Overview of microplastics in the meat: occurrence, detection methods and health effects application/pdf 464333 bytes info:eu-repo/semantics/article Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:3303 doi:10.18485/meattech.2023.64.2.6 2023-11-03 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode The exponentially increasing annual production of plastic waste at a global level has raised concerns regarding the prospective infiltration of microplastics into terrestrial ecosystems. The transport of microplastics via wind advection and stormwater runoff presents a substan‑ tial hazard to food resources. The most recent studies reveal that chicken, pork, and beef samples are contaminated with microplastic particles, encompassing polystyrene, polyeth‑ ylene terephthalate, and polypropylene. However, the employment of various non‑standard‑ ized detection methodologies poses a significant obstacle in the interpretation of acquired re‑ sults. Furthermore, the thorough clarification of the correlation between human exposure to microplastics and various health consequences, such as carcinogenicity, infertility, metabolic disorders and pregnancy complications, remains inadequately explored and necessitates ad‑ ditional investigation to enhance public awareness and propose solutions and integrated strategies for the mitigation of microplastic contamination in meat chain. Velebit, Branko Janković, Vesna Milojević, Lazar Baltić, Tatjana Ćirić, Jelena Mitrović, Radmila Meat technology 64(2) eng Microplastics, Meat, Detection