Monitoring of some pollutant heavy metals in meat products in Cairo zone

Fifty meat product samples were collected from the local market of Cairo zone representing, canned luncheon, plastic paked luncheon, fresh sausage, canned sausage and hot dog. They were examined as wet matter for copper, lead and cadmium. Copper was determined spectrophotometrically, while lead and cadmium were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry technique. The levels of these elements were recorded in 20 gm of each byproduct. It was concluded that these are wholesome food commodity without fear from heavy metal pollution concering these elements