title: National food contamination monitoring programmes-levels of mercury, lead and cadmium in Chinese foods.
abstract: Six hundred and thirty-four food samples of six kinds were collected from Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Jilin and Guangdong areas, China and Hg, Pb, Cd contents were determined. The results showed that their levels in the Chinese foods were low; their levels in meat, egg, milk and fish were generally below the national hygienic standard. The average daily dietary intake of Hg, Pb, Cd were 7.25 micrograms, 103.77 micrograms and 30.72 micrograms respectively and they were all less than the ADI established by WHO.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Safety Control and Inspection, Ministry of Public Health, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D004032:Diet; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; D008628:Mercury