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Prevalence of some chemical hazards in some meat products.

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Meat hygiene

Abstract

In an attempt to determine the prevalence of some chemical hazards in various meat product thus, by measuring the residual levels of lead, cadmium and nitrite in such product, a total number of 60 random samples (15 of each) of minced meat , beef burger, sausages and luncheon were haphazardly gathered from a varied supermarkets and retailers in Benha City at Kalubia governorate, Egypt to be chemically analyzed by means of spectrophotometer. From the achieved results, it was detected that the mean values of residual levels of Pb in the inspected samples of minced meat, beef burger, sausages and luncheon were 0.06 ± 0.01, 0.11 ± 0.01, 0.16 ± 0.01 and 0.23 ± 0.01 mg/kg, respectively, while those of Cd were 0.03 ± 0.01, 0.07 ± 0.01 , 0.12 ± 0.01 , and 0.15 ± 0.01 mg/kg, and finally those of nitrite were not detected, 39.81 ± 2.24, 27.59 ± 1.65 and 62.07 ± 2.51 (ppm), respectively. The obtained findings were complied with the acceptable limits of heavy metals residues and residual nitrite level recommended by Egyptian Standards.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2019.15647.1067

Keywords

Chemical hazards, meat products, Lead, cadmium, nitrite

Authors

First Name

Wafaa

Last Name

Hazaa

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Affiliation

faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Benha University.

Email

wafaahazaa@yahoo.com

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First Name

Fahim

Last Name

Shaltout

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Food Hygiene Dep., Fac. Vet. Med., Benha Univ.

Email

fahim.shaltout@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

Toukh

Orcid

https://orcid.org/my

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Shater

MiddleName

A.H.

Affiliation

Food Hygiene Dept., Animal Health Research Institute "Doki".

Email

soshater2020@yahoo.com

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Volume

37

Article Issue

1

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8030

Issue Date

2019-09-01

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2019-08-04

Publish Date

2019-09-01

Page Start

32

Page End

36

Print ISSN

1110-6581

Online ISSN

2974-4806

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_88826.html

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Original Article

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812

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Journal

Publication Title

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of some chemical hazards in some meat products.

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Created At

22 Jan 2023