Determination of cadmium contamination in canned fish and health risk assessment among students of Faculty of Medicine And Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Ab Kahar, Lisa Putriku Diana (2012) Determination of cadmium contamination in canned fish and health risk assessment among students of Faculty of Medicine And Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

ummary: Introduction: Heavy metal such as cadmium can be highly toxic even at low doses when ingested over a long time period. In Malaysia, canned fish product were manufactured either locally or imported and this food is very popular in supermarkets and groceries retail outlet. This study is a cross-sectional study that was conducted at 17 College, UPM. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine cadmium concentration level in the canned fish consume by the respondents. The study was also to determine their potential detrimental effects via calculation of the LADD, ADD, HQ and LCR for average daily consumption of these canned fish. Material and Methodology: A total of215 respondents involved in this study. A set of pre-tested questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic information and to predict the health risk faced by respondents which indicated by ADD, LADD, frequency canned fish intake, health symptoms and disease experienced by respondents. In sample analysis, dry ashing method was used for the extraction of the samples and ICP-MS was used to determined cadmium concentration level in the samples. Result: The result showed the range of cadmium concentration in canned fish samples were between 0.0026 to 0.0192 mg/kg did not exceeded Malaysia Food Act 1983 standard for cadmium (1 mg/kg). The mean value of ADD was 2.357xIO-6 ± 3.8206xlO-6 mg/kg/day and 3.437xlO-7 ± 6.217xI 0-7 mg/kg/day for LADD which did not exceed the limit for PTWI. The LCR showed all respondents encountered clearly acceptable risk to carcinogen health effect and had HQ less than 1. There was a significant relationship (p = 0.0001) between frequency intake of canned fish and health risk encountered for both canned sardine and tuna spread. Conclusion: As conclusion, high frequency intake of canned fish might gives risk on respondents health. Proper dietary intake of food can help reducing the absorption of cadmium into body. Further assessment is needed to control the risk of heavy metals in dietary intake. More study on canned food and seafood quality are encouraged, to provide the data and guideline for human health in Malaysia. Keywords: Students, Canned fish, Cadmium, ICP-MS, Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI)

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 07:43
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2023 01:26
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/260

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