ABSTRACT
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is involved in assessing a range of techniques for the measurement of odours arising from agricultural practices. We report here analytical results obtained from the collection of headspace slurries using Tenax GC. Samples were thermally desorbed and analysed by capillary column gas chromatography using a range of detectors. Identification of some of the components has been achieved using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and the most abundant odorous compounds were shown to contain sulphur. Quantitative techniques for the measurement of the odorous components are being established and will be applied to a range of air and slurry samples.
