Surveillance of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in food commercialized in Barcelona, Spain
| Autor: | J.F. Arqués, Francesc Centrich, J. Duran, Joan R. Villalbí, Conrad Casas, M. Martínez, E. Serrahima, M. Fontcuberta, Esteban Abad, Manuela Ábalos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Veterinary medicine
Meat Eggs Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins Food Contamination Dioxins Toxicology Public health service cheese Eating chemistry.chemical_compound dioxins - toxic equivalent quantities (TEQs) eggs High fat Animals Humans animal products - meat heterocyclic compounds fish Chemistry Fishes Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages chromatography - gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) Polychlorinated Biphenyls Food Analysis Fresh fish Spain Environmental chemistry Fish Environmental Pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Dairy Products Maximum Allowable Concentration Public Health Chickens Polychlorinated dibenzofurans Environmental Monitoring Food Science Food contaminant |
| Zdroj: | Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau instname |
| ISSN: | 1939-3210 |
| Popis: | This study explored the potential use of seven congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs-7) as indicator compounds for the presence of dioxins and PCBs in food samples, as part of the routine surveillance programme of a public health agency. Samples of 24 foodstuffs with high fat content were collected (ten fresh fish, six dairy products, five meat and three eggs). Duplicate analyses were performed. A research laboratory tested samples for seven polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDDs), ten dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and twelve dioxin-like PCBs, with limits of detection in the range of ng kg(-1) (ppt). The public health services official control laboratory tested samples for PCBs-7, with a limit of quantification of 5 mu g kg(-1) (ppb). The research laboratory detected the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in all samples; fish samples had the highest levels (0.04-10.3 pg WHO-TEQ g(-1)). The public health service official control laboratory detected PCBs-7 only in five samples, which were all fish. Comparing the results in the two laboratories there seems to be an association between the detection of PCB-7 and the presence of higher levels of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs. The use of PCB-7 as an indicator compound may be a practical surveillance strategy for those foodstuffs with higher concentrations of dioxin-like congeners. |
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