Project's information

Project's title Research on the process of analysis of some hazardous substances in Vietnamese wine
Research hosting institution Center for Research and Technology Transfer
Project leader’s name Hoang Minh Tao
Project duration 01/01/2015 - 01/01/2017
Project’s budget 300.000.000 VND
Classify Fair
Goal and objectives of the project

- Develop a quantitative analysis of hazardous substances in alcohol to enhance the analytical capacity of key food safety labs.
- Perform analytical test on hazardous substances in several types of alcohol collected to assess the applicability of the analytical procedures developed and assess the presence of hazardous substances in alcohol.

Main results

 Theoretical results:
- 01 paper published in the Journal of Analytical Sciences.
- Attended and presented 01 report at the ICP-MS mass media sharing workshop.
 Application:
- 04 analyses of some hazardous substances in alcohol have been made, including:
+ Aldehyde group analysis process
+ Alcohol group analysis process
+ Heavy metals group analysis process
+ Pesticides analysis process

Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results

The project has initially facilitated the development of analytical methods in the food of key laboratory on food safety and environment. On the other hand, the project also contributes part of the research results to protect the health of consumers.

The project identified a number of alcohol hazardous substances such as aldehyde, alcohol, pesticides and heavy metals on samples made in Vietnam and samples of imported vodka and whiskey for a comparison of quality.

Products of the project

 Scientific paper in referred journal (list):
- 01 paper on the Journal of Analytical Sciences.
 Technological products (describe in details: technical characteristics, place)
- 04 analytical processes on certain hazardous substances in alcohol, including:
+ Aldehyde group analysis process
+ Alcohol group analysis process
+ Heavy metals group analysis process
+ Pesticides analysis process
Currently, processes are being archived at the Food Safety and Environmental Key Lab of CTCTT.

Recommendations

This research has only been initially successful in the development of 04 processes for the analysis of hazardous substances in alcohol. We would want to have a request to the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology to consider providing funding for research to develop additional sets of processes for the analysis of other hazardous substances in wine in particular and in food. in general. At the same time, analysis should be conducted on many real samples to have a basis for recommendations to complete the current standards related to alcoholic beverages as well as food.