[National continuous monitoring on the content of lead in preserved eggs from 2000 to 2006].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the pollution level and development trend of lead in the preserved egg in our country.


METHODS
By the national food contamination monitoring system and under the strict analysis quality control, the content of lead in the preserved eggs was analyzed according to the national standard method (GB/T 5009.12-2003) in fourteen provinces from 2000 to 2006.


RESULTS
All 1358 data on contents of lead in the preserved eggs were obtained during seven years, the total average was 1.782 mg/kg, the maximum was 334.0 mg/kg, P90 was 3.50 mg/kg, P95 was 7.397 mg/kg and P97.5 was 12.01 mg/kg, all exceeded 2 mg/kg of the national limit standard, and the rate of violated samples exceeded 10.0%. Analyzing from time, contents of lead in the preserved eggs were depressive from 2.994 mg/kg to 1.138 mg/kg year after year.


CONCLUSIONS
The lead contamination in preserved eggs was serious in whole country. It shows that the continuous work of monitoring and forewarning should be carried out to make the contamination of lead in preserved eggs to reduce year by year.
National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Ding-guo
DG
Jiang
Zhu-tian
ZT
Wang
Da-jin
DJ
Yang
Yong-ning
YN
Wu
D002681:China; D004531:Eggs / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D005513:Food Inspection / Q000379:methods; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*
D007854:Lead