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Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B
Surveillance
Volume 5, 2012 - Issue 4
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Heavy metals in meat of Finnish city rabbits

A. Damerau Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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E.R. Venäläinen Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Chemistry and Toxicology Unit, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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K. Peltonen Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Chemistry and Toxicology Unit, Helsinki, Finland
Pages 246-250 | Received 02 Nov 2011, Accepted 08 Jun 2012, Published online: 30 Jul 2012
 
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Abstract

Levels of cadmium, chromium, lead, copper, manganese and zinc in city rabbits were determined to evaluate the edibility of the meat. Mean concentrations of toxic metals were 0.011 mg/kg for cadmium and 0.037 mg/kg for lead. Cadmium and lead concentrations were below the admissible maximum levels set by the EU. Concentrations of toxic metals in the meat were sufficiently low as to assume that consumption of the meat does not pose a health risk for human health. Investigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and other environmental pollutants is required before the meat can be declared to be completely safe.

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