[Gas-chromatographic determination of chloramphenicol residues in animal material]

On the basis of the relevant literature and of their own experimental work, the authors describe extraction, cleaning and derivatization procedures for the determination of chloramphenicol in milk, muscular substance, urine and bile. Chloramphenicol was determined as bis-(trimethylsilyl)-ether using a gas chromatograph fitted with an electron capture detector. To evaluate the analytical techniques, the authors estimated the sensitivity, accuracy and precision for residue amounts of 0.1 and 0.05 mg of chloramphenicol/kg of material under investigation. The limit of detection was 0.02 mg/kg for meat, and 0.01 mg/kg for milk, urine and bile.