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Food and Nutrition
Concentrations (pg/g wet wt.) of total PCBs in fatty foods from Total Diet Study in Halifax, 1994
| Food code |
Description | Concentration (ppt) |
|---|---|---|
| A01 | Milk, whole | 65 |
| A02 | Milk, 2% | 867 |
| A03 | Milk, 1% | 14 |
| A04 | Milk, skim | 170 |
| A05 | Evaporated milk, canned | 183 |
| A06 | Cream, 10-12% BF | 234 |
| A07 | Ice cream | 258 |
| A08 | Yogurt | 217 |
| A09 | Cheese | 1328 |
| A10 | Cheese, cottage | 1589 |
| A11 | Cheese, processed, cheddar | 1712 |
| A12 | Butter | 2741 |
| B01 | Beef, steak | 286 |
| B02 | Beef, roast and stewing | 133 |
| B03 | Beef, ground | 4138 |
| B04 | Pork, fresh | 352 |
| B05 | Pork, cured | 1218 |
| B06 | Veal | 377 |
| B07 | Lamb | 524 |
| B08 | Cold cuts and luncheon meats | 1758 |
| B09 | Luncheon meats, canned | 0 |
| B10 | Organ meats, liver and kidney | 1281 |
| B11 | Wieners | 1045 |
| C01 | Eggs | 1719 |
| C02 | Poultry, chicken and turkey | 387 |
| D01 | Fish, marine, fresh or frozen | 2282 |
| D02 | Fish, fresh water | |
| D03 | Fish, canned | 4251 |
| D04 | Shellfish, fresh or frozen | 274 |
| E01 | Soups, meat, canned | 98 |
| E02 | Soups, cream | 8 |
| I01 | Cooking fats and salad oils | 546 |
| I02 | Margarine | 452 |
| L03 | Dinners (cereal + vegetable + meat) | 491 |
| L04 | Dinners (meat or poultry + vegetable) | 383 |
| L05 | Formulae, milk base | 17 |
| L06 | Formulae, soya base | |
| L08 | Meat, poultry or eggs | 212 |
| M02 | Frozen entrees (microwave or boil) | 47 |
| M03 | Frozen entrees (microwave or boil) | 48 |
| M04 | Frozen entrees (microwave or oven) | 82 |
| M05 | Frozen entrees (microwave or oven) | 404 |
| M06 | Frozen dinner, beef + veg + or -dessert | 52 |
| N01 | Pizza | 757 |
| N02 | French fries | 111 |
| N03 | Hamburger | 896 |
| N04 | Fish burger | 591 |
| N05 | Chicken burger | 409 |
| N06 | Hot dog | 829 |
| N07 | Chicken (breaded, fried, nuggets) | 408 |
| N08 | Egg breakfast on a bun | 1424 |
