ENVIROMENTAL HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION IN RICOTTA AND MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA CHEESE


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2010.1036
AIVI - June 2010 - Issue 8
Submitted: 7 February 2013
Accepted: 7 February 2013
Published: 13 June 2010
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, buffalo milk, buffalo dairy products
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  • R Mercogliano
    lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
    Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
  • A De Felice Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
  • C Chirollo Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
  • R Marrone Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
  • M Panzardi Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
  • L Vollano Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
  • M.L. Cortesi Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli alimenti – Università di Napoli, Italy.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), mainly formed by anthropogenic activities, are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Due to environmental contamination and their chemical properties they migrate through the human food chain. Aim of this study was the evaluation of PAHs in ricotta and mozzarella di bufala cheese, produced by milk of buffalo collected in three farms, located in a high contaminated area in Campania because of a waste treatment plant and illegal waste incineration. 11 PAHs were identified both in milk and dairy products. Carcinogenic hydrocarbon benzo(a)pyrene were found in a range including 0.42- 12.96 μg/kg and dibenzo(ah)anthracene 0.21-10.08 μg/kg. Anthracene showed higher concentrations than the other PAHs (45.23-436.85 μg/kg).

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Mercogliano R, De Felice A, Chirollo C, Marrone R, Panzardi M, Vollano L, Cortesi M. ENVIROMENTAL HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION IN RICOTTA AND MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA CHEESE. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2010 Jun. 13 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];1(8):45-7. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2010.8.45

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