Safety Study of Milled Beef and Slices Beef Jerky Viewed from Cadmium and Plumbum Heavy Metals Contamination

Publication date: 2015 Source:Procedia Food Science, Volume 3 Author(s): Ellin Harlia , L. Suryaningsih , D. Suryanto , H. Istiqomah , R.W. Komariah Heavy metals Plumbum (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) are chemical contamination that may contaminate during pre-harvest, processing as well as the contribution of environmental factors. The results showed an average content of Pb highest milled beef jerky products from trader C is 2.0177ppm, while the highest Pb content of beef jerky slices of trader B 2.6680ppm. The highest average cadmium content of beef jerky products milled from 4 traders coming from trader D is 0.8841ppm, while the highest Cd content of beef jerky slices of trader B 0.3101ppm.
Source: Procedia Food Science - Category: Food Science Source Type: research