Non-Destructive Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds in Modified Atmosphere Packaged Poultry Using SPME-SIFT-MS in Tandem with Headspace TD-GC-MS

A methodology was developed to measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a non-destructive way inside modified atmosphere packaged (MAP) poultry (chicken fillets) samples stored at 4 °C. To achieve this, a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber was inserted in the headspace of the package and was later desorbed within a heated injector coupled with a selected ion flow tube mass spectrometer (SIFT-MS). As this technique is not stand-alone,...