Environmental contamination of free-range hen with dioxin

Mikołajczyk Szczepan; Pajurek Marek; Warenik-Bany Małgorzata; Maszewski Sebastian

doi:10.2478/jvetres-2021-0022

Journal of Veterinary Research (Apr 2021)

Environmental contamination of free-range hen with dioxin

Mikołajczyk Szczepan,
Pajurek Marek,
Warenik-Bany Małgorzata,
Maszewski Sebastian

Affiliations

Mikołajczyk Szczepan: Department of Radiobiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100Pulawy, Poland
Pajurek Marek: Department of Radiobiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100Pulawy, Poland
Warenik-Bany Małgorzata: Department of Radiobiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100Pulawy, Poland
Maszewski Sebastian: Department of Radiobiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100Pulawy, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2021-0022
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 65, no. 2
pp. 225 – 229

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The transfer of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a contaminated environment into the food chain is a serious consumer safety problem. As part of the Polish National Surveillance Program of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in food of animal origin, a concentration of PCDD/Fs of 4.61 ± 0.75 pg WHO-TEQ/g fat was determined in a sample of free-range eggs, which exceeded the permitted limit of 2.5 pg WHO-TEQ/g. The aim of the study was to investigate the source of the egg contamination and the risk for the eggs’ consumers.

Published in Journal of Veterinary Research

ISSN: 2450-8608 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture: Veterinary medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/JVETRES

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