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Spadaro, Dr. Davide; Ciavorella, Dr. Annalisa; Frati, Dr. Sandro; Garibaldi, Dr. Angelo; Gullino, Dr. Maria Lodovica. |
A survey on the occurrence of patulin was conducted during 2005 on conventional (98 samples) and organic apple juices (37 samples) marketed in Italy. Patulin could be quantified in 34.8% of the samples ranging from 1.58 to 55.41 g kg-1. With the exception of one sample, the level of patulin was lower than 50 μg kg-1, the maximum permitted threshold in fruit juices according to the European legislation. A similar incidence of positive samples was found in conventional and organic apple based juices, and the magnitude between the mean contamination levels, although higher in organic (10.92 g kg-1) than in conventional juices (4.77g kg-1), was not statistically significant (P=0.771; Mann-Whitney test). The current study was undertaken also to investigate... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/12510/1/Spadaro_12510_ed.doc |
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