Organochlorine pesticides in canned tuna and sardines on the Serbian market.

Authors :: Kartalović B
Novakov NJ
Mihaljev Ž
Petrović J
Prica N
Babić J
Ćirković MA
Source :: Food additives & contaminants. Part B, Surveillance [Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill] 2016 Dec; Vol. 9 (4), pp. 299-304. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 19.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the level of organochlorine (OC) pesticides in 57 samples of canned tuna and 31 samples of canned sardines in vegetable oil, collected from supermarkets in Serbia. OC pesticides α-HCH, β-HCH, δ-HCH, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), DDE, DDD, dielderin, endosulfane I, endosulfane II, endosulan sulfate, endrin, endrin ketone, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, lindane, aldrin, metoxichlor, cis-chlordane and trans-chlordane were determined using a GS-MS method. The highest concentrations (µg kg <superscript>-1</superscript> , arithmetic means) in canned tuna were for δ-HCH (60.6 ± 97.0) and p, p´-DDT (55.0 ± 25.1), while the corresponding values in canned sardines were for δ-HCH (90.7 ± 102.7) and endosulfane II (78.0 ± 145.9). Mean level for the sum of endosulfans was above the maximum limit in canned sardines (85.0 µg kg <superscript>-1</superscript> ). Also, dieldrin (39.7 µg kg <superscript>-1</superscript> ) was measured above the ML.