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Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Emerging Contaminants in Food

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2021 177 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 70 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.

Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Yulun Chen, Yulun Chen, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Yulun Chen, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Zhe Chen, Yulun Chen, Yulun Chen, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Qingrun Liu, Fangwei Yang, Yulun Chen, Yulun Chen, Yulun Chen, Fangwei Yang, Fangwei Yang, Weirong Yao Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yulun Chen, Fangwei Yang, Yunfei Xie, Weirong Yao Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Fangwei Yang, Weirong Yao Yunfei Xie, Yulun Chen, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Yunfei Xie, Weirong Yao Yunfei Xie, Yulun Chen, Yunfei Xie, Weirong Yao Weirong Yao Weirong Yao Weirong Yao Yulun Chen, Qingrun Liu, Weirong Yao

Summary

This systematic review focuses on microplastics and nanoplastics as emerging contaminants in our food supply. These tiny particles enter food through packaging, processing, and environmental contamination. Current detection methods are still limited, making it difficult to fully measure how much plastic we are eating — highlighting the need for better testing to protect food safety.

Study Type Review

As current concerns about food safety issues around the world are still relatively serious, more and more food safety issues have become the focus of people's attention. What's more serious is that environmental pollution and changes in human lifestyles have also led to the emergence of contaminants in food, microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) being typical representatives. MPs and NPs (M/NPs) in food are gradually becoming recognized by regulatory authorities and the public. Most published reviews on M/NPs have been focused on the environmental ecosystems. In those papers, it is only sporadically mentioned that M/NPs can also appear in food. As far as we know, there has not been a systematic review of the pollution and existing status of M/NPs in food. This Review focuses on the harmfulness of M/NPs, the ways in which M/NPs contaminate food, the residual amount of M/NPs in food, and the current analysis and detection methods for M/NPs in food. Current analysis and detection methods have problems such as being time-consuming, involving cumbersome operation, and giving poor accuracy. In the future, it will be necessary to increase the research on methods for efficient and sensitive separation and detection of M/NPs in food. Finally, it is hoped that this Review will arouse more people's awareness of and attention to the seriousness of M/NPs in food.

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