Organic meat products contaminated with carcinogenic herbicide

The Herbicide Contaminated Compost Issue

suddenly come to the fore as another important environmental issue threatening California’s landscape and greenwaste recycling industries. Starting in 2001, articles began appearing in some of the state’s major newspapers which focused the public’s attention on the issue and raised its level of importance. It is borne out of problems that began in Washington state where herbicidecontaminated co...

Meat and Meat Products

Bioremediation of Herbicide-Contaminated Soil and Water

The contamination of soils, groundwater and surface waters by herbicides poses major clean-up problems. At present, the most common approach is containment, involving costly removal of highly contaminated soils to landfill sites. Bioremediation methods for in situ treatment are needed as alternative and/or supplementary approaches for cost-effective and residue-free clean-up. This project focus...

Biogenic amines in meat and meat products.

It has been recognized for some time that biogenic amines occur in a wide range of foods, among them meat and meat products. Meat is an important component of the diet in developed countries. The presence of these amines in food is of interest for two reasons: firstly, for toxicological reasons, in the sense that high levels of dietary biogenic amines can be toxic for certain consumers, and sec...

Clostridium Perfringens in Meat and Meat Products.

A total of 262 specimens of meat and meat dishes were examined for the presence of Clostridium perfringens. Of this total, 161 were raw, unprocessed beef, veal, lamb, pork, or chicken; 101 were processed meats and meat dishes. C. perfringens was isolated from 113 (43.1%) of these specimens. The highest percentage of contamination (82%) was found in veal cuts, and the lowest (4.7%) in sliced san...