Pesticide Residues in Some Salted Fish

Saad S.M1, Edris A.M1, Amani M. Salem1, Enas A. Hassan2, Eman M. Mostafa3

Abstract

A total of 90 random samples of salted fish products represented by salted sardine, salted Mugil cephalus (fesiekh) and salted Hydrocynus froskahlii (Mellouha) (30 of each) were collected from different supermarkets at El-Kalyoubia governorate. The collected samples were directly transferred to the laboratory for determination of Malathion and dieldrin. The obtained results indicated that the mean values of malathion concentration in the examined samples of slated sardine, salted Mugil cephalus and salted Hydrocynus froskahliii were 0, 206.3511.59 and 318.0523.31ppb, respectively. Also, the obtained results indicated that the mean values of dieldrin concentration in the examined samples of salted sardine, salted Mugil cephalus and salted Hydrocynus froskahlii were 38.2, 164.40  9.31 and 218.92  15.07ppb, respectively.

Key words

Pesticides, salted fish products