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  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
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  <dc:publisher>Taylor and Francis online</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title xml:lang="eng">Cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in fresh vegetables and vegetable products intended for human consumption in the Republic of Serbia, 2015–2017</dc:title>
  <dc:source>FOOD ADDITIVES &amp; CONTAMINANTS: PART B</dc:source>
  <dc:date>2023</dc:date>
  <dc:rights>All rights reserved</dc:rights>
  <dc:subject xml:lang="eng">Vegetables; vegetables products; cadmium; lead; mercury; arsenic; maximum levels</dc:subject>
  <dc:creator>Lazović, Milana</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Tomović, Vladimir</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Vasiljević, Ivana</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Kecojević, Isidora</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Tomović, Mila</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Martinović, Aleksandra</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Žugić Petrović, Tanja</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Danilović, Bojana</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Vujadinovic, Dragan</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Tomašević, Igor</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Smiljanić, Milenko</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator id="https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5187-4089">Đorđević, Vesna</dc:creator>
  <dc:identifier>https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:2155</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>doi:10.1080/19393210.2023.2169359</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xml:lang="eng">The concentrations of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) were determined in
455 samples of 27 species of vegetables and 28 different processed vegetables collected during the
period from January 2015 to December 2017. Vegetables (n = 387) and vegetable products (n = 68)
originated from 31 countries, including Serbia. The samples were analysed by inductively coupled plasma – optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The concentrations of Cd, Pb, Hg and As in the
vegetables and vegetable products were compared to the maximum levels set by the European
Union and the Serbian legislation. The concentration of mercury was less than the limit of detection in each analysed sample. One or multiple measurable toxic metals (Cd, Pb and/or As) were found in
250 samples (54.9%; n = 455). According to the Regulations which were valid until the end of
August 2021, the maximum levels of Cd, Pb and As were exceeded in 19 samples (4.2% of the samples of vegetable and vegetable products; n = 455), i.e. in 13 samples of vegetables: Cd in three, Pb in nine and As in one sample and in 6 samples of vegetables products: Cd in three, Pb in one and As in two samples. Regarding the new EU and Serbian legislation which is valid since September
2021 the maximum levels of Cd and Pb for vegetables and vegetable products were exceeded in
118 samples (25.9% of the samples of vegetable and vegetable products; n = 455), i.e. in 95 samples of vegetables: Cd in 67 and Pb in 28 samples and in 23 samples of vegetable products: Cd in 20 and
Pb in 3 samples. </dc:description>
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