Brief introduction:
     The laboratory of quality safety risk evaluation of Bee products, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China (Beijing) is one of the first 36 national agricultural products risk assessment laboratories established by the Ministry of Agriculture. The research staff are mainly from the bee products quality and safety research office, combined with related experts from other research offices. The professional personnel include 6 professors, 7 associate professors, and 8 research assistants. 13 people obtained Ph.D degrees and 7 obtained master degrees. Their majors cover agricultural products quality and food safety, analytical chemistry, special economic animal feeding, biological techniques and food sciences, etc.
Objectives:
     According to the national significant applications of bee products quality and safety security, lawful supervision and production and consumption guidance, the laboratory aims to establish a world leading risk evaluating platform of bee products quality safety; comprehensively develop the tasks of exploring the unknown hazard factors, evaluating the known hazard factors, and assessing the nutritional function; train a group of high-level risk monitoring and risk assessment professional personnel; build a technical team with complementary majors, clear divisions and tacit cooperation; and finally solve the key technical problems of potential risks tracking, risks assessments, and risks communications of bee products.
Research Area:
1. High-throughput screening and safety assessment of known risk factors in bee products, their production environments and inputs.
2. The exploring, testing and accurate identification of the unknown risk factors in bee products, their production environments and inputs.
3. The research on main risk factors’ origin, occurrence, migration, transformation and elimination patterns in bee products.
4. Technical specification of risk management and control, key points control in the producing process of bee products.
5. Quality safety risk monitoring, necessary risk evaluation and precaution data provision of bee products for governments and supervision departments.
6. Nutritional function evaluation of bee products.
Contacts:
LI Yi  
Tel: 0086-10-62596429  
E-mail: liyi01@caas.cn
Patents:
1. A new method for determining the freshness of royal jelly. 2011.Chinapatent number: ZL200810116945.4.
2. A rapid detection method for fresh degree of royal jelly. 2010.China patent number: ZL200710067214.0
3. A rapid food freshness detection reagent and detection method. 2010.China patent number: ZL200710067215.5
4. Bee product composition and preparation method. 2012.China patent number: ZL200810225313.1
5. A rapid detection method for fresh degree of royal jelly. 2010.China patent number: ZL200710067214.0
6. A new infrared spectrum method for evaluating the freshness of royal jelly. 2012.China patent number: ZL200810117290.2
7. A method for evaluating the suitability of the storage condition of royal jelly. 2012.China patent number: ZL200810223497.8
8. A new method for evaluating the quality of royal jelly. 2012.China patent number: ZL200810223379.7
9. Determination of 10-HDA in royal jelly soft capsule by HPLC. 2010.China patent number: CN101504397A
10. The extraction and application of a rice syrup. 2013.China patent number: ZL201110220841.X
11. A method for extracting coenzyme Q10 from bee pollen and its application. 2014.China patent number: ZL201110364321.6
Publications:
1. Li Y, Qi Y, Ritho J, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Zhou J, Sun L. (2015). Characterization of flavonoid glycosides from rapeseed bee pollen using a combination of chromatography, spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance with a step-wise separation strategy. International Journal of Production Research, 18:1-4
2. Zhou J, Qi Y, Wu H, Diao Q, Tian F, Li Y. (2014). Simultaneous determination of trace migration of phthalate esters in honey and royal jelly by GC-MS. Journal of Separation Science, 37:650-657
3. Zhou J, Yao L, Li Y, Chen L, Wu L, Zhao J. (2014). Floral classification of honey using liquid chromatography-diode array detection-tandem mass spectrometry and chemometric analysis.  Food Chemistry, 145:941-949
4. Zhou L, Xue X, Zhou J, Li Y, Zhao J, Wu L. (2012). Fast determination of adenosine 5&39;-triphosphate (ATP) and its catabolites in royal jelly using ultraperformance liquid chromatography. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 60:8994-8999
5. Xue X, Zhao J, Chen L, Zhou J, Yue B, Li Y, Wu L, Liu F. (2012). Analysis of coenzyme Q10 in bee pollen using online cleanup by accelerated solvent extraction and high performance liquid chromatography. Food Chemistry, 133:573-578
6. Zhou J, Qi Y, Hou Y, Zhao J, Li Y, Xue X, Wu L, Zhang J, Chen F. (2011). Quantitative determination of juvenile hormone III and 20-hydroxyecdysone in queen larvae and drone pupae of Apis mellifera by ultrasonic-assisted extraction and liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B-analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 879:2533-2541
7. Zhou J, Zhao J, Zhang S, Shen J, Qi Y, Xue X, Li Y, Wu L, Zhang J, Chen F, Chen L. (2010). Quantification of melittin and apamin in bee venom lyophilized powder from Apis mellifera by liquid chromatography-diode array detector-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry, 404:171-178
8. Du B, Wu L, Xue X, Chen L, Li Y, Zhao J, Cao W. (2015). Rapid Screening of Multiclass Syrup Adulterants in Honey by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 63:6614-6623
9. Wu Z, Chen L, Wu L, Xue X, Zhao J, Li Y, Ye Z, Lin G. (2015). Classification of Chinese Honeys According to Their Floral Origins Using Elemental and Stable Isotopic Compositions. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 63:5388-5394
10. Wu L, Chen L, Selvaraj JN, Wei Y, Wang Y, Li Y, Zhao J, Xue X. (2014). Identification of the distribution of adenosine phosphates, nucleosides and nucleobases in royal jelly. Food Chemistry, 173:1111-1118
11. Jia Q, Yu S, Cheng N, Wu L, Jia J, Xue X, Cao W. (2014). Stability of nitrofuran residues during honey processing and nitrofuran removal by macroporous adsorption resins. Food Chemistry, 162:110-116
12. Zhou J, Yao L, Li Y, Chen L, Wu L, Zhao J. (2014). Floral classification of honey using liquid chromatography-diode array detection-tandem mass spectrometry and chemometric analysis. Food Chemistry, 145:941-949
13. Xue X, Wang Q, Li Y, Wu L, Chen L, Zhao J, Liu F. (2013). 2-acetylfuran-3-glucopyranoside as a novel marker for the detection of honey adulterated with rice syrup. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 61:7488-7493
14. Zhou L, Xue X, Zhou J, Li Y, Zhao J, Wu L. (2012). Fast determination of adenosine 5&39;-triphosphate (ATP) and its catabolites in royal jelly using ultraperformance liquid chromatography. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 60:8994-8999
15. Xue X, Zhao J, Chen L, Zhou J, Yue B, Li Y, Wu L, Liu F. (2012). Analysis of coenzyme Q10 in bee pollen using online cleanup by accelerated solvent extraction and high performance liquid chromatography. Food Chemistry, 133:573-578