On January 1, 2019, the BIOR institute, in cooperation with the National Agency for Education Development (SEDA), launched a research application No. 1.1.1.2/VIAA/2/18/247 ” Ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry as an effective tool for the analysis of food contamination: development of new analytical methods and application to real samples”. The project is implemented by leading researcher Dzintars Zacs.

During the reference period from 01.11.2021 to 31.12.2021 a scientific manuscript on determination of chlorinated alkanes in baby food was published:

   I Perkons, E Abdulajeva, E Bartkiene, D Zacs, 2022. Short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins in commercial complementary baby food produced in different European countries: Occurrence, congener group profiles, portion-based dietary intake, and risk assessment. Science of the Total Environment, 814, 152733.

Project results were presented in the frame of international conference “41st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (DIOXIN2021)” (09-11 November 2021, Tianjin, China)

Cooperation institution SEDA. Project duration is 36 months. The total cost of the project is EUR 133 805.88, of which 85% (EUR 113 734.98) is the European Regional Development Fund.

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