Results of the monitoring of dioxin levels in food and feed

Donnerstag 1 April 2010

The highest mean levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in food were observed for „Fish liver and products thereof‟ (32.6 pg TEQWHO98/g) and „Muscle meat eel‟ (6.7 pg TEQWHO98/g) expressed on whole weight basis, and for „Liver and products thereof from terrestrial animals‟ (5.7 pg TEQWHO98/g) expressed on fat basis. The highest level in feed was found in „Fish oil‟ (10.0 pg TEQWHO98/g) expressed on 12% moisture basis.

Full report: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/1385.pd

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