Abstract

This study aimed to develop a simple, high-throughput method based on modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) followed by liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF/MS) for the rapid determination of multi-class pesticide residues in raw milk. With acidified acetonitrile as the extraction solvent, the raw milk samples were pretreated with the modified QuEChERS method, including extraction, salting-out, freezing, and clean-up processes. The target pesticides were acquired in a positive ion electrospray ionization mode and an All ions MS/MS mode. The developed method was validated, and good performing characteristics were achieved. The screening detection limits (SDL) and limits of quantitation (LOQ) for all the pesticides ranged within 0.1–20 and 0.1–50 μg/kg, respectively. The recoveries of all analytes ranged from 70.0% to 120.0% at three spiked levels (1 × LOQ, 2 × LOQ, and 10 × LOQ), with relative standard deviations less than 20.0%. The coefficient of determination was greater than 0.99 within the calibration linearity range for the detected 195 pesticides. The method proved the simple, rapid, high throughput screening and quantitative analysis of pesticide residues in raw milk.

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