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Table 2 Upperbound levels of PCDD/Fs, dioxin-like PCBs and marker PCBs in milk, beef and hay from Engidalur in comparison to control samples

From: Contamination of livestock due to the operation of a small waste incinerator: a case incident in Skutulsfjörður, Iceland, in 2010

Sample no. and type

PCCD/Fs

DL-PCBs

Total TEQ

Sum 7 PCBs1

Comment2

  

pg WHO-TEQ g/fat

ng g/fat

 

Composite milk samples

     

M1

Engidalur

3.98

3.44

7,42

9.39

Non-compliant

M2

Engidalur

4.91

5.33

10.24

10.3

Non-compliant

M3

Control A

0.17

0.16

0.33

2.0

Compliant

M4

Control B

0.22

0.53

0.75

2.4

Compliant

M5

Control C3

0.14

0.40

0.54

4.40

Compliant

Beef

      

B1

Engidalur

4.68

7.63

12.31

21.7

Non-compliant

B2

Engidalur

2.66

2.90

5.56

9.3

Above action level

B3

Control C4

0.18

0.39

0.57

1.85

 

Composite hay sample

pg WHO-TEQ/g

 

ng/g

 

H1

Engidalur

0.85

0.51

1.36

1.3

Above action level

H2

Control C5

0,11

0,12

0.23

3.9

 
  1. 1 PCB number 28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153 and 180.
  2. 2 According the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs and COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (EC) No 88/2006 on the reduction of the presence of dioxins, furans and PCBs in feedingstuffs and foodstuffs.
  3. 3 Average of 10 samples.
  4. 4 Average of 3 samples.
  5. 5 Average of 4 samples for the PCDD/Fs and 2 samples for the sum 7 PCBs (the 7 marker PCBs were not measured in two samples). Levels in all hay samples are based on 12% moisture content.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

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