Assessment of dairy products consumed on the Arakmarket as determined by heavy metal residues
Mohammad Rezaei, Hajar Akbari Dastjerdi, Hassan Jafari, Ali Farahi, Arman Shahabi, Hossein Javdani, Hossein Teimoory, Mohammad Yahyaei, Ali Akbar Malekirad
Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Department of New Sciences and Technologies, Life Science Engineering Group, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Veterinary, School of Veterinary, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Soren Tech Toos Laboratory, Food & Biotechnology North East Town, Toos Industrial Town, Mashhad, Iran.
DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.65047   PDF    HTML     6,964 Downloads   10,887 Views   Citations

Abstract

Dairy products are nutritious drink and can play a significant part in a healthy diet. The safety of dairy products decreases with increasing concentration of toxic compounds and environmental pollutants (especially heavy metals). In the present study, the contamination of Al, Sn, As, Cd, Hg and Pb in dairy products (pasteurized milk, yogurt, yogurt drink, cheese) consumed in Arak, Iran, 2013 was evaluated using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) method. To meet the aim, 60 samples of 5 different brands, consisting of pasteurized milk, yogurt, yogurt drink, cheese (n = 15) were selected and analyzed for heavy metals content. 100% of the samples were positive regarding the total average and range concentration of Al, Sn, As, Cd, Hg and Pb in dairy products was 168.25 ± 92.2 (30.6 - 356.5), 5.9 ± 4 (1.1 - 16), 3.2 ± 1.95 (0.4 - 8.1), 4.55 ± 2.6 (0.6 - 10.6), 23.15 ± 10.4 (6.8 - 50.2) and 15.4 ± 8.53 (3.1 - 40.2) μg/kg, respectively. 28.3% (17 of 60 samples) of dairy products samples had lead (Pb) greater than EU limit and national Iranian standard (20 μg/kg). Statistical analysis indicated except about As in pasteurized milk and cheese there was no significant difference between products in terms of heavy metals content.

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Rezaei, M. , Akbari Dastjerdi, H. , Jafari, H. , Farahi, A. , Shahabi, A. , Javdani, H. , Teimoory, H. , Yahyaei, M. and Malekirad, A. (2014) Assessment of dairy products consumed on the Arakmarket as determined by heavy metal residues. Health, 6, 323-327. doi: 10.4236/health.2014.65047.

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