title: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and risk assessment for food from service facilities in Korea.
abstract: In this study, levels of benzo[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, benzo[g,h,i]perylene and indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene in 412 food items collected from food service facilities in Korea were analysed. The concentrations of the eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranged 0.13-0.48 μg/kg. The concentrations of benzo[a]pyrene in all food samples were <1 μg/kg, which is the lowest maximum limit in foods regulated by European Union legislation. PAH contents were employed to conduct exposure and risk assessment. The chronic daily intake of PAHs from 412 food samples was 5.48 × 10-6-4.70 ×x 10-4µg-TEQBaP/kg/day with margins of exposure of 1.04 × 109-1.16 × 1011.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Food Science and Biotechnology , Dongguk University-Seoul , Goyang-si , Gyeonggi-do , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Shin-Woong
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: a Department of Food Science and Biotechnology , Dongguk University-Seoul , Goyang-si , Gyeonggi-do , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: a Department of Food Science and Biotechnology , Dongguk University-Seoul , Goyang-si , Gyeonggi-do , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Her
authors.affiliation: b Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition , Chonbuk National University , Jeonju-si , Chonbuk , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mina K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a Department of Food Science and Biotechnology , Dongguk University-Seoul , Goyang-si , Gyeonggi-do , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang-Geun
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003296:Cooking / Q000379:methods; D005502:Food; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005522:Food Services; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
keywords: GC-MS; PAHs; exposure; food service facilities; monitoring; risk assessment