Collaborative Study of a Rapid Method for Extraction of Light Filth from Corn Meal, Rye, Pumpernickel, and Buckwheat Flour

1971 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 903-905
Author(s):  
Mary T Miller

Abstract A rapid method based on product defatting in a Soxhlet extractor, hydrolysis in acid-alcohol, water washing, and, finally, separation of light filth in mineral oil has been developed for the separation of light filth from white and yellow corn meal, cracked wheat, rye, pumpernickel, and buckwheat flour. Collaborative results are satisfactory for all products tested; the method has been adopted as official first action.

1970 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-725
Author(s):  
Mary T Miller

Abstract A rapid method for the separation of light filth from a variety of high bran flours consists of a defatting procedure in a Soxhlet extractor, followed by separation of the filth elements with mineral oil in a HCl-ethyl alcohol medium. The proposed method gives clean papers and good recoveries and has no critically timed steps.


1967 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-509
Author(s):  
Mary T Miller

Abstract A rapid method, based on acid hydrolysis in the presence of mineral oil, has been developed to separate extraneous materials from whole and degerminated corn meal, prepared mustard, and soy flour. Corn meal may be first examined for rodent excreta by method 36.032 and then examined for light filth, or it may be analyzed directly for light filth by the acid hydrolysis method. Soy flour is prepared for analysis by solubilizing the protein in dilute sodium chloride solution in the presence of mineral oil. The Kilborn separatory funnel is used with all 3 products. The proposed method improves recoveries of insect fragments by 13—34% and rodent hair recoveries hy 25—54%. Analyst time required for actual assay is reduced by at least onethird. The method will be subjected to collaborative study


1953 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Crofts Callison ◽  
Lois F. Hallman ◽  
William F. Martin ◽  
Elsa Orent-Keiles ◽  
Emily S. Conway ◽  
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1976 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-826
Author(s):  
Russell G Dent ◽  
J Richard Gorham

Abstract Canned crabmeat is boiled with mineral oil in a Wildman trap flask. The trappings are transferred to a Corning percolator and cycled at least 3 times. Average recoveries from 7 collaborators were 82.7 % for rodent hairs and 98.0% for flies. The proposed method has been adopted as official first action.


1981 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
Russell G Dent ◽  
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J Boese ◽  
M P Chaput ◽  
D Floyd ◽  
...  

Abstract A method was developed for the extraction of thrips and other whole or equivalent insects from frozen blackberries and raspberries. The method consisted of a thawing and drained weight step, followed by acid maceration. Berries were wet-sieved over a No. 25 sieve nested in a No. 80 sieve. The berry tissue retained on the No. 80 sieve was dehydrated with isopropanol and then treated with chloroform. The chloroform was stripped from the residue with isopropanol. The berry residue was extracted with light mineral oil from a 40% isopropanol-Tween 80- Na4EDTA mixture. The collaborative study was successfully completed with 83.3% average recoveries of thrips and a 19.2% coefficient of variation. The method has been adopted official first action.


1972 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 514-515
Author(s):  
Mary T Miller

Abstract A new method for the separation of light filth from white flour is based on an autoclave-acid hydrolysis, followed by separation of light fdth elements with mineral oil in a Corning or Kilborn separator. This method is rapid and gives clean papers and good recoveries. The method has been adopted as official first action, to replace 40.045 and 40.046 for extraction of light filth from white flour.


1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-698
Author(s):  
Jack Boese ◽  
Marvin Nakashima ◽  
Larry E Glaze

Abstract Results are reported for a collaborative study of a method for the extraction of light filth from whole peppermint leaves. A 5 g sample is defatted with isopropanol in a simple reflux appartus. Rat hairs, insect fragments, and whole insects are isolated by wet sieving on a No. 230 sieve, a deaerating boil in 40% isopropanol solution, flotation with Tween 80-Na4edta (1 + 1) and mineral oil-heptane (85 + 15), and trappings in a Wildman trap flask. Average recoveries obtained by 6 collaborators for 3 spike levels of rat hairs (5,10,15) were 83.3, 87.5, and 82.2%, respectively. For whole insects (5,10,15) recoveries averaged 85.0, 80.0 and 77.2% respectively; for insect fragments (20, 30, 50) recoveries averaged 79.6, 88.3, and 84.8%, respectively. The average recoveries for the 3 levels of each analyte were not significantly different. The method has been adopted official first action.


1971 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-578
Author(s):  
Alberto W Vazquez

Abstract A new method has been developed for extraction of light filth from coarsely ground nutmeg. Nutmeg tissue is defatted by 3 successive 10 min extractions with boiling CHCI3, after which the solvent is removed by aspiration and an isopropanol rinse. Following sieving on a No. 230 sieve and a brief deaeration and hydrolysis step in acidified boiling 60% ethanol-CaCl2, light filth elements are extracted with mineral oil from the 60% ethanol-CaCl2 mixture. Collaborative testing of the proposed method yielded satisfactory recoveries of added light filth elements. The official method for ground spices, 40.106(b), was compared in a collaborative study with the proposed method for the analysis of ground nutmeg and mace. Results were encouraging, but further study is indicated. The method as described for reconditioned nutmeg has been adopted as official first action.


1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Marvin J Nakashima ◽  
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J A Gallman ◽  
R R Haynos ◽  
C E Highfield ◽  
...  

Abstract Results are reported for a collaborative study of a method for the extraction of light filth from oriental sauces containing soy sauce, thickeners, and spices. A100 g test portion is pretreated in a 2% solution of Tergitol Anionic 4 over a steam bath, and oils are removed by wet-sieving on No. 230 sieve. Filth is isolated from 40% isopropanol by using Na4EDTA and mineral oil. Average recoveries by 9 collaborators for 3 spike levels of rat hairs (5,10, and 15) were 84, 78, and 79%, respectively; for insect fragments (5,15, and 30), recoveries were 92, 95, and 96%, respectively. The method was adopted first action by AOAC International.


1976 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-829
Author(s):  
Joel J Thrasher

Abstract A new method has been developed for the extraction of light filth from ground mace and ground caraway seed. The method uses a 2-step chloroform-isopropanol pretreatment followed by separation of the light filth from 40% isopropanol with mineral oil. The collaborative study resulted in clean filter papers with more reproducible recoveries of light filth elements than the official first action method, 44.116(b). The method has been adopted as official first action.


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