European Union Regulations -- China’s Food Safety Regulation and Mass Spectrometry -- United States and Japanese Food Regulations -- QuEChERS Sample Preparation Approach for Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Foods -- Automated Solid Phase Extraction -- Multiresidue Pesticide Analysis by Capillary Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry -- Targeted Pesticide Residue Analysis Using Triple Quad LC-MS/MS -- LC/TOF-MS Analysis of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables: The Emerging Role of Accurate Mass in the Unambiguous Identification of Pesticides in Food -- Hormone Analysis in Food Products -- Analysis of Multiple Mycotoxins in Food -- Multi Mycotoxin Analysis in Food Products Using Immunoaffinity Extraction -- Multiresidue Analysis of Antibiotics in Food of Animal Origin Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry -- The LC-MS/MS Methods for the Determination of Specific Antibiotics Residues in Food Matrices -- Identification of Unknown Migrants from Food Contact Materials -- Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Food.

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