Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in traditionally smoked Slavonska kobasica |
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| Authors: | Krešimir M. Mastanjević Jelena M. Vranešević Nikolina J. Novakov Kristina J. Habschied |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Food Technology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek , Osijek, Croata;2. Department for Food and Feed Quality, Bureau for Food Safety and Drug Analysis, Research Veterinary Institute Novi Sad , Novi Sad, Serbia;3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad, Serbia |
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ABSTRACT The traditional smoking procedure, which is the use of open fire, can lead to the formation of PAHs in sausages. The aim of this paper was to assess the types and concentrations of 16 PAHs in 30 samples of Slavonska kobasica, a traditional smoked sausage. In general, some samples showed high values of anthracene and acenaphthylene. In one sample, acenaphthylene reached the value of 1050 µg/kg and in another 1491 µg/kg anthracene was measured. Cancerogenic benzo(a)pyrene content was little above the maximum limit of 5 µg/kg in four samples, but mainly remained below the limit of quantification. PAH4 (i.c. benzo(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene) were above the maximum limit of 30 µg/kg in three samples. Generally, it can be noted from the results that samples with high PAH4 and benzo(a)pyrene concentrations also have high PAH16 concentrations. |
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| Keywords: | Slavonska kobasica PAH traditionally smoking sausage market |
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