Author/Editor		Eržen, Ivan; Uršič, Simona; Bošnjak, Ksenija; Carevič, Stojan
Title		Assessment of dietary intake of cadmium, lead, mercury and nitrates via foods of the plant and animal origin in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		In: Conference proceedings of the 3rd conference on practical application of European legislation on foodstuffs; 2000 Nov 16-17; Bled. Ljubljana: Slovenian chemical society,
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 60-7
Language		eng
Abstract		Due to lack of data the Slovene Ministry of Health - Department of Sanitary Inspection initiated a study of dietary intake of contaminants at the national level. The Institute of Public Health Celje conducted two phases of the study: The assessment of dietary intake of cadmium, lead, mercury and nitrates in foods of the plant (1st phase) and animal origin (2nd phase). 1490 samples from 17 groups of plant and 12 groups of animal origin foods were taken in total. Sampling was implemented in nine Slovene regions, and thus at least 6 randomly composed samples of foods from the particular group were taken in each region. For assessment of dietary intake of different food items national food consumption data were applied. The estimated weekly intake of cadmium with foods of plant and animal origin that represent 65,2% of total food intake is 91,7 micro g (23% of PTWI for cadmium. The weekly lead intake with foods of plant and animal origin is 422,3 micro g (21,2% PTWI for lead). The mercury content in foods disposable in Slovenia is low, therefore, the quantity-of mercury consumed with analysed foods is 12.3% of PTWI for mercury. Foods of the plant origin are the most important for nitrates intake. In Slovenia the adult dietary intake represent approximately 25.7% of ADI (acceptable dietary intake).
Descriptors		FOOD CONTAMINATION FOOD INSPECTION FOOD ANALYSIS CADMIUM MERCURY LEAD NITRATES SLOVENIA