Abstract
An apple certified reference material for the analysis of pesticide residues was issued by the National Metrology Institute of Japan. Organophosphorus and pyrethroid pesticides were sprayed on apples, and these were used as raw materials of certified reference material. The harvested apples were cut into small pieces, freeze-dried, pulverized, sieved, placed into 200 brown glass bottles (3g each), and sterilized by γ-irradiation. Stability and homogeneity assessment was performed, and the relative uncertainties due to instability (for an expiry date of 32months) and inhomogeneity were 10.3–25.0% and 4.0–6.8%, respectively. The characterization was carried out using multiple analytical methods to ensure the reliability of analytical results; the values of target pesticides were obtained by isotope dilution mass spectrometry. Certified values were 2.28±0.82mg/kg for diazinon, 3.14±0.79mg/kg for fenitrothion, 1.55±0.81mg/kg for cypermethrin, and 2.81±0.70mg/kg for permethrin.
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