Italian Journal of Food Safety (Feb 2013)

RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION IN RAW MILK IN TURIN DEPARTEMENT : HEAVY METALS, P.C.B, ORGANOCHLORINE AND ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES – YEARS 2005 – 2008

  • S. Cavallera,
  • M.C Abete,
  • M. Garrone,
  • R. Tarasco,
  • S. Gavinelli,
  • B Vivaldi,
  • S. Chiarelli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2009.6.48
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 6
pp. 48 – 52

Abstract

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In the period between 2005 and 2008 was carried out a survey on 252 samples of raw bovine milk collected in Turin departement to certain levels of contamination by heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Fe, Hg, Pb, Zn), PCB and organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides. These results argue that the levels of heavy metals, PCB and pesticides are well below what is expected by the European legislation and that the situation is under control and that raw milk meets the hygiene requirements for human health.

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