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Assessment of Mercury Level in Local Polish and Imported Honeys with Use of Direct Mercury Analyzer

Monika Tomczyk
Monika Tomczyk
, 
Julita Kusibab
Julita Kusibab
, 
Alicja Zachara
Alicja Zachara
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Małgorzata Dżugan
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   | 30 cze 2023
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Article Category: Original Article
Data publikacji: 30 cze 2023
Zakres stron: 5 - 13
Otrzymano: 17 sie 2022
Przyjęty: 15 lut 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2023-0001
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© 2023 Monika Tomczyk et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1.

Mercury content (µg/kg) in individual honey varieties (average ± SD; p>0.05).
Mercury content (µg/kg) in individual honey varieties (average ± SD; p>0.05).

Fig. 2.

Mercury content (µg/kg) in samples regarding the origin (average ± SD; p>0.05).
Mercury content (µg/kg) in samples regarding the origin (average ± SD; p>0.05).

Validation parameters of the used method and evaluation criteria

Parameter Analyte
 Evaluation criterion
Mercury
Linearity-correlation coeficient R2 0.9998 ≥0.998
Limit of detection (LOD) (mg/kg) 0.00009
Limit of quantification (LOQ) (mg/kg) 0.0001
Spiked sample analysis Foodstuff Level of enrichment (mg/kg) Recovery* (%) Commission Regulation (UE) No 2021/705
honey 0.00142 98.45
0.00948 90.37
0.9480 105.35
poultry meat 0.00095 109.00
0.9480 105.52
butter 0.00948 104.56
red currant 0.00948 98.81
celery 0.00948 94.41
Dietary supplement 0.09480 101.25
red shrimp 0.47400 104.42
zander fillet with skin fresh 0.56880 94.95
Repeatability RSDr (%)relative standard deviation of repeatabilityfish - level Hg: 0.0636 mg/kg 0.05 HORRATr < 2
Accreditation scope (mg/kg) 0.001 – 1.00 -
The lower reading range of the results for the purposes of this work: from LOQ of the method

Mercury content in individual honey samples

No. sample Honey variety/country of origin Mean± SD [μg/kg] No. sample Honey variety Mean± SD [μg/kg]
1 MT/Poland n.d. 24 L/Europe 0.1157±0.0817
2 MT/Poland n.d. 25 L/Europe n.d.
3 MT/Poland 0.1273±0.0734 26 L/Europe 0.1112±0.0786
4 MT/Europe and abroad n.d. 27 L/Europe and abroad 0.1159±0.0818
5 MT/Europe and abroad n.d. 28 L/Poland 0.1041±0.0735
6 MT/Europe 0.2636±0.1520 29 L/Poland n.d.
7 MT/Poland n.d. 30 B/Poland n.d.
8 MT/Poland 0.2743±0.1582 31 B/Poland 0.2031±0.1434
9 MT/Europe and abroad 0.1136±0.0655 32 B/Europe and abroad n.d.
10 MT/Ukraine and Bulgaria n.d. 33 B/Poland n.d.
11 MT/Poland n.d. 34 A/Ukraine and Italy n.d.
12 MT/Poland n.d. 35 A/Poland 0.1309±0.0925
13 MT/Poland n.d. 36 A/Europe and abroad 0.5383±0.3802
14 MT/Europe and abroad 0.2958±0.2088 37 CH/Italy 0.8119±0.4683
15 MT/Europe and abroad n.d. 38 CH/Poland 0.5773±0.3330
16 MT/Europe and abroad 0.1823±0.1287 39 CH/Poland n.d.
17 MT/Europe and abroad n.d. 40 R/Poland 0.6731±0.4754
18 MT/Europe and abroad 0.5915±0.4178 41 H/Spain 0.2390±0.1689
19 MT/Poland 0.3263±0.2306 42 LH/Europe n.d.
20 MT/Europe and abroad 0.1367±0.0966 43 T/Spain 0.5214±0.3007
21 MT/Ukraine n.d. 44 E/Uruguay 0.4339±0.2502
22 MT/Poland n.d. 45 C/Italy 0.3441±0.1985
23 L/Poland 0.1159±0.0818
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