LEVELS OF SOME HEAVY AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN KAREISH CHEESE

Document Type : Research article

Author

Food Hygiene Research Dept. Animal Health Res. Inst.

Abstract

The present study was carried out on twenty Kareish Cheese samples collected randomly from Cairo City. The levels of Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Lead and Mercury in Kareish Cheese were determined by Atomic absorption spectorophotometry. The averages of metal levels were 0.499, 4.65, 0.902,0.122 and 0.244 ug/g respectively, our data shows that lead and Mercury in Kareish Cheese were higher than the acceptable dietary intake of heavy metals by FAO/WHO.

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