Collaborative Study of a New Method for the Extraction of Light Filth from Ground Coffee
Abstract A collaborative study has been completed on a new method for light filth in ground coffee. The sample is defatted with chloroform, dried, and boiled in water; isopropanol is added and the sample is boiled again. Light filth is trapped off with mineral oil from a hot solution. The method yields better recoveries of insect fragments and rodent hairs than the official method. Other advantages are less analytical time, cleaner filter papers, and elimination of the use of carbon tetrachloride. It is recommended that the method be adopted as official first action to replace 40.007(b) for the isolation of light filth from ground coffee and that the hydrogen peroxide bleaching technique described earlier be adopted as a procedure to replace the sodium hypochlorite technique described in 40.006.