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Detecting Chemical Hazards in Foods Using Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices (μPADs): The Real-World Application Hua, Marti Z.; Li, Shenmiao; Wang, Shuo; Lu, Xiaonan

Abstract

Food safety remains one of the most important issues in most countries and the detection of food hazards plays a key role in the systematic approach to ensuring food safety. Rapid, easy-to-use and low-cost analytical tools are required to detect chemical hazards in foods. As a promising candidate, microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have been rarely applied to real food samples for testing chemical hazards, although numerous papers have been published in this field in the last decade. This review discusses the current status and concerns of the μPAD applications in the detection of chemical hazards in foods from the perspective of food scientists, mainly for an audience with a background in mechanical and chemical engineering who may have interests in exploring the potential of μPAD to address real-world food safety issues.

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Title
Detecting Chemical Hazards in Foods Using Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices (μPADs): The Real-World Application
Creator
Hua, Marti Z.; Li, Shenmiao; Wang, Shuo; Lu, Xiaonan
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Food, Nutrition and Health Program
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2018-01-17
Description
Food safety remains one of the most important issues in most countries and the detection of food hazards plays a key role in the systematic approach to ensuring food safety. Rapid, easy-to-use and low-cost analytical tools are required to detect chemical hazards in foods. As a promising candidate, microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have been rarely applied to real food samples for testing chemical hazards, although numerous papers have been published in this field in the last decade. This review discusses the current status and concerns of the μPAD applications in the detection of chemical hazards in foods from the perspective of food scientists, mainly for an audience with a background in mechanical and chemical engineering who may have interests in exploring the potential of μPAD to address real-world food safety issues.
Subject
ΜPADs; Chemical hazard; Food safety; Food contamination; Sample preparation
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-07-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0379743
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/70900
Affiliation
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC
Citation
Micromachines 9 (1): 32 (2018)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/mi9010032
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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