Analysis of polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) in baked-salt food additives in Korea

J Environ Sci Health B. 2005;40(3):413-23. doi: 10.1081/pfc-200047574.

Abstract

Thirty-one samples of baked-salt products used in commercial food additives were analyzed for the presence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs). Dioxins were highly detected in 12 samples of baked salts. The amount of dioxins found in the samples ranged from 12.47 pg/g to 406.56 pg/g (0.71 pg TEQ/g to 23.51 pg TEQ/g, respectively). The most abundant congeners, as TEQ values, were 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF; 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF; and 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF in PCDF congeners and 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD; 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD; and 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD in PCDD congeners. Meanwhile, PCDDs/PCDFs were analyzed in high-temperature-treated samples of natural sea salt alone and natural sea salt to which di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) had been added. In the former case, PCDD/PCDF formation was most evident at temperatures near 450 degrees C, the total amount of dioxins was 90.07 pg/g (6.07 pg TEQ/g), and PCDD congeners comprised less than 50% of the total PCDDs/PCDFs. However, when the latter samples were heated, the total PCDD/PCDF concentration was 512.30 pg/g (21.53 pg TEQ/g), with PCDD congeners comprising over 87% of the total PCDDs/PCDFs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzofurans / analysis*
  • Benzofurans / chemistry
  • Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated
  • Food Additives / analysis*
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Hot Temperature
  • Korea
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / analogs & derivatives*
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / analysis*
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / chemistry
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary / analysis*
  • Soil Pollutants / analysis*

Substances

  • Benzofurans
  • Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated
  • Food Additives
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary
  • Soil Pollutants