem
AU  - Al Herbish H
AD  - Reference Laboratory for Food Chemistry, Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), 
      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al Sayari, Abdullah A
AU  - Al Sayari AA
AD  - Reference Laboratory for Food Chemistry, Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), 
      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alowaifeer, Abdullah M
AU  - Alowaifeer AM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5056-7775
AD  - Reference Laboratory for Food Chemistry, Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), 
      Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210602
PL  - England
TA  - Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
JT  - Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & 
      risk assessment
JID - 101485040
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
MH  - Food Contamination/*analysis
MH  - Food Safety
MH  - Fruit
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Musa/*classification
MH  - Pesticide Residues/analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Saudi Arabia
MH  - Tandem Mass Spectrometry
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Banana
OT  - MRL
OT  - mass spectrometry
OT  - pesticide
OT  - residue
EDAT- 2021/06/03 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/05 06:00
CRDT- 2021/06/02 17:17
PHST- 2021/06/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/06/02 17:17 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/19440049.2021.1930199 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2021 
      Aug;38(8):1376-1385. doi: 10.1080/19440049.2021.1930199. Epub 2021 Jun 2.