Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and risk assessment for food from service facilities in Korea

Shin Woong Park, Jun Hyun Jeong, Jae Young Her, Mina K. Kim, Kwang Geun Lee

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Abstract

In this study, levels of benzo[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, benzo[g,h,i]perylene and indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene in 412 food items collected from food service facilities in Korea were analysed. The concentrations of the eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranged 0.13–0.48 μg/kg. The concentrations of benzo[a]pyrene in all food samples were <1 μg/kg, which is the lowest maximum limit in foods regulated by European Union legislation. PAH contents were employed to conduct exposure and risk assessment. The chronic daily intake of PAHs from 412 food samples was 5.48 × 10–6-4.70 ×x 10–4 µg-TEQBaP/kg/day with margins of exposure of 1.04 × 109-1.16 × 1011.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-148
Number of pages6
JournalFood Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • exposure
  • food service facilities
  • GC-MS
  • monitoring
  • PAHs
  • risk assessment

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