The levels of dioxins and dioxinlike PCBs in feedstuffs and food

Within a running research project dealing with the levels of dioxins and dioxinlike PCBs in feedstuffs and food more than 200 German feed samples were taken by the national feed control authorities on basis of a representative sampling plan. The analysis was carried out in the BfEL laboratories in Kulmbach. No feed sample exceeded the maximum residue levels for dioxins or dioxinlike PCBs. Median levels were normally more than ten times lower than the maximum residue limits. The investigations of meat and meat products are still going on. First results show that in meat of wild pigs significant higher dl-PCB levels were present than in meat of farmed pigs and that the dioxin contents in Bologna type sausages has declined in the last ten years.