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An investigation of presence of 2- and 3-monochloropropanediol fatty acid esters in Canadian human milk samples

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Pages 1881-1889 | Received 30 May 2018, Accepted 17 Jul 2018, Published online: 17 Aug 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Occurrence of 2- and 3-monochloropropanediol fatty acid esters (MCPDEs) in 199 human milk samples collected from Canadian women was examined in this study. MCPDEs were determined via indirect analytical approach by using acidic hydrolysis/transesterification and derivatization with cyclohexanone using a fluorinated sulfonic acid resin as a catalyst followed by GC-MS analysis. Analyses were done by a stable isotope dilution assay (SIDA) using 3-monochloropropanediol-d5 dipalmitate and 2-monochloropropanediol-d5 distearate as internal standards. In all samples 2-MCPD esters were not detected, at LOD = 1 ng/g for 2-MCPD equivalent. 3-MCPD esters were not detected, at LOD = 2 ng/g for 3-MCPD equivalent, in 193 samples. Six samples had the apparent concentration of 3-MCPD equivalent in the range of 2.0–5.1 ng/g, which was likely caused by accidental contamination during processing of samples. For selected samples, these findings were confirmed by direct analysis via LC-MS/MS analysis based on SIDA for 3-MCPD dipalmitate and 2-MCPD distearate. To our best knowledge, this is the first study to analyze human milk samples for 2-MCPD esters.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank D. Vogl and S. Kaviani-Nejad (Technical University of Munich) for performing LC-MS/MS analyses, F. Breton (Health Canada) for performing GC-HRMS analyses, W.D. Fraser for organizing the collection of samples in the MIREC program and R. Dabeka (Health Canada) for comments and a review of the manuscript.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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