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Lead content of canned fruit
Author(s) -
Thomas Barry,
Edmunds John W.,
Curry S. Joanne
Publication year - 1975
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.2740260102
Subject(s) - food science , horticulture , chemistry , biology
The levels of lead in samples of canned pineapples, lychees, fruit salad, loganberries, blackcurrants, cherries, apricots, pears, raspberries and tomatoes have been determined. The lead content of the 168 samples was in the range 0.02 to 8.16 parts/million, the mean being 0.94 parts/million. Of the 16 samples which were above the statutory limit for lead of 2 parts/million, 12 were loganberries. The inter‐can variation of lead content ranged from 18.2%to 97.8%with a mean of 56.3 %and in some instances, the difference between the mean lead content of different brands of the same fruit was significant.