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Reduction of 3,4‐benzopyrene content in curing smoke by scrubbing
Author(s) -
Moodie I. M.
Publication year - 1970
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.2740210910
Subject(s) - benzopyrene , smoke , scrubber , curing (chemistry) , data scrubbing , fish <actinopterygii> , environmental science , food science , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , environmental chemistry , waste management , carcinogen , benzo(a)pyrene , fishery , biology , engineering , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry
A procedure has been developed for the detection and estimation of 3,4‐benzopyrene in smoke and smoked fish. Results indicate that the use of a smoke scrubber in the industrial smoking process is instrumental in removing at least 70 % of this carcinogenic material from curing smoke. Results from a complementary study of samples of smoked fish confirm this finding.