Occurrence of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) in selected street foods in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, and their associated health risk to consumer

MD ARIFF, NURUL HANNA (2022) Occurrence of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) in selected street foods in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, and their associated health risk to consumer. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) is produced when organic matter is burned in incomplete combustion, which occurs whenever fossil fuels or plants are ignited. Carcinogenic PAHs are found in foods and are primarily generated during the grilling, frying and smoking procedures. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the occurrence of PAHs in selected street foods (chicken satay, lamb satay, beef satay, grilled chicken wing, fried fish cake (keropok lekor), and fried banana) in Seri Kembangan, Selangor and their associated health risk to consumers. Methodology: Street foods were sampled using Convenient Sampling. Then, PAHs were extracted using ultrasonication, cleaned up by solid-phase extraction (SPE) RP-18 silica cartridges and analyzed using gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) was applied to assess the potential carcinogenic health consumption risk in selected PAHs contaminated street foods. Results and Discussion: Beef satay showed the highest concentration in PAH4, PAH8 and ΣPAHs with the concentration of 580.93 μg/kg, 1451.51 μg/kg, and 2501.70 μg/kg, respectively. The concentration of PAH4 of all samples within the acceptable limit of European Union (EU) (30 μg/kg) except for the beef satay. The concentration of benzo(α)pyrene (B(α)p) in all samples were within the acceptable limit of European Union (EU) legislation (5 μg/kg). The health risk assessment showed that dietary consumption to grilled and fried street foods using ILCR is in an acceptable limit of carcinogenic risk among the adults' population in Malaysia (9.24 x 10-6 to 9.86 x 10-8) for all samples. Conclusion: The occurrence of16 PAHs in a variety of street foods in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, have been quantified and the health risks associated with them. The ILCR values indicate that the exposure of PAHs through dietary consumption posed a low carcinogenic risk to the adult population. Keywords: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs), street foods, carcinogenic health risk assessment, moisture content, solid phase extraction, GC-MS.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 02:37
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 02:37
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1193

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