The objective of article is to harmonize and integrate the activities of the New European Union (EU) Member State — Estonia in the field of chemical food safety with those of Old Member States. This will be achieved by the activities planned in two paths: one aimed at gathering knowledge on sources of dietary data and another focussing on strategies/approaches and capabilities of monitoring food chemical contamination, like polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) and other polychlorinated biphenyls (other-PCBs). All studied Baltic Sea wild fish herring, sprat, perch, eel, pikeperch, flounder, and aquaculture rainbow trout, eel samples had WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ and also combined WHOPCDD/F-PCB-TEQ upperbound values below the maximum limits set in Council Regulation (EC) No 2375/2001 and (EC) No199/2006. The same for all pork, butter, milk and fish oil samples. PCDD/PCDF and DL-PCB content in river lamprey and wild salmon exceeded the established limits in both cases. Results were calculated as upperbound, mediumbound, and lowerbound values per gram fresh weight, dry weight and fat.
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Roots, O., Simm, M., Kiviranta, H., Rantakokko, P. (2008). Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Food Safety Control in Estonia. In: Mehmetli, E., Koumanova, B. (eds) The Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6642-9_14
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