Endogenous levels of nitrites and nitrates in wide consumption foodstuffs: Results of five years of official controls and monitoring

Food Chemistry

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 763-771

  Iammarino, Marco ^a   Di Taranto, Aurelia ^a   Cristino, Marianna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Ion chromatography; Leafy vegetables; Meats; Nitrates; Nitrites; Shellfishes

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS LEVEL; FOOD PRODUCTION; LEAFY VEGETABLES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NITRITES; OFFICIAL CONTROL; RESIDUAL AMOUNTS; TOXIC EFFECT;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEATS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SHELLFISH; VEGETABLES;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY PRODUCT; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MEAT; MONITORING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINACH;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS; ITALY; MEAT; NITRATES; NITRITES; SWINE; VEGETABLES;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84878020450     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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