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Chemical and physical hazard profile of ‘Robo’ processing – a street‐vended melon snack
Author(s) -
Sobukola Olajide P.,
Awonorin Olusegun S.,
Idowu Ayodele M.,
Bamiro Olukayode F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01424.x
Subject(s) - physical hazard , melon , arsenic , environmental science , critical control point , environmental chemistry , cadmium , hazard , food processing , toxicology , chemistry , food science , metallurgy , horticulture , biology , food safety , materials science , medicine , organic chemistry , pathology , occupational safety and health
Summary A study was carried out on the processing of a locally produced ‘robo’ from melon seeds in the Abeokuta metropolis in order to identify potential hazards and critical control points associated with its production and the measures to be adopted for the control of associated hazards. Samples collected along processing lines were subjected to physical and chemical hazard analysis. The results of the analysis showed that the samples were contaminated with the following hazards: mineral matter, tramp metal, extraneous vegetable material and matter of animal origin, as well as lead, cadmium, arsenic and tin (0.33 ± 03, 1.36 ± 0.02, 0.34 ± 0.00 and 1.24 ± 0.03 mg kg −1 , respectively) which were still higher than the acceptable limits (0.1 mg kg −1 ).