Contamination levels of PCDDs, PCDFs and Co-PCBs in commercial baby foods in Japan.

Autor: Amakura Y; National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1, Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan., Tsutsumi T, Iida T, Nakagawa R, Hori T, Tobiishi K, Uchibe H, Nakamura M, Yanagi T, Kono Y, Toyoda M, Sasaki K, Maitani T
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan [Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi] 2005 Aug; Vol. 46 (4), pp. 148-52.
DOI: 10.3358/shokueishi.46.148
Abstrakt: To examine dioxin contamination in commercial baby foods in Japan, congener analyses of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (Co-PCBs) were performed on 102 varieties of baby foods obtained from supermarkets in 2001-2002. The toxic equivalent quantity (TEQ) levels for dioxins in samples ranged from < 0.001 to 0.135 pg-TEQ/g wet weight when undetected or trace levels of congeners were taken as zero. Among 102 samples tested, 26 samples exceeded 0.010 pg-TEQ/g. The highest TEQ value was for "sardine, vegetables" (0.135 pg-TEQ/g), followed by "Japanese radish (daikon), sardine" (0.080 pg-TEQ/g). Thus, dioxins were detected at low levels in baby foods containing animal products such as fishes and/or dairy products.
Databáze: MEDLINE