Food processing as a means for pesticide residue dissipation

Food processing a tool to pesticide residue dissipation – A review

0963-9969/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2008.09.009 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 9968256936. E-mail address: [email protected] Food safety is an area of growing worldwide concern on account of its direct bearing on human health. The presence of harmful pesticide residues in food has caused a great concern among the consumers. Hence, world over ...

Characterizing pesticide dissipation in food crops

Potential of ozone utilization for reduction of pesticide residue in food of plant origin. A review.

Residues of plant protection products can be nowadays found in almost all samples of fruits as even if their application was carried out with respect to standards of Good Agricultural Practice. The intake of these compounds with food of plant origin may result in various disorders and diseases. Since the use of plant protection agents seems unavoidable, it is necessary to treat contaminated foo...

Optical Technologies for Determination of Pesticide Residue

Pesticides are essential for agricultural and horticultural crops production. Pesticides are commonly classified as insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, rodenticide, etc. These pesticides act against insects, rodents, weeds which are harmful in agricultural or horticultural planting. Normally, farmers use the pesticides following the instruction written in the package. In most cases, the pesticid...

Review: Biosensor for detection of pesticide residue

Pesticide residue is a common contamination in the environment and food. Various analytical methods have been developed to detect and analyze the residues. Biosensor is one of the fast detection technologies. In this paper, we reviewed those biosensors according to their unique detection mechanism, fabrication and incorporation with nanomaterials.