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Pesticide residues in foodstuffs in great britain. VIII. —Organochlorine pesticide residues in eggs and poultry
Author(s) -
Findlay Elizabeth,
Hamilton G. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740191012
Subject(s) - dieldrin , pesticide , organochlorine pesticide , pesticide residue , lindane , chemistry , environmental chemistry , food science , toxicology , biology , agronomy
In 163 samples of eggs taken from nine sources only one sample exceeded 0.1 ppm organochlorine pesticide. In analyses of 114 samples of poultry meat, liver or fat, the content of γ‐BHC in 7 samples exceeded 0.1 ppm that of dieldrin in 2 equalled or exceeded 0.1 ppm, and that of pp'‐DDE in 7 exceeded 0.1 ppm, but all the samples contained less than 0.1 ppm pp'‐DDT. Samples of poultry feed were also analysed to evaluate the importance of the food as a source of pesticides.