Photolysis for the Removal and Transformation of Pesticide Residues During Food Processing: A State-of-the-Art Minireview

Qian Xiao; Xiaoxu Xuan; Grzegorz Boczkaj; Joon Yong Yoon; Xun Sun

doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.888047

Photolysis for the Removal and Transformation of Pesticide Residues During Food Processing: A State-of-the-Art Minireview

Front Nutr. 2022 May 19:9:888047. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.888047. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Qian Xiao^{1

2}, Xiaoxu Xuan³, Grzegorz Boczkaj⁴, Joon Yong Yoon⁵, Xun Sun^{3

6}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
⁴ Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansansi, South Korea.
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Abstract

Pesticide residues are of great significant issue that exerted adverse effects on humans. There is a need for effective and non-toxic decontamination of pesticide residues during food processing. In this minireview, the recent advances in the degradation of pesticide residues by photolysis have been firstly described during food processing. The mechanisms of pesticide residues destruction by photolysis were discussed accordingly. Finally, applications of photolysis in the degradation of pesticide residues from beverages, fresh produce, and food rinse waste were also summarized.

Keywords: food processing; pesticide residues; photolysis; pollutant decontamination; transformation.

Publication types

Review