PMID- 30376917
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190122
LR  - 20190122
IS  - 0009-4293 (Print)
IS  - 0009-4293 (Linking)
VI  - 72
IP  - 10
DP  - 2018 Oct 31
TI  - Dioxins and PCBs in Meat - Still a Matter of Concern?
PG  - 690-696
LID - 10.2533/chimia.2018.690 [doi]
AB  - Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) 
      summarized as dioxins, as well as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are 
      persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic environmental contaminants. Over 95% of 
      human exposure to these problematic chemicals occurs via the ingestion of fatty 
      rich food like meat and meat products, fatty fish, as well as milk and dairy 
      products. Several major food and feed contamination incidents in Europe during 
      the years 1997 and 2010 revealed the necessity of establishing food and feed 
      monitoring programs for dioxins and PCBs. Various monitoring programs carried out 
      by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the Federal Food Safety and 
      Veterinary Office (FSVO), suggest that cattle from extensive farming (suckler cow 
      husbandry) exhibited higher levels of dioxin-like PCBs (dl-PCBs) and exceeded 
      with higher frequency the permitted maximum levels (ML) when compared to 
      conventional raised cattle. The reasons for the higher levels are possibly due to 
      higher levels of PCBs in green fodder (pasture, silage, and hay) when compared to 
      the concentrated feed used in conventional farming. Additionally, an increased 
      uptake of soil, which is known to be a risk matrix for the uptake of dioxins and 
      PCBs in grazing animals, leads to elevated contaminant levels in the suckler cows 
      and hence their calves. Furthermore, PCB point sources present on a farm from 
      older building and construction materials (e.g. PCB-containing wall paints) might 
      result in very high contamination of the animals and the meat produced from them.
FAU - Zennegg, Markus
AU  - Zennegg M
AD  - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Laboratory for 
      Advanced Analytical Technologies Uberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dubendorf;, Email: 
      markus.zennegg@empa.ch.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Chimia (Aarau)
JT  - Chimia
JID - 0373152
RN  - 0 (Dioxins)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Animal Feed/analysis
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cattle
MH  - Dioxins/adverse effects/*analysis
MH  - Food Contamination/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Meat/adverse effects/*analysis
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/adverse effects/*analysis
EDAT- 2018/11/01 06:00
MHDA- 2019/01/23 06:00
CRDT- 2018/11/01 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/11/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/01/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.2533/chimia.2018.690 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chimia (Aarau). 2018 Oct 31;72(10):690-696. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2018.690.