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The radioactivity monitoring of wild boars in the South Bohemian Region

Authors: František Kouba, Eva Cipínová, Jiří Drápal, Vladimír Hanzal, Milan Malena and Kateřina Vernerová
Keywords: meat, monitoring, radionuclide caesium Cs137, wild boars

The Regional Veterinary Administration of South Bohemian Region, the State Veterinary Administration, performed a monitoring procedure within the framework of an emergency inspection in December 2012 focusing on the presence of radionuclides in wild boar meat. Samples of game were collected in all districts of the South Bohemian Region. This special inspection resulted in confirmation … [Read more…]

The results of monitoring non-dioxin-like PCBs in beef and pork in the Czech Republic

Authors: Jiří Drápal, Petr Hedbávný, Milan Malena, Jan Rosmus and Veronika Střechová
Keywords: meat, monitoring, polychlorinated biphenyls

The assessment of results for non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL PCBs) in the years 2009–2011 and 2012 demonstrated average concentrations of NDL PCBs in a range of 6.13 to 10.34 ng.g-1 of fat in beef and 5.48 to 8.02 ng.g-1 of fat in pork. For highly chlorinated PCBs, the average values of individual congeners were ranked … [Read more…]