Heavy metals in aromatic spices by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Autor: Giacomo Dugo, Giovanni Annuario, Ambrogina Albergamo, Nicola Cicero, Daniel Giuseppe Bua
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Internationality
United Nations
Food Contamination
Toxicology
World Health Organization
01 natural sciences
Hydrocarbons
Aromatic
Risk Assessment
World health
Arsenic
Limit of Detection
Metals
Heavy
Humans
European Union
Spices
Microwaves
Council directive
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level
010405 organic chemistry
business.industry
Hydrolysis
Spectrophotometry
Atomic
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Analytic Sample Preparation Methods
Reproducibility of Results
Heavy metals
Legislation
Food
Heavy metals
ICP-MS
Risk assessment
Spices
Trace elements
Food Science
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Toxicology
Food safety
Food Inspection
0104 chemical sciences
Biotechnology
010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry
Italy
Agriculture
Calibration
Environmental science
Environmental Pollutants
business
Food Science
Popis: Objective of this study was to determine the content of Cd, Hg, As and Pb in common spices traded in the Italian market, using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results were compared with the maximum limits established by the national Legislative Decree (LD) no. 107 implementing the Council Directive 88/388/EEC and by international organisations, such as Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO). Food safety for spices was assessed considering the tolerable weekly intake (TWI) and the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI), respectively, for Cd and Hg and the 95% lower confidence limit of the benchmark dose of 1% extra risk (BMDL01) for As and Pb. Investigated elements in all samples were within the maximum limits as set by the national and international normative institutions. Nevertheless, the heavy metal content of some spices exceeded the PTWI, TWI and BMDL01, which needs attention when considering consumer's health.
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