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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-100-6-0344

OBSAH ARZÉNU, KADMIA A OLOVA V SVALOVINE DIVIAKA LESNÉHO (SUS SCROFA) Z VYBRANÝCH LOKALÍT SLOVENSKA STANOVENÝ METÓDOU ICP-MS

CONTENT OF ARSENIC, CADMIUM AND LEAD IN WILD BOAR (SUS SCROFA) MUSCLE FROM SELECTED LOCATIONS IN SLOVAKIA DETERMINED BY ICP-MS

Ladislav Staruch1, Ervín Ďurka1, Miroslav Jůzl2
1 Ústav potravinárstva a výživy, Fakulta chemickej a potravinárskej technológie, Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovensko
2 Ústav technologie potravin, Agronomická fakulta, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1665/1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika


Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is an important game meat commodity and a relevant bioindicator of environmental contamination. This study quantified arsenic, cadmium and lead in wild boar muscle from selected locations in Slovakia using ICP-MS and provided a preliminary food safety interpretation. Muscle samples were microwave-digested and analysed by ICP-MS with standard quality control procedures. All target elements were detected at low levels, and no exceedances were observed for cadmium and lead when compared against maximum levels commonly applied as a reference for meat. Overall, the results indicate a low contamination burden of the analysed wild boar muscle samples.

Keywords: wild boar, game meat, heavy metals, arsenic, cadmium, lead, ICP-MS, Slovakia

pages: 344-351, online: 2026



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