“…Various methods have been described for the determination of DMN in food for human and animal consumptions. These include ultraviolet (Ender et al, 1964) and infrared (Moehler and Mayrhofer, 1968), spectroscopic, polarographic (Heath and Jarvis, 1955;Walters et al, 1970), colorimetric (Eisenbrand and Preussmann, 1970), tic (Preussmann et al, 1964;Sen et a!., 1969), glc (Howard et al, 1970;, 1970 methods. Many of these methods are unsuitable for trace analysis of nitrosamines in biological mixtures mainly because of the lack of sensitivity or specificity.…”