title: Lead Concentrations in Raw Cow and Goat Milk Collected in Rural Areas of Croatia from 2010 to 2014.
abstract: A total of 249 cow and 33 goat milk samples were collected in rural areas of Croatia during the period 2010-2014. Lead concentrations in milk samples were analyzed by graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectroscopy. Mean Pb concentrations in milk ranged from (μg/kg): cow 10.8-12.2; goat 9.33-60.0. The highest Pb level of 131 μg/kg in cow milk was measured during 2014. There were no significant differences in Pb levels between cow and goat milk and also in goat milk among the analysed years. However, significant differences were found in cow milk among years. The highest Pb was determined in 2011 (157 μg/kg in goat milk). The calculated estimated weekly intakes of Pb concentrations for cow and goat milk contribute only 1.37 % and 1.84 % to the provisional tolerable weekly intake. Therefore, the consumption of milk from both species should not pose a consumer health risk.
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia. bilandzic@veinst.hr.
authors: Nina
authors: N
authors: Bilandžić
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Marija
authors: M
authors: Sedak
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Čalopek
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Đurđica Božić
authors: ĐB
authors: Luburić
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Božica
authors: B
authors: Solomun Kolanović
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Ivana
authors: I
authors: Varenina
authors: Laboratory for Residue Control, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Maja
authors: M
authors: Đokić
authors: Laboratory for Toxicology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Ivana
authors: I
authors: Kmetič
authors: Laboratory for Toxicology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Teuta
authors: T
authors: Murati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D017523:Croatia; D004435:Eating; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D007854:Lead
keywords: Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Cow milk; Croatia; Goat milk; Lead