Dioxins and PCBs in feed and food - Review from European perspective

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-10

  Malisch, Rainer ^a   Kotz, Alexander ^a  

^a State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination incidents; Dioxins; EU legislation; Feed; Food; PCB

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONTAMINATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEEDING; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOSSES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING; DIOXINS; EU LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES; VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FEEDING;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,7,8,9 HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; DIOXIN; POLLUTANT;

DIOXIN; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; LEGISLATION; PCB; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MEAT; PCDD; PCDF;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LIME (FRUIT); LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOASSAY; CITRUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EUROPE; POLLUTANT;

EUROPE; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84903546954     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.022     Document Type: Review

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