Determination of the Level of Selected Elements in Canned Meat and Fish and Risk Assessment for Consumer Health

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the content of cobalt, silver, tin, antimony, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, vanadium, chromium, manganese, nickel, and uranium in canned meat and canned fish by means of ICP-MS apparatus and mercury analyzer. Also, probabilistic risk assessment (non carcinogenic) was estimated by models including target hazard quotient (THQ). It was found that Mn was the element with the highest concentration in the analyzed products, with average concentration of 0.216 mg·kg−1 in canned meat and 1.196 mg·kg−1 in canned fish. The average contents of other elements were as follows (respectively, for canned meat and fish): Co 0.018 and 0.028 mg·kg−1, Ag 0.0386 and 0.0053 mg·kg−1, Sn 0.059 and 0.200 mg·kg−1, Sb 0.0268 and 0.0377 mg·kg−1, Pb 0.202 and 0.068 mg·kg−1, Hg 0.00003 and 0.02676 mg·kg−1, Cd 0.00496 and 0.0202 mg·kg−1, As 0.002 and 0.857 mg·kg−1, V 0.0003 and 0.095 mg·kg−1, Cr 0.244 and 0.590 mg·kg−1, Mn 0.216 and 1.196 mg·kg−1, Ni 0.004 and 0.088 mg·kg−1, and U < LOQ and 0.047 mg·kg−1. The concentration of As was the highest among other toxic elements in canned fish; therefore, the THQ value of this element revealed the highest level amounting up to 0.77576 (THQmax).