Canned tuna (n = 240), salmon (n = 16), and mackerel (n = 16) were analyzed for mercury and fatty acids. Average mercury levels were 188, 45, and 55 ppb, respectively, and below the FDA Action Level of 1000 ppb. “Light tuna in water” contained lower mercury (x = 54 ppb) compared with “white/albacore tuna in water,” which contained higher eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid (EPA/DHA) x = ...

It is important to monitor systemic fluoride (F) intake from foods, drinks and inadvertent toothpaste ingestion in order to minimise the risk of dental fluorosis while maximising caries prevention. In the UK, an F database containing the F content of commercially available foods and drinks was compiled from 518 products analysed using an acid-diffusion method and F-ion-selective electrode. The ...

Background: Anecdotal information has suggested that sodium benzoate is used with more than permissible doses during production steps of food products especially pickles and pickled cucumbers in food producing factories in Markazi province and other food producing factories . The present study was done to evaluate factual concentration of sodium benzoate in these products. Methods: In this ...

Maize is one of the oldest and most productive popular grains and can be consumed as food at various developmental stages from baby corn to mature grain. The maize can be processed in different products at traditional level as well as industrial scale. Due to vast corn consumption by people in this research the concentration of histamine ,some trace and essential mineral and also heavy metals h...

The waste fish oil obtained from Baltic sprat in the production of canned sprats was studied as a sole carbon substrate for PHA synthesis by wild-type strain Cupriavidus necator B-10646. Sprat contained set fatty acids with chain length C14 to C24, saturation factor 0.63, and provided bacterial growth synthesis. Bacteria metabolized unevenly utilizing polyenoic not using monoenoic saturated aci...

A composite electrode was prepared by modifying glassy carbon microparticles with gold nanoparticles (Au-nps) and xanthine oxidase enzyme (XOD) for xanthine (X) and hypoxanthine (Hx) detection. After the optimization of the system for X, the biosensor was characterized for X and Hx. A linearity was obtained in the concentration range between 5.00 x 10(-7) and 1.00 x 10(-5) M for X with equation...