Nkosi Davies Veli, Bekker Johan Leon, Hoffman Louwrens Christian
Department of Environmental Health, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.
Foods. 2021 Nov 18;10(11):2853. doi: 10.3390/foods10112853.
The presence of toxic metals in harvested game meat is a cause for concern for public health and meat safety in general. Authorities and food safety agencies continue to develop guidelines and limits of the maximum allowable levels of toxic metals in food products. However, the situation is different for game meat products in developing countries, where a number of shortcomings have been identified. This includes a lack of game meat animal slaughter regulations, specific species' product limits that have not yet been established and the continued use of hunting or game meat animals' harvesting plans that could introduce the same toxic metals of concern. This review was conducted from English literature published between 2011 and 2021; it highlights the possible health effects and the shortcomings in the implementation of game meat safety production strategies for toxic metals (Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium and Mercury) in game meat animal production. Lead (Pb) remains the most significant threat for toxic metals contamination in game meat animals and the slaughter processes. In most developing countries, including in South Africa, the monitoring and control of these heavy metals in the game meat value chain has not yet been implemented.
猎获的野味肉中存在有毒金属，这总体上引起了公众对健康和肉类安全的担忧。当局和食品安全机构不断制定食品中有毒金属最大允许含量的指导方针和限值。然而，发展中国家的野味肉产品情况有所不同，在这些国家已发现了一些不足之处。这包括缺乏野味肉动物屠宰法规、尚未制定特定物种的产品限值，以及继续使用可能会引入同样令人担忧的有毒金属的狩猎或野味肉动物收获计划。本综述基于2011年至2021年间发表的英文文献进行；它突出了野味肉动物生产中有毒金属（砷、铅、镉和汞）对健康可能产生的影响以及野味肉安全生产策略实施方面的不足。铅（Pb）仍然是野味肉动物和屠宰过程中有毒金属污染的最重大威胁。在包括南非在内的大多数发展中国家，尚未对野味肉价值链中的这些重金属进行监测和控制。
