Determination of the Level of Selected Elements in Canned Meat and Fish and Risk Assessment for Consumer Health

The objective of the study was to determine the content of cobalt, silver, tin, antimony, lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, vanadium, chromium, manganese, nickel, and uranium in canned meat and canned fish by means of ICP-MS apparatus and mercury analyzer. Also, probabilistic risk assessment (non carcinogenic) was estimated by models including target hazard quotient (THQ). It was found that Mn was the element with the highest concentration in the analyzed products, with average concentration of 0.216？mg·kg？1 in canned meat and 1.196？mg·kg？1 in canned fish. The average contents of other elements were as follows (respectively, for canned meat and fish): Co 0.018 and 0.028？mg·kg？1, Ag 0.0386 and 0.0053？mg·kg？1, Sn 0.059 and 0.200？mg·kg？1, Sb 0.0268 and 0.0377？mg·kg？1, Pb 0.202 and 0.068？mg·kg？1, Hg 0.00003 and 0.02676？mg·kg？1, Cd 0.00496 and 0.0202？mg·kg？1, As 0.002 and 0.857？mg·kg？1, V 0.0003 and 0.095？mg·kg？1, Cr 0.244 and 0.590？mg·kg？1, Mn 0.216 and 1.196？mg·kg？1, Ni 0.004 and 0.088？mg·kg？1, and U？<？LOQ and 0.047？mg·kg？1. The concentration of As was the highest among other toxic elements in canned fish; therefore, the THQ value of this element revealed the highest level amounting up to 0.77576 (THQmax)