A simple and sensitive method was developed for the simultaneous determination of four macrolides in pork using high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(HPLC-MS/MS).Homogenized sample was extracted with NaH2PO4 buffer and acetonitrile solution,and defatted with n-hexane.Further cleanup was performed on a Sep-Pakt C18 solid-phase extraction cartridge.The compounds were determined by LC-MS/MS operated in positive electrospray ionization mode.The limits of detection(LODs) were 0.5 μg/kg.The average recoveries at three spiked concentration levels of 1.0,5.0,10.0 μg/kg were in the range of 70%-110%,with the intra-day RSD of less than 12.9% and inter-day RSD of less than 13.4%.
