Persistent organic pollutants in farmed European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, Linnaeus, 1758) from Sicily (Italy).

Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess

a Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images (BIOMORF) , University of Messina, Messina , Italy.

Published: February 2018

Farmed European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, Linnaeus, 1758) were collected during 2016 from one Sicilian fish farm that uses two different rearing systems - sea cage and concrete tank - for determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), organochlorine pesticides (OCP) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) residues by HRGC-MS/MS. Moreover, commercial feed was analysed. This study aimed to determine whether the different rearing systems affect the concentration of these compounds, and to assess the safety of cultured fish. PCBs represent the pollutants with the highest concentration; in particular, PCB138 and 153 have the highest concentration in almost all samples. Among OCPs, only 4,4'-DDE, 4,4'-DDD and 4,4'-DDT residues have been detected. Concerning PAHs, only fluorene and phenanthrene were detected, in both rearing systems. Although some residues of organic pollutants were found in the analysed samples, they were always below the MRLs, so the results suggest that farmed sea bass are safe for human consumption.

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