Novel multiresidue method for determination of pesticides in red wine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and solid phase extraction

Abstract

A new multiresidue method was developed for determination of 25 pesticide residues in red wine by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry with a single run of 23.63 min. Samples were extracted from wine with solid phase extraction using Oasis HLB. Mixture of methanol and water was used for rinsing, while acetonitrile and n-hexane were used as elution solvents. Method was validated according to SANCO/12571/2013 criteria in wide linearity range (limit of quantification - 400 μg L(-1)). Limits of quantification (LOQ) were well below 10 μg L(-1) for most pesticides and recoveries at 2×LOQ and 10×LOQ concentration levels were in range 70-120%. Precision, expressed as a relative standard deviation, was always under 14%. The method was applied to 32 red wine samples from Croatia. Pesticides were detected in 30 samples with a total of 15 pesticides found, 7 of which were at a high concentration.

Keywords: GC–MS; Multiresidue method; Pesticide residues; Red wine; Solid phase extraction.