TRACE METAL LEVELS IN SOME SELECTED FOOD ITEMS

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Heavy metals have been deterinined in some selected food items of animal origin. The levels of cadmium, copper, lead, nickel and strontium have been measured in milk powder and corned beef samples. The mean values of such investigated elements were 0.0394, 0.0680, 0.7300, 0.0542 and 0.0938 ug/g in examined milk powder samples, whereas, they were 0.0704, 0.0743, 0.8260, 0.0711 and 0.0486 ug/g in examined comed beef samples, respectively. Puplic health importance and sources of food contamination by trace elements were discussed.

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