Journal of Food Safety & Quality
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2025, 16(15): 28-36
• Special Topic: Processing and Quality Safety of Animal Food •
Analysis and risk assessment of pesticide residues in commercially animal-derived foods
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Zhi-Min YANG
1, Yun LI
1, Hua-Li XUE
2, *, Shao-Bin LI
3, Xiu-Li PAN
1, Jian LI
1, Fu-Xiang WU
1, Chang-Chun SHAO
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Affiliations
- 1 Lanzhou Institute for Food and Drug Control, Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Veterinary Drug Monitoring, State Administration for Market Regulation, Lanzhou 730050, China
- 2 College of Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
- 3 College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Published: 2025-08-15
doi: 10.19812/j.cnki.jfsq11-5956/ts.20250508002
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Objective To assess the risks of pesticide residues of animal-derived foods in commercial market. Methods The 146 kinds of pesticides were determined in 460 batches of animal foods by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The risk of pesticide residues detected in animal foods was evaluated by food safety index (IFS) method and dietary risk assessment model. Results The overall detection rate of the sample was 48.9%, and a total of 24 kinds of pesticides were detected, primarily insecticides, with low and moderate toxicity being the main characteristic. Among the detected samples, the number of detected pesticides was the highest in aquatic products, followed by eggs, livestock meat and poultry meat. Among the detected pesticides, the largest number of pesticides were detected in aquatic products, followed by livestock meat, poultry meat and eggs. The pesticides in aquatic products were mostly hexaflumuron, pendimethalin, DDT, dimethoate, trifluralin, thifluzamide and carbaryl. While the livestock meat was mainly diphenylamine, ethoprophos and boscalid, the poultry was mainly boscalid, and the eggs were mainly fipronil. The results of IFS showed that the average safety index ($\overline{\text{IFS}}$) of all pesticides was 0.000001-0.010021, which was far less than 1. The overall safety status of all pesticides in animal foods was acceptable. The results of dietary risk assessment indicated that acceptable daily intake (%ADI) of each detected pesticide in the 4 types of animal-derived foods were far less than 100%, and the hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI) were far less than 1. The risk level of these pesticide residues of animal foods was within the acceptable range. Conclusion There are pesticide residues in animal-derived foods. Although the overall risk of pesticide residues detected in animal-derived foods is relatively low and within an acceptable range, however, samples and pesticides with high detection rates should be the focus of supervision to ensure the safety of animal-derived foods in the future.
animal-derived foods
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pesticide residues
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food safety index
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dietary risk assessment
Zhi-Min YANG, Yun LI, Hua-Li XUE, Shao-Bin LI, Xiu-Li PAN, Jian LI, Fu-Xiang WU, Chang-Chun SHAO.
Analysis and risk assessment of pesticide residues in commercially animal-derived foods[J].
Journal of Food Safety & Quality,
2025
, 16
(15)
: 28
-36
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DOI: 10.19812/j.cnki.jfsq11-5956/ts.20250508002
Year 2025 volume 16 Issue 15
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doi: 10.19812/j.cnki.jfsq11-5956/ts.20250508002
- Receive Date:2025-05-08
- Online Date:2026-01-09
- Published:2025-08-15