Al Ghoul Lara, Abiad Mohamad G, Jammoul Adla, Matta Joseph, El Darra Nada
Beirut Arab University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tarik El Jedidah, Beirut, P.O.Box: 115020, Riad EL Solh, 1107 2809, Lebanon.
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P. O. Box 11-0236, Beirut, 1107-2020, Lebanon.
Heliyon. 2020 Sep 23;6(9):e04995. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04995. eCollection 2020 Sep.
One of the drawbacks of canning is the migration of various chemicals from the package into the food product. This work aimed at analyzing the concentrations of Bisphenol A (in 137 samples) and heavy metals (in 51 samples) of canned tuna commercialized in Lebanon while evaluating the variability across different brands, packing media, layer, and proximity to the expiry date. Accordingly, BPA was detected in 12 samples out of the 137 samples, run in duplicates. The estimated daily intake of BPA for the selected samples (n = 274) was lower than the tolerable daily intake of BPA, 0.004 mg/kg/day. Therefore, there is no health risk associated with BPA as a result of consuming canned tuna commercialized in the Lebanese market. Besides, the study has shown that 66 samples out of 102 were contaminated with Zn whereas 100% of the samples were contaminated with Aluminum and Tin. However, the calculated Health Risk Index of all the considered heavy metals are all within the safe limits as defined by EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and Codex Alimentarius.
罐装食品的一个缺点是各种化学物质会从包装迁移到食品中。这项工作旨在分析黎巴嫩市场上商业化罐装金枪鱼中双酚A（137个样本）和重金属（51个样本）的浓度，同时评估不同品牌、包装介质、层数以及接近保质期程度的变异性。相应地，在137个重复检测的样本中，有12个样本检测出了双酚A。所选样本（n = 274）的双酚A估计每日摄入量低于双酚A的每日可耐受摄入量，即0.004毫克/千克/天。因此，食用黎巴嫩市场上商业化罐装金枪鱼不会因双酚A而产生健康风险。此外，研究表明，102个样本中有66个被锌污染，而所有样本都被铝和锡污染。然而，所有考虑的重金属计算得出的健康风险指数均在欧洲食品安全局（EFSA）和食品法典委员会规定的安全限值范围内。
