Abstract
The extraction efficiencies, based on the amount of pesticide removed by an exhaustive extraction, of four procedures were compared for effectiveness in removal of chlorinated pesticide residues incurred in eggs from hens fed lindane, DDE, DDT, heptachlor epoxide, dieldrin, and endrin. Acetonitrile, as used in the Mills, Onley, and Gaither method for nonfatty foods, yielded results equivalent to the exhaustive extraction, the double acetonitrile extraction by blending, and the Sawyer rapid method for eggs. Two types of Florisil columns, a split layer and a single layer column, were compared for cleanup efficiency of egg extracts from the Sawyer and the Mills et al. methods. Results of these studies indicate that the Mills et al. rapid method is applicable for the analysis of chlorinated pesticide residues in eggs at a level of 0.01 ppm.