Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Meah, M. N.
• Smart, G. A.
• Harrison, A. J.
• Sherlock, J. C.

Titel

Lead and tin in canned foods: Results of the UK survey 1983-1987

Ist Teil von

• Food additives and contaminants, 1991-07, Vol.8 (4), p.485-496

Ort / Verlag

London: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

1991

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Concentrations of tin and lead in canned foods have been monitored since 1983 to determine the effects of recent changes in can-making technology. In the sample studied the proportion of foods contained in non-soldered as opposed to soldered cans has risen consistently during the survey and now accounts for 83% of all samples (excluding sardines). Foods contained in non-soldered cans have lower lead concentrations than those contained in soldered cans and this changeover is likely to result in a decrease in dietary lead intakes in the UK.