CADMIUM IN OCTOPUS VULGARIS: AN INPUT TO ASSESS HUMAN HEALTH RISK


Submitted: 13 February 2013
Accepted: 13 February 2013
Published: 13 December 2009
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  • E. Bonerba Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia. Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria Università degli Studi di Bari, .
  • G. de Candia Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia. Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria Università degli Studi di Bari, .
  • E. Ceci Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia. Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria Università degli Studi di Bari, .
Cadmium concentrations has been evaluated in Octopus vulgaris sampled from two sites of Apulian coast (South Italy) and compared with import cephalopods to estimate if maximum levels of cadmium established for these organisms by the European Commission were exceed. In all local samples mean cadmium concentrations were higher in hepatopancreas than in flesh, this is an important evaluation if consider the traditional and unusual consumption in certain population of Mediterranean region of raw and whole cephalopods. The cadmium estimated weekly intake for whole cephalopods between 2,25 and 2,84 g Kg -1 of body weight underlines the necessity to determine the real risk and implications for public health through a correct assessment of contribution made by this specie among certain consumers group to the TWI set by the EFSA. A particular attention from competent authorities to prevent human toxicity is required.

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Bonerba E, de Candia G, Ceci E. CADMIUM IN OCTOPUS VULGARIS: AN INPUT TO ASSESS HUMAN HEALTH RISK. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2009 Dec. 13 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];1(6):73-6. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2009.6.73

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